chinampa

[ chi-nam-puh ]

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noun

(in Mesoamerica) a long and narrow floating field on a shallow lake bed, artificially built up by layering soil, sediment, and decaying vegetation and used, especially by the Aztecs, to grow crops.

1830–40; < Mexican Spanish < Nahuatl < chinamitl area enclosed by canes + pa on

The scent of flowers was intense in the morning, and there were still many beautiful chinampas and canals.

Zambrano’s initial research has gradually expanded to include exploring the mutually beneficial union of salamander and chinampa.

A chinampa was a floating island in the lake of Tezcuco, upon whose very bosom the imperial city was built.

The keeper of the chinampa was there with great bundles of flowers.

Viewed from a distance, the chinampa looked like an island of flowers.

Do you recollect the dream I told you the night on the chinampa?

Up in the northeastern part of the little sea lay a chinampa at anchor.

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