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noun
The planting of two or more crops in the same place.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: agriculture, business, lifestyle
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noun
A multiculture; a polycultural society, sometimes especially one in which multiple cultures exist without one dominating.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncommon, uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, sciences, social-science, sociology
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh1- Proto-Indo-European *polh1ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- Latin cultūrader. Middle French cultureder. English culture English polyculture From poly- + culture.
Across languages
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