grassland

noun grass·land \ ˈgras-ˌland \

|Updated on: 19 Jun 2018

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Definition of grassland

1 : farmland occupied chiefly by forage plants and especially grasses

2 a : land on which the natural dominant plant forms are grasses and forbs

b : an ecological community in which the characteristic plants are grasses

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stunning pictures of the giraffes and zebras roaming the grasslands of Africa

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Evacuation notices went to about 20 residences and traffic was reduced to one lane on state Route 67 while firefighters battled a 10-acre grassland fire for an hour Thursday afternoon.

— julie gallant, Ramona Sentinel, "Brush fire chars 10 acres, disrupts traffic," 14 June 2018
Lenny and Jeffrey, two male eastern white-bearded wildebeests, can now be seen with the zebras in the zoo's African grasslands habitat.

— bryce airgood, Detroit Free Press, "After almost 80 years, the Detroit Zoo finally gets some gnu animals," 7 June 2018
Nearly 600 acres of rolling hills, sprawling grasslands, and riparian woodland are prime territory for spotting raptors, buntings, woodpeckers, and other birds.

— shawnté salabert, Los Angeles Magazine, "From Archery to Mountain Biking, There’s an L.A. Park for Every Outdoor Hobby," 7 June 2018
The city also has to be mindful of not disturbing coastal dunes and grasslands along Municipal Beach that are monitored by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources.

— dan moran, Lake County News-Sun, "Moran: Waukegan trucks in 700 tons of sand to fill giant, germy beach puddle," 1 June 2018
The Sahara Desert, as National Geographic has written about many times, was sometimes grassland and green.

— National Geographic, "The Extraordinary Ways Weather Has Changed Human History," 30 May 2018
Open grassland areas are becoming more and more rare in Connecticut, lost to development or the encroaching woodlands.

— gregory b. hladky, courant.com, "Connecticut's Environmental Agency Conducts Controlled State Burn In Tunxis State Forest," 23 Apr. 2018
Based on evidence from layers of sediment at the site and hundreds of animal bones, Al-Wusta was the shore of a shallow lake, one of hundreds in an arid Pleistocene grassland.

— kiona n. smith, Ars Technica, "Saudi Arabian fossil find puts finger on the story of human dispersal," 9 Apr. 2018
There's clear documentation of butterfly bush invasions on Superfund restoration sites that are supposed to be grasslands.

— leah zerbe, Good Housekeeping, "3 Reasons To Never Plant Butterfly Bush Again," 27 Feb. 2017

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First Known Use of grassland

1682

in the meaning defined at sense 1

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grassland Synonyms

Synonyms

champaign, down(s), heath, lea (or ley), llano, moor, pampa, plain, prairie, savanna (also savannah), steppe, tundra, veld (or veldt);

Related Words

field, meadow;

floodplain;

bottom, bottomland, flat, lowland;

plateau, table, tableland, upland;

GRASSLAND Defined for English Language Learners

grassland

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Definition of grassland for English Language Learners

: land covered with grasses and other soft plants but not with bushes and trees

GRASSLAND Defined for Kids

grassland

noun grass·land \ ˈgras-ˌland \

Definition of grassland for Students

: land covered with herbs (as grass and clover) rather than shrubs and trees

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