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noun
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The Chinampas or Water Gardens.—Laws of Nature not set aside.—Mud will not float.—The present Chinampas.—They never could have been floating Gardens.—Relations of the Chinampas to the ancient State of the Lake in the Valley.
From Mexico and its Religion With Incidents of Travel in That Country During Parts of the Years 1851-52-53-54, and Historical Notices of Events Connected With Places Visited by Wilson, Robert A.
Even the Chinampas have become stationary, and have occasionally joined the continent.
From Life in Mexico by Calderón de la Barca, Madame (Frances Erskine Inglis)
Thesaurus
Possible Synonyms
- floating gardens
- lake-bed farming
- raised beds
- Mesoamerican hydroculture
- Aztec agricultural plot
Possible Antonyms
- land-based cultivation
- dry farming
- terrestrial agriculture
- pastoralism
- terrace farming
