milpa
milpa definition
☆ milpa (mil′pə)
noun
Chiefly Dial. a small tract of arable land cleared from a forest area; specif., in Mexico and Central America, such a tract that is cultivated until the land is exhausted, then abandoned
Etymology: MexSp (< Nahuatl), cornfield
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