Meanings
nounsilvopasture (countable and uncountable, plural silvopastures)
plural silvopastures · alternative silvipasture
- uncountableagricultureThe practice of allowing domesticated animals to graze in forested or wooded areas.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*sel-der.?
- Latinsilva
- Englishsilvo-
- Proto-Indo-European*peh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*péh₂sti
- Proto-Italic*pāskōr
- Latinpāscor
- Latinpastūra
- Anglo-Normanpastour
- Middle Englishpasture
- Englishpasture
- Englishsilvopasture
From silvo- (prefix meaning ‘forest; wood’) + pasture (noun).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian го́рско па́сище
- го́рско па́сище (górsko pásište)forested or wooded area where domesticated animals are allowed to graze
Catalan silvopastura
- silvopasturapractice of allowing domesticated animals to graze in forested or wooded areas
Chinese Mandarin 森林牧場 /森林牧场
- 森林牧場 /森林牧场 (sēnlínmùchǎng, sēnlínmùcháng)forested or wooded area where domesticated animals are allowed to graze
Czech lesní pastva
- lesní pastvapractice of allowing domesticated animals to graze in forested or wooded areas
Finnish metsälaidun, metsälaidunnus
- metsälaidunforested or wooded area where domesticated animals are allowed to graze
- metsälaidunnuspractice of allowing domesticated animals to graze in forested or wooded areas
- metsälaiduntaminenpractice of allowing domesticated animals to graze in forested or wooded areas
French sylvopastoralisme
- sylvopastoralismepractice of allowing domesticated animals to graze in forested or wooded areas
German Hudewald, Hutewald
- Hudewaldforested or wooded area where domesticated animals are allowed to graze
- Hutewaldforested or wooded area where domesticated animals are allowed to graze
Indonesian silvopastura, wanatêrnak
- silvopasturapractice of allowing domesticated animals to graze in forested or wooded areas
- wanatêrnakpractice of allowing domesticated animals to graze in forested or wooded areas
Italian silvopastorizia
- silvopastoriziapractice of allowing domesticated animals to graze in forested or wooded areas
Persian جنگل مرتعی
- جنگل مرتعیpractice of allowing domesticated animals to graze in forested or wooded areas
Polish las pastwiskowy, wypas leśny
- las pastwiskowyforested or wooded area where domesticated animals are allowed to graze
- wypas leśnypractice of allowing domesticated animals to graze in forested or wooded areas
Portuguese sistema silvipastoril
- sistema silvipastorilpractice of allowing domesticated animals to graze in forested or wooded areas
Spanish silvopastoril, sistemas silvopastoriles
- silvopastorilforested or wooded area where domesticated animals are allowed to graze
- sistemas silvopastorilespractice of allowing domesticated animals to graze in forested or wooded areas
Swedish skogsbete
- skogsbetepractice of allowing domesticated animals to graze in forested or wooded areas
Tamil மேய்ச்சற்காடு
- மேய்ச்சற்காடு (mēyccaṟkāṭu)practice of allowing domesticated animals to graze in forested or wooded areas
Ukrainian лісопасовище
- лісопасовище (lisopasovyšče)practice of allowing domesticated animals to graze in forested or wooded areas
Vietnamese chăn nuôi dưới tán rừng
- chăn nuôi dưới tán rừngpractice of allowing domesticated animals to graze in forested or wooded areas
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