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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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At Sanact are two buildings, which stand in a milpa, or cornfield.
In the milpa, the maize is associated with at least two other plants: the bean and the squash.
The mound was discovered by the Indians when cutting down virgin bush to make a milpa, or corn plantation.
In addition to one specimen taken along the road, another was taken from a fence post in a milpa on the same night.
The first work undertaken by the twins was the clearing of 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.

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