swidden

7 letters · noun · scores 1,800 in SpellHuntr

noun

An area of land that has been cleared by cutting the vegetation and burning it; slash and burn.

Swidden in a sentence

These facts reinforced the view that the Maya drew their basic sustenance from corn, most of it grown on slash-and-burn plots known as swiddens.

‘Swidden’ has entered anthropological jargon, denoting not only a practice widespread in non-state societies, but also a problem.

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