domesticate
verb (used with object)
domesticable
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a word derived from
domesticate.
Example Sentences
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The other major obstacle to the development of food production in Australia was the paucity of domesticable wild plants.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
The most valuable domesticable wild species were concentrated in only nine small areas of the globe, which thus became the earliest homelands of agriculture.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Depending on their geographic homeland, East Asian and Pacific peoples differed in their access to domesticable wild plant and animal species and in their connectedness to other peoples.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Eurasian peoples happened to inherit many more species of domesticable large wild mammalian herbivores than did peoples of the other continents.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
A second factor is that, just as the depletion of wild game tended to make hunting-gathering less rewarding, an increased availability of domesticable wild plants made steps leading to plant domestication more rewarding.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
