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wet-rice agriculture

American  
[wet-rahys] / ˈwɛtˈraɪs /

noun

  1. the cultivation of rice by planting on dry land, transferring the seedlings to a flooded field, and draining the field before harvesting.


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What those five have in common, of course, is that they are all cultures shaped by the tradition of wet-rice agriculture and meaningful work.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell

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