Complete Definition of "swidden"

English

Noun
en-noun

  1. An area of land that has been cleared by cutting the vegetation and burning it

See also
slash and burn

References
Diamond, Jared (2004). Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed, page 163. ISBN 0670033375.

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