monocropとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

monocrop (複数形 monocrops)

1. (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^[1]:

     For many residents, a monocrop of million-dollar homes is nearly as awful a nightmare as suburban sprawl.

関連する語

• monocropping

動詞

monocrop (三人称単数 現在形 monocrops, 現在分詞 monocroping, 過去形および過去分詞形 monocroped)

1. 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.