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

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of landrace¹

from Danish, literally: land race