a type of plains community characterized by vegetation ranging from tropical broadleaf woodlands to scrublands, occurring in extensive areas of Brazil.
Origin: < Brazilian Pg; Pg: n. use of cerrado thick, dense, lit., shut, ptp. of cerrar to close < VL *serrāre; c in Pg, Sp perh. by assoc. with cercar to enclose, surround
[suh-rah-doh; Port. si-rah-doo] 
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