grassland

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From grass +‎ land. Compare Dutch grasland (grassland), Faroese graslendi (grassland), Icelandic graslendi (grassland). Compare also Old English græsmolde (grassland).

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grassland (countable and uncountable, plural grasslands)

  1. An area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation.

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