English Explanatory Dictionary

polyculture

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The planting of two or more crops in the same place.
  2. A multiculture; a polycultural society, sometimes especially one in which multiple cultures exist without one dominating.

Word forms

polyculture polycultures

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁-e-ti Proto-Italic *kʷelō Latin colō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin cultūrader. Middle French cultureder. English culture English polyculture From poly- + culture.

Antonyms

monoculture
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