ALL meanings of milpa
mil·pa
M m - noun milpa (agriculture, uncountable) A cyclical crop-growing system used throughout Mesoamerica. 1
- noun milpa (in certain tropical regions) a tract of land cleared from the jungle, usually by burning, farmed for a few seasons, and then abandoned. 1
- noun milpa a form of subsistence agriculture that involves cultivating the land for two years and then leaving it fallow for eight years 0
- noun milpa a small tract of arable land cleared from a forest area; specif., in Mexico and Central America, such a tract that is cultivated until the land is exhausted, then abandoned 0