Monoculture
[mon-uh-kuhl-cher] /ˈmɒn əˌkʌl tʃər/
noun, Agriculture.
1.
the use of land for growing only one type of crop.
/ˈmɒnəʊˌkʌltʃə/
noun
1.
the continuous growing of one type of crop
n.
“cultivation of a single crop when others are possible,” 1915, from mono- “single” + culture (n.).
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