Definition

1. Noun:
   • Mountain rice / Hill rice: A type of rice cultivated on hillsides or in mountainous regions, typically adapted to poorer soil and different growing conditions than lowland paddy rice.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Người dân tộc thiểu số thường trồng lúa lốc trên các sườn đồi. (Ethnic minorities often cultivate mountain rice on hillsides.)
  • Lúa lốc là cây lương thực chính của vùng cao. (Hill rice is the staple food crop of the highlands.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is specific to agricultural and geographical contexts, describing both the plant and its grain in upland farming systems.

Variants and Related Words

• Lúa nương (n): Another term for upland or dry-field rice, often used similarly to "lúa lốc."
  • Họ chuyển từ trồng lúa nước sang trồng lúa nương. (They switched from growing wet rice to growing upland rice.)

Synonyms

• Upland rice: Rice grown in rain-fed fields on hillsides, not in flooded paddies.
• Hill rice: A direct synonym emphasizing the terrain.

Related Concepts

• Canh tác nương rẫy (n): Shifting cultivation or slash-and-burn agriculture, the farming system where "lúa lốc" is commonly grown.
  • Lúa lốc thường gắn liền với canh tác nương rẫy. (Hill rice is often associated with shifting cultivation.)