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of a method of agriculture used in the tropics, in which forest vegetation is felled and burned, the land is cropped for a few years, then the forest is allowed to reinvade.
Origin:
1935–40
1935–40
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Slash-and-burn
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| slash-and-burn | |
| —adj | |
| denoting a short-term method of cultivation in which land is cleared by destroying and burning trees and other vegetation for temporary agricultural use | |
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