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savannah
(encz) | savannah,savana |
savannah
(gcide) | Savanna \Sa*van"na\, n. [Of American Indian origin; cf. Sp.
sabana, F. savane.]
A tract of level land covered with the vegetable growth
usually found in a damp soil and warm climate, -- as grass or
reeds, -- but destitute of trees. [Spelt also savannah.]
[1913 Webster]
Savannahs are clear pieces of land without woods.
--Dampier.
[1913 Webster]
Savanna flower (Bot.), a West Indian name for several
climbing apocyneous plants of the genus Echites.
Savanna sparrow (Zool.), an American sparrow ({Ammodramus
sandwichensis} or Passerculus savanna) of which several
varieties are found on grassy plains from Alaska to the
Eastern United States.
Savanna wattle (Bot.), a name of two West Indian trees of
the genus Citharexylum.
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savannah
(wn) | Savannah
n 1: a port in eastern Georgia near the mouth of the Savannah
river
2: a river in South Carolina that flows southeast to the
Atlantic [syn: Savannah, Savannah River]
3: a flat grassland in tropical or subtropical regions [syn:
savanna, savannah] |
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savannah
(encz) | savannah,savana |
savannah
(gcide) | Savanna \Sa*van"na\, n. [Of American Indian origin; cf. Sp.
sabana, F. savane.]
A tract of level land covered with the vegetable growth
usually found in a damp soil and warm climate, -- as grass or
reeds, -- but destitute of trees. [Spelt also savannah.]
[1913 Webster]
Savannahs are clear pieces of land without woods.
--Dampier.
[1913 Webster]
Savanna flower (Bot.), a West Indian name for several
climbing apocyneous plants of the genus Echites.
Savanna sparrow (Zool.), an American sparrow ({Ammodramus
sandwichensis} or Passerculus savanna) of which several
varieties are found on grassy plains from Alaska to the
Eastern United States.
Savanna wattle (Bot.), a name of two West Indian trees of
the genus Citharexylum.
[1913 Webster] |
savannah
(wn) | Savannah
n 1: a port in eastern Georgia near the mouth of the Savannah
river
2: a river in South Carolina that flows southeast to the
Atlantic [syn: Savannah, Savannah River]
3: a flat grassland in tropical or subtropical regions [syn:
savanna, savannah] |
savannah river
(wn) | Savannah River
n 1: a river in South Carolina that flows southeast to the
Atlantic [syn: Savannah, Savannah River] |
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