grassland
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2.7
- noun
- /ˈɡræsˌlænd/
:
pradera
- The Greater Prairie Chicken is a bird that lives in the grassland and relies on it for food.
- mesic grassland
- savanna grasslands
- open grassland
So where the grass, the pasture, the grassland meets the jungle, live right there.
- So where the grass, the pasture, the grassland meets the jungle, live right there.
- There are no lakes, no forests, no grasslands even, and no rivers that run year round.
- And so most people don't know this, but the Arctic used to be like sub-Saharan Africa, big grasslands.
- Me and the students and a couple of the other adults took a bus and went way up north into the Inner Mongolian grasslands.
- Of animals and eating animals and animals roll on grasslands and keeping grasslands healthy.
- There's a lot of grasslands, but there's not a lot of kind of like I guess like low lying places for, for flowering shrubs to grow.
- More the grasslands of Australia, not the deserts, right, okay, well look at your go down there, look at your big legs, look at your weird three toes.
Examples
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The largest portion of it was a tract of grassland between the villages of Baliau and Dangale.
Academic text (1990) -
"We also have a responsibility to care for the grasslands that evolved here."
Academic text (1994) -
Believe it or not, this area used to be grassland.
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The Greater Prairie Chicken is a grassland bird.
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Over the years, we have explored the life of every creature of the African grassland.
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Did they occupy a separate niche on grassland, or were they in a separate habitat?
Academic text (1995) -
Modern species first appeared during the extension of dry grasslands, about 2.5 million years ago.
Academic text (1994) -
Well, and unfortunately we've converted a great deal of our grassland into agricultural land.
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The lonely male prowls the grasslands looking for a mate.
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The interior was rich in fertile grassland and bountiful woodland which teemed with all manner of plants and animals.
Synonyms
742
1.0
An area of open land used for farming or grazing
102
1.4
Land with grass where farm animals eat
85
1.0
A field of grass and wildflowers in the countryside
69
3.5
A large open area of grass where animals graze
60
3.2
A large flat area covered in tall grasses with very few trees
12
4.2
A large flat area of grass with a few trees in warm places
8
7.5
A large flat area of grass with few or no trees
8
3.4
A large flat grassland with few trees in warm countries
3
2.5
Land with grass where animals like cows or sheep eat
3
2.0
A field of grass where cows eat
2
3.7
Land covered with grass where cows or sheep eat
2
2.6
Land with grass where farm animals eat
2
6.6
Land with natural plants where animals like cattle graze
1
3.1
Open land with grass and wildflowers where animals graze
Antonyms
How Grassy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Grassland is simply the two words grass and land, meaning 'grass' and 'land'. So it describes an area of land mostly covered with grass, which is why animals graze there and many wild birds and mammals live in it.