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savanna

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Geography
sa·van·na, savannah /səˈvænə/ noun [countable, uncountable]  SGa large flat area of grassy land, especially in Africa 〔尤指非洲的〕稀树草原
Examples from the Corpus
savannaSo the dilemma is: are we making a savanna or a lawn?This probably also occurred in the drier types of forest and savanna.The high savanna lowered into a lower, drier savanna, dark with thorny, tangled thickets.Seems like there were early records of savanna blazing star in the state.Nevertheless, tropical rain forest may be flammable at the edges, so that savanna may spread.Swallowtail butterflies are spectacular, their bright colours improving the forest's gloom and the glare of the savanna.When the savanna grass shouldered out cactus, they weeded fiercely.
Origin savanna (1500-1600) Spanish zavana, from Taino zabana
sa·van·na nounChineseSyllable
of area a Corpus in land, flat especially large grassy


savanna
savanna , savannah /səˈvænə/ noun [uncountable and countable]
 Date: 1500-1600
 Language: Spanish
 Origin: zavana, from Taino zabana
a large flat area of grassy land, especially in Africa