the cultivation of multiple crops or animals at the same time, or an instance of this
polyculture in American English
(ˈpɑliˌkʌltʃər)
noun
1.
the raising at the same time and place of more than one species of plant or animal
2.
a place where this is done
Word origin
[1910–15; poly- + culture]This word is first recorded in the period 1910–15. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: cat and mouse, coverage, isotope, payoff, zingpoly- is a combining form with the meanings “much, many” and, in chemistry, “polymeric,”used in the formation of compound words. Other words that use the affix poly- include: polyandrous, polyethylene
Examples of 'polyculture' in a sentence
polyculture
The nori will be used in polyculture bioremediation.
The Scientist (2001)
What has happened is what happens too often - a limited polyculture is becoming a monoculture.