overyielding

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *úp

Proto-Indo-European *-er

Proto-Indo-European *upér

Proto-Germanic *uber

Old English ofer-

Middle English over-

English over-

English yielding

English overyielding

From over- + yielding.

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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.