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tai⋅ga

  [tahy-guh, tahy-gah]
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–noun
the coniferous evergreen forests of subarctic lands, covering vast areas of northern North America and Eurasia.
Origin:
1885–90; < Russ taĭgá < one or more Turkic languages of the Altai Mountain region; cf. Altai, Shor tayγa forest-covered mountain
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tai·ga   (tī'gə)   
n.  A subarctic, evergreen coniferous forest of northern Eurasia located just south of the tundra and dominated by firs and spruces.

[Russian taĭga, of Altaic origin.]
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taiga 
belt of coniferous forests in Siberia, 1888, from Rus. taiga, of Mongolian origin.
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taiga   (tī'gə)  Pronunciation Key 
A forest located in the Earth's far northern regions, consisting mainly of cone-bearing evergreens, such as firs, pines, and spruces, and some deciduous trees, such as larches, birches, and aspens. The taiga is found just south of the tundra.
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taiga

vegetation composed primarily of cone-bearing, needle-leaved, or scale-leaved evergreen trees, found in regions that have long winters and moderate to high annual precipitation

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