TUNDRA


Meaning of TUNDRA in English

[tun.dra] n [Russ, of Lappish origin; akin to Kola Lappish tundar hill] (ca. 1841): a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs; also: a similar region confined to mountainous areas above timberline

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