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Tundra

Tundra Meaning & Definition
Tundra Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Tundra?

[n] a vast treeless plain in the arctic regions between the ice cap and the tree line

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See Also | champaign | field | plain

Tundra In Webster's Dictionary

\Tun"dra\, n. [Russ.] One of the level or undulating treeless plains characteristic of northern arctic regions in both hemispheres. The tundras mark the limit of arborescent vegetation; they consist of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, but support a dense growth of mosses and lichens, and dwarf herbs and shrubs, often showy-flowered.
\Tun"dra\, n. [Russ., from a native name.] A rolling, marshy, mossy plain of Northern Siberia.

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