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landrace

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landrace [ˈlændˌreɪs]
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Breeds) Chiefly Brit a white very long-bodied lop-eared breed of pork pig
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Breeds) a breed of Finnish sheep known for multiple births
3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) Botany an ancient or primitive cultivated variety of a crop plant
[from Danish, literally: land race]


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Warburton has confirmed great genetic variability in landraces of wheat planted in developing countries before the agricultural movement that came to be known as the green revolution.
The ancestral home of corn lies in Mexico, where rich variety in the old landraces persists.
 
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