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landrace

[ land-reys ]

noun

  1. an animal breed or plant cultivar that, isolated from other populations of its species, has adapted to its local environment, especially by purposeful means of breeding and agriculture:

    landraces of rice from Sri Lanka;

    a Turkish dog that is a beautiful landrace.

  2. (usually initial capital letter) any of several widely distributed strains of large, white, lop-eared swine of Danish origin.


landrace

/ ˈlændˌreɪs /

noun

  1. a white very long-bodied lop-eared breed of pork pig
  2. a breed of Finnish sheep known for multiple births
  3. botany an ancient or primitive cultivated variety of a crop plant
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of landrace1

First recorded in 1930–35; from Danish: literally, “country breed,” equivalent to land “country, land” + race “breed, stock” (from English or French); land, race 2
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Word History and Origins

Origin of landrace1

from Danish, literally: land race

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