green revolution

1. 1.

   the introduction of pesticides and high-yield grains and better management during the 1960s and 1970s which greatly increased agricultural productivity

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Questions about green revolution

What does green revolution mean?

green revolution means "the introduction of pesticides and high-yield grains and better management during the 1960s and 1970s which greatly increased agricultural productivity".

Is green revolution a common word?

green revolution is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.