About The Word Tundra
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Tundra
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What's The Definition Of Tundra?
[n] a vast treeless plain in the arctic regions between the ice cap and the tree line
Synonyms | Synonyms for Tundra: Related Terms | Find terms related to Tundra: 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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