landrace
/ˈlændˌɹeɪs/
landrace noun: any local variety of a domesticated animal or plant species that has adapted over time to its ecological and cultural environment (including, in some cases, its work).
Noun
landrace (plural landraces)
- Any local variety of a domesticated animal or plant species that has adapted over time to its ecological and cultural environment (including, in some cases, its work).
- One of the newer breeds of swine in the United States is the American Landrace. American Landrace hogs (figs. 19 and 20) are descendants of Danish Landrace hogs imported by the United States Department of Agriculture in 1934.1961, Breeds of Swine, Farmers' Bulletin No. 1263, US Department of Agriculture, page 7
- First, many crop landraces in Europe are being lost without our even knowing what is being lost.2009, Pablo Eyzaguirre, Arwen Bailey, International case studies and tropical home gardens projects: offering lessons for a new research agenda in Europe, A. Bailey, Pablo B. Eyzaguirre, L. Maggioni...
- Synonyms:
- natural breed, traditional breed, traditional variety
landrace meaning in Tamil and Kannada
landrace in Tamil
- லேண்ட்ரேஸ்
landrace in Kannada
- ಭೂಸಂತತಿ, ಭೂತಳಿ
Synonyms of landrace
- natural breed
- traditional breed
- traditional variety
Forms of landrace
| plural | landraces |
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Origin of landrace
From land + race, probably a calque of German Landrasse.
Words formed from landrace
Questions about landrace
- What does landrace mean?
- Landrace means any local variety of a domesticated animal or plant species that has adapted over time to its ecological and cultural environment (including, in some cases, its work).
- What is landrace in Tamil?
- Landrace in Tamil is லேண்ட்ரேஸ். See Landrace meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is landrace?
- Landrace is a noun.
- How do you pronounce landrace?
- Landrace is pronounced /ˈlændˌɹeɪs/.
- What is the plural of landrace?
- The plural of landrace is landraces.
Words near landrace in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: landrace (page history and authors); landrace (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); landrace (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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