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English
Etymology
From mono- + crop.
Noun
monocrop (plural monocrops)
- (agriculture) A crop of a single kind, grown without others.
2015 November 3, Greg Beato, “Communities Come Together to Make Homes More Affordable”, in New York Times:For many residents, a monocrop of million-dollar homes is nearly as awful a nightmare as suburban sprawl.
Verb
monocrop (third-person singular simple present monocrops, present participle monocroping, simple past and past participle monocroped)
- To grow (a crop) in a monoculture.
2009 December 3, "Gerard", “Can't Beet Sugar Cane”, in The Scope, number 95, page 3:Sugar cane is good- it grows like a weed and can be monocropped, and the trash parts become fuel for the evaporators.