polyculture
Americannoun
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the raising at the same time and place of more than one species of plant or animal.
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a place where this is done.
Etymology
Origin of polyculture
Example Sentences
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One is a giant monoculture Iowa farm, and the other is the milpa, this polyculture system that was the way corn was grown during its rise in Mesoamerica.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2024
As practiced in Puerto Rico, agroecology often involves polyculture, or growing different crops together; composting; limiting or eschewing synthetic fertilizers and pesticides; and an emphasis on improving rural life.
From New York Times ● Nov. 8, 2022
Yet proponents of perennial polyculture have a problem: More than half of all calories consumed by people come from grains, and no one has ever domesticated a grain that lived beyond a year.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 12, 2021
And I’m totally behind that kind of polyculture.
From Salon ● Apr. 24, 2014
Perlstein says he has no idea which model will prevail but would like to see a polyculture, because there is no singular model of biological research.
From Forbes ● Mar. 15, 2014
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