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par⋅a⋅mo

[par-uh-moh, pahr-uh-]
–noun, plural -mos.
a high, cold plateau of South America.

Origin:
1750–60; < AmerSp; Sp páramo barren plain; presumably of pre-L orig.
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pa·ra·mo   (pä'rə-mō', pār'ə-)   
n.   pl. pa·ra·mos
A treeless alpine plateau of the Andes and tropical South America.

[American Spanish páramo, from Spanish, wasteland.]
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