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predomestication

predomestication adjective: before domestication.

Adjective

predomestication (not comparable)

  1. Before domestication.
    • Similar observations exist for other species such as the genus Leucaena in which human-mediated sympatry in Mesoamerican “backyard gardens” of previously separated wild taxa, prolonged predomestication cultivation followed by spontaneous hybridization led to the emergence of different domesticated...2015 December 11, “An Integrated Hypothesis on the Domestication of Bactris gasipaes”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of predomestication

From pre- + domestication.

Questions about predomestication

What does predomestication mean?
Predomestication means before domestication.
What part of speech is predomestication?
Predomestication is an adjective.

Words near predomestication in the dictionary

  1. predoctorally
  2. predoctorate
  3. predocumentary
  4. predomestic
  5. predomesticated
  6. predomestication
  7. predominance
  8. predominances
  9. predominancies
  10. predominancy
  11. predominant

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