Steppe (noun)
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an extensive plain, especially one without trees.
Steppe, “an extensive, treeless plain,” is a borrowing by way of either French or German from Russian step’, of unknown origin.
Example sentences
“Animal roamed the steppe, gathering at the points where water gathered.”
Boscage (noun) bos-kij a mass of trees or shrubs; wood, grove, or thicket. 1350–1400; Middle English boskage. Middle French boscage. (more…)
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