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What does milpa mean?

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Noun
  1. (agriculture, uncountable) A cyclical crop-growing system used throughout Mesoamerica.
  2. (agriculture, countable) A small field, especially in Mexico or Central America, that is cleared from the jungle, cropped for a few seasons, and then abandoned for a fresh clearing.
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The first work undertaken by the twins was the clearing of a milpa or cornfield.
At Sanact are two buildings, which stand in a milpa, or cornfield.
The agente rode with us in the morning quite a league upon our road, to a place which he was clearing for a milpa.
It was discovered by an Indian, who had cut a piece of virgin bush with the object of making a milpa.
He grew up working on the milpa, and she did the typical household chores of tending the home garden, sewing and cooking.
In addition to one specimen taken along the road, another was taken from a fence post in a milpa on the same night.

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