Meanings
plural landraces
- attributiveoftenAny local variety of a domesticated animal or plant species that has adapted over time to its ecological and cultural environment (including, in some cases, its work).First known use late 19th c.
In both cases the morphological diversity within the oat accessions did not differ between landraces and modern cultivars.
2011, A. C. Newton et al., “Cereal Landraces for Sustainable Agriculture”, in Eric Lichtfouse, Marjolaine Hamelin, Philippe Debaeke, Mireille Navarrete, editors, Sustainable Agriculture, volume 2, page 1542 more examples
1961, Breeds of Swine, Farmers' Bulletin No. 1263, US Department of Agriculture, page 7, One of the newer breeds of swine in the United States is the American Landrace. American Landrace hogs (figs. 19 and 20) are descendants of Danish Landrace hogs imported by the United States Department of Agriculture in 1934.
2009, Pablo Eyzaguirre, Arwen Bailey, International case studies and tropical home gardens projects: offering lessons for a new research agenda in Europe, A. Bailey, Pablo B. Eyzaguirre, L. Maggioni, Crop genetic resources in European home gardens: Proceedings of a Workshop, page 1, First, many crop landraces in Europe are being lost without our even knowing what is being lost.
Synonyms: natural breed, traditional breed, traditional variety
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny local variety of a domesticated animal or plant species that has adapted over time to its ecological and cultural environment (including, in some cases, its work).
Origin
- GermanLandrasse
- Englishlandrace
From land + race, probably a calque of German Landrasse.
More words from German
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Dutch landras
- landraslocal variety of domesticated animal or plant adapted to its environment
Finnish maatiaisrotu
- maatiaisrotulocal variety of domesticated animal or plant adapted to its environment
French race naturelle
- race naturellelocal variety of domesticated animal or plant adapted to its environment
German Landrasse
- Landrasselocal variety of domesticated animal or plant adapted to its environment
Irish pór dúchasach
- pór dúchasachlocal variety of domesticated animal or plant adapted to its environment
Polish lokalna odmiana
- lokalna odmianalocal variety of domesticated animal or plant adapted to its environment
Russian ландра́с
- ландра́с (landrás)local variety of domesticated animal or plant adapted to its environment
Spanish variedad autóctona, variedad local
- variedad autóctonalocal variety of domesticated animal or plant adapted to its environment
- variedad locallocal variety of domesticated animal or plant adapted to its environment
Swedish lantras
- lantraslocal variety of domesticated animal or plant adapted to its environment
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landrace. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/landrace
“landrace.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/landrace. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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