tundra
one of the vast, nearly level, treeless plains of the Arctic regions of Europe, Asia, and North America.
Origin of tundra
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How to use tundra in a sentence
They became just ordinary ravens like those we see now on the tundras or marshy plains.
A Treasury of Eskimo Tales | Clara Kern BaylissVast swamps or peat-mosses called tundras cover large portions of this region.
Above timber-line there are wide, sedgy meadows and tundras and dry, grassy moorlands.
The Rocky Mountain Wonderland | Enos A. MillsVegetable diet is almost unknown, except so far as it is supplied by the berries that grow in profusion on the tundras.
North America | Israel C. RussellFor a day and a night he made his camp in the scrub timber which edged the vast treeless tundras reaching to the Arctic.
The Country Beyond | James Oliver Curwood
British Dictionary definitions for tundra
/ (ˈtʌndrə) /
a vast treeless zone lying between the ice cap and the timberline of North America and Eurasia and having a permanently frozen subsoil
(as modifier): tundra vegetation
Origin of tundra
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Scientific definitions for tundra
[ tŭn′drə ]
A cold, treeless, usually lowland area of far northern regions. The lower strata of soil of tundras are permanently frozen, but in summer the top layer of soil thaws and can support low-growing mosses, lichens, grasses, and small shrubs.
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Cultural definitions for tundra
A land area near the North Pole where the soil is permanently frozen a few feet underground.
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