grassland

noun

grass·​land ˈgras-ˌland How to pronounce grassland (audio)
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1
: farmland occupied chiefly by forage plants and especially grasses
2
a
: land on which the natural dominant plant forms are grasses and forbs
b
: an ecological community in which the characteristic plants are grasses

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stunning pictures of the giraffes and zebras roaming the grasslands of Africa
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By then, firefighters had begun to arrive as flames spread across the dry grasslands and the family hurried to evacuate. — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 6 Aug. 2026 Crews using bulldozers and helicopters continued for a 10th day to fight a fire that has burned nearly 525 square miles (about 1,360 square kilometers) of grassland in western Idaho and eastern Oregon. — John Hanna, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2026 In the Spokane area, however, the Old Trails, Fairview and Autumn Lane fires were all burning largely within wildland-urban interface landscapes, where forests, shrublands and grasslands are interspersed with residential and commercial buildings. — John Abatzoglou, The Conversation, 3 Aug. 2026 After returning home, Cheogyal restarted his life and education in his home county Drago (Luhuo in Chinese), located in the rolling grasslands and mountains of a Tibetan region of Sichuan, on the southeastern corner of the Tibet-Qinghai plateau. — CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for grassland

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First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2a

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The first known use of grassland was in the 14th century

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“Grassland.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grassland. Accessed 7 Aug. 2026.

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grassland

noun
grass·​land -ˌland How to pronounce grassland (audio)
: land covered with herbs (as grasses and clover) rather than shrubs and trees

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