MILPA


Meaning of MILPA in English

/mil"peuh/ , n.

(in certain tropical regions) a tract of land cleared from the jungle, usually by burning, farmed for a few seasons, and then abandoned.

[ 1835-45, Amer.; milpan, equiv. to mil ( li ) cultivated field + -pan locative suffix ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .