savanna
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ə noun
1.
a plain characterized by coarse grasses and scattered tree growth, especially on the margins of the tropics where the rainfall is seasonal, as in eastern Africa.
2.
grassland region with scattered trees, grading into either open plain or woodland, usually in subtropical or tropical regions.
Also, sa·van·nah.
Origin:
1545–55; earlier zavana < Spanish (now sabana) < Taino zabana
1545–55; earlier zavana < Spanish (now sabana) < Taino zabana
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| —n | |
| open grasslands, usually with scattered bushes or trees, characteristic of much of tropical Africa | |
| [C16: from Spanish zavana, from Taino zabana] | |
| savannah or savannah | |
| —n | |
| [C16: from Spanish zavana, from Taino zabana] | |
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Science Dictionary
| savanna or savannah (sə-vān'ə) Pronunciation Key
A flat, grass-covered area of tropical or subtropical regions, nearly treeless in some places but generally having a mix of widely spaced trees and bushes. Savannas have distinct wet and dry seasons, with the mix of vegetation dependent primarily on the relative length of the two seasons. |
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Cultural Dictionary
savanna definition
A tropical land mass of grassland and scattered trees.
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Encyclopedia Britannica
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savanna
vegetation type that grows under hot, seasonally dry climatic conditions and is characterized by an open tree canopy (i.e., scattered trees) above a continuous tall grass understory. The largest areas of savanna are found in Africa, South America, Australia, India, the Myanmar-Thailand region, and Madagascar. Their distribution is shown in
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Example sentences
We can see whale in a ocean and elephant in a savanna, but they never meet and fight in the same frame of reference.
For our prehistoric ancestors on the savanna, no one could read, yet we'd hardly describe any of them as disabled.
Glucocorticoids are necessary for surviving a stressful sprint across the savanna with a hungry leopard on one's tail.
Much of its interior was dry, rolling savanna, with bamboo forests halfway up the larger peaks.
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