lúa lốc
Definition
- 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.)