grassland

Noun

Meaning

land where grass or grasslike vegetation grows and is the dominant form of plant life

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

grange mead moor heath champaign lea ley glade prairie ranch orchard glebe hayfield plateau upland
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Antonyms

hill highland shin bank crag scarp
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Hypernyms

parcel tract biome piece of land parcel of land piece of ground

Hyponyms

lea ley prairie hayfield meadow bent

Phrases with the word

highveld grassland flat grassland east african grassland grassland in africa grassland region grassland vegetation

Examples

Prairie grassland once covered much of North America's midsection. European settlers turned nearly all of it into farms and ranches, and today the prairie landscape survives mainly in isolated reserves. Stephen Kinzer

All such changes could be explained by a general alteration in habitat from forest to grassland. Source: Internet

As a consequence of this warming trend, the warmer parts of the boreal forests are susceptible to replacement by grassland, parkland or temperate forest. Source: Internet

A total of 242 mammalian species exist, with most endemic ones occupying the woodland and grassland ecosystems. Source: Internet

A steppe is a dry grassland with an annual temperature range in the summer of up to convert and during the winter down to convert. Source: Internet

Chaffey (p.9) Geological map of Dorset Dorset has a number of limestone ridges which are mostly covered in either arable fields or calcareous grassland supporting sheep. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

grassiness grassing Grassington grassland area grassland areas grassland daisy