eˈḵēthō, eˈhē- noun
( plural ejidos -ōs)
Etymology: Mexican Spanish, from Spanish, common land in a village used for pasturage or threshing, from Latin exitus departure, way out — more at exit
1. : a tract of land held in common by the inhabitants of a Mexican village and farmed cooperatively or individually : common
2. : a Mexican village having an ejido
3. : a system of communal land tenure in Mexico — compare hacienda