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predomestication en · ADJ

Etymology

From pre- + domestication.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Before domestication.
    • Similar observations exist for other species such as the genus Leucaena in which human-mediated sympatry in Mesoamerican “backyard gardens” of previously separated wild taxa, prolonged predomestication cultivation followed by spontaneous hybridization led to the emergence of different domesticated species. 2015 December 11, “An Integrated Hypothesis on the Domestication of Bactris gasipaes”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI: