n.
Pronunciation: ' mä-n ə - ˌ k ə l-ch ə r
Function: noun
Date: 1915
1 : the cultivation or growth of a single crop or organism especially on agricultural or forest land
2 : a crop or a population of a single kind of organism grown on land in monoculture
3 : a culture dominated by a single element : a prevailing culture marked by homogeneity <a high-tech monoculture that we will all ⋯ embrace, whether we like it or not ― Jackson Lears>
– mono · cul · tur · al \ ˌ mä-n ə - ' k ə lch-r ə l, - ' k ə l-ch ə - \ adjective