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heaths

noun

plural of heath

as in prairies

a broad area of level or rolling treeless country not much grows on the heath besides heather

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as in deserts

land that is uninhabited or not fit for crops drove through a vast, empty heath that seemingly had no end

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Recent Examples of heaths Commoners relied on swamps, fens, forests, and heaths for fuel, gravel, stone, and wood to make tools and to build and repair houses. — Literary Hub, 19 Feb. 2026

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Noun

The prairies’ clayey soils and other characteristics suppress tree growth, but allow native grasses, wildflowers and other herbaceous plants to thrive.

— Charles Seabrook, AJC.com, 5 Sep. 2026
Radical Change Several decades ago, in the dry prairies of eastern Washington, Pamela Soltis and Douglas Soltis began tracking a polyploidy event.

— Carrie Arnold Contributing, Quanta Magazine, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of prairies

Noun

Over the following 445 days, the van crossed six continents, traveling through major cities, deserts, mountain regions, and areas with very different levels of EV infrastructure.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 19 Sep. 2026
Aitken’s 65-minute installation features multiple characters — played by Natasha Lyonne, Beck, members of the Los Angeles Dance Project and more — moving through settings across America, from deserts and remote mountains to factories and highways.

— Jem Aswad, Variety, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of deserts

Noun

Meanwhile, on Monday night, severe thunderstorms and damaging wind gusts between 70 and 83 miles per hour took down power lines and trees in the plains of Kansas, Iowa and Nebraska.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Sep. 2026
This year they’ve been spotted on the plains more than an hour’s drive east of Colorado Springs.

— Brittany Peterson, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of plains

Noun

In its place urchin barrens now carpet the seafloor; a spiny, silent landscape stripped of life.

— Tatjana Baleta, Time, 28 May 2026
The forests are marked by sparse conifer stands, woodlands, herbaceous vegetation, and unvegetated barrens that dominate the transition to Arctic tundra.

— Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 10 Feb. 2026

Definition of barrens

Noun

The two tortoises on board were, appropriately, Russian steppes tortoises, NASA has said.

— Tariq Malik, Space.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Historical legacy is not destiny, and Russia’s excesses cannot be blamed solely on its ties to the political culture of the steppes.

— Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of steppes

Noun

The move comes during one of the Mara’s busiest periods, when the annual wildebeest migration draws huge numbers of animals, tourists and conservation teams onto the grasslands.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2026
Junon bears the brunt of Weapons’ attacks in defense of the planet, parts of Gongaga have been flooded, and the grasslands look remarkably different from above.

— Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of grasslands

Noun

The center of the activities was a grove, within a ring of trees, considered to be one of the oldest oak savannas in the state.

— Gregory Harutunian, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026
The new property is nestled inside a 45,000-acre private conservancy with open savannahs and waterholes nearby.

— Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 8 July 2026

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