grassland
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From grass + land. Compare Dutch grasland (“grassland”), Faroese graslendi (“grassland”), Icelandic graslendi (“grassland”). Compare also Old English græsmolde (“grassland”).
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Noun[edit]
grassland (countable and uncountable, plural grasslands)
- An area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation.
- 2024 March 20, Chris Howe, “High speed underneath the Chilterns...”, in RAIL, number 1005, page 33:
- Yet despite sounding inhospitable, grasslands such as this are home to a huge variety of smaller herbs and wildflowers, including some of the UK's rarest orchids and invertebrates, in addition to being home to butterfly species such as the Chalkhill Blue.
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an area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation
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