milpa

/mil-puh/US // ˈmɪl pə //

米帕,米巴,米尔帕,米尔巴

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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- : a tract of land cleared from the jungle, usually by burning, farmed for a few seasons, and then abandoned.

The agente rode with us in the morning quite a league upon our road, to a place which he was clearing for a milpa.
The mound was discovered by the Indians when cutting down virgin bush to make a milpa, or corn plantation.
It was discovered by an Indian, who had cut a piece of virgin bush with the object of making a milpa.
Milpa roza is, literally, field cleared of underbrush and ready for planting.
If the savages have extended their milpa clearings since our visit, the falling trees have probably spoiled these walls by now.