savanna

4 definitions found

savanna - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

savanna - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  savanna
      n 1: a flat grassland in tropical or subtropical regions [syn:
           savanna, savannah]

savanna - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Savanna, IL (city, FIPS 67821)
    Location: 42.09005 N, 90.13992 W
    Population (1990): 3819 (1807 housing units)
    Area: 6.3 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 61074
  Savanna, OK (town, FIPS 65600)
    Location: 34.82942 N, 95.83836 W
    Population (1990): 869 (388 housing units)
    Area: 6.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

savanna - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  71 Moby Thesaurus words for "savanna":
     alkali flat, alluvial plain, basin, bottomland, bushveld, campo,
     champaign, champaign country, coastal plain, delta, desert, down,
     downs, fell, flat, flat country, flatland, flats, grass,
     grass veld, grassland, grazing, haugh, haughland, heath, lande,
     lea, level, llano, lowland, lowlands, lunar mare, mare, mead,
     meadow, meadow land, mesa, mesilla, moor, moorland, open country,
     pampa, pampas, park, pasturage, pasture, pasture land, peneplain,
     plain, plains, plateau, playa, prairie, range, salt flat,
     salt marsh, salt pan, sebkha, steppe, steppeland, swale, table,
     tableland, tree veld, tundra, upland, vega, veld, weald,
     wide-open spaces, wold