hectacre

noun — 2 senses

hectacre

noun

/hɛkteɪkə(ɹ)/

Etymology From hect- + acre.

1

Rare One hundred acres.

hectacre

noun

Etymology From confusion of hectare and acre.

1

Nonstandard Hectare.

In Maryland, I have about six woody plant species per hectacre. (One hectacre, a metric measurement, equals 2.47 acres.)2001, James A. Duke, Michael Castleman, The Green Pharmacy Anti-Aging Prescriptions, →ISBN, page 8:
ha hectacre (2.5 acres)2007, Thomas T. Samaras, Human Body Size and the Laws of Scaling →ISBN, page 335 (list of abbreviations)

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This deforestation in the name of beef has meant the loss of 10 million hectacres in the Brazilian Amazon since 1996. You don't even have to know what a hectacre is to know the situation is severe (btw a hectacre is 10,000 square meters, […]).2009, Jen Pleasants, Bag Green Guilt, 5 Easy Steps, →ISBN, page 37:

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