polyculture

noun

poly·​culture

¦pälē,

-lə̇+

: the usually simultaneous cultivation or growth of two or more compatible plants or organisms and especially crops or fish in a single area

also : a product of such cultivation or growth

Word History

Etymology

poly- + culture entry 1

First Known Use

1915, in the meaning defined above

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