Definition

1. Noun:
   • Tenth-month rice: A traditional term for a specific variety of rice cultivated and harvested in the tenth month of the lunar calendar (approximately late autumn or early winter in the solar calendar).
   • Seasonal rice (autumn-winter crop): Refers to the main rice crop grown during the rainy season and harvested in the autumn or early winter months, distinguishing it from other seasonal crops like "lúa chiêm" (spring-summer rice).

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Vùng này nổi tiếng với lúa mùa thơm ngon. (This region is famous for its delicious tenth-month rice.)
  • Bà con nông dân đang thu hoạch lúa mùa. (The farmers are harvesting the autumn-winter rice crop.)
  • Lúa mùa thường có thời gian sinh trưởng dài hơn lúa vụ hè thu. (Tenth-month rice typically has a longer growth period than summer-autumn rice.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is deeply connected to traditional agricultural cycles and lunar calendar farming practices. It often implies a specific, locally-adapted rice variety with characteristics suited to that growing season, rather than just any rice harvested in that period.

Variants and Related Words

• Lúa chiêm (n): Spring-summer rice; the rice crop grown in the dry season and harvested in spring or early summer.
• Lúa vụ (n): Seasonal rice crop; a more general term for a crop of rice within an agricultural season.
• Vụ mùa (n): The autumn-winter crop season.

Synonyms

• Autumn rice
• Winter rice (in the context of the lunar calendar harvest time)
• Traditional seasonal rice crop

Related Terms

• Nông lịch: Agricultural calendar, specifically the lunar-based farming calendar which determines the sowing and harvesting times for crops like "lúa mùa".
• Tháng Mười âm lịch: The tenth lunar month, which is the key harvest time indicated by the term.