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overyielding

overyielding noun: the amount a species yields, when grown with other species compared to yield in a monoculture.

Noun

overyielding (uncountable)

  1. The amount a species yields, when grown with other species compared to yield in a monoculture.
  2. The amount of biomass an ecological community (e.g. a grassland patch) yields, compared to any of its member species alone.

Origin of overyielding

From over- + yielding.

Questions about overyielding

What does overyielding mean?
Overyielding means the amount a species yields, when grown with other species compared to yield in a monoculture.
What part of speech is overyielding?
Overyielding is a noun.

Words near overyielding in the dictionary

  1. overyeared
  2. overyearing
  3. overyears
  4. overyield
  5. overyielded
  6. overyielding
  7. overyields
  8. overyoung
  9. overyouthful
  10. Overys
  11. overzeal

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