predomestication

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

pre- +‎ domestication

Adjective[edit]

predomestication (not comparable)

  1. Before domestication.
    • 2015 December 11, “An Integrated Hypothesis on the Domestication of Bactris gasipaes”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      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.