Savanna

[sə'vænə]

Definition

(noun.) a flat grassland in tropical or subtropical regions.

Checked by Angelique--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A tract of level land covered with the vegetable growth usually found in a damp soil and warm climate, -- as grass or reeds, -- but destitute of trees.

Edited by Greg

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [Written also Savannah.] Meadow, plain, plateau, prairie, pampas, open country, champaign country, table-land, steppe.

Edited by Laurence

Definition

n. a tract of level land covered with low vegetation: a treeless plain.—ns. Savann′a-flow′er a genus of the milk-weed family West Indies; Savann′a-sparr′ow the sparrow common through North America; Savann′a-watt′le a name of certain West Indian trees also called Fiddlewood.

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