Definition of Savana
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.]
Savannahs are clear pieces of land without
woods. Dampier.
Savanna flower (Bot.), a West Indian
name for several climbing apocyneous plants of the genus
Echites. -- Savanna sparrow
(Zoöl.), 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.
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.]
Savannahs are clear pieces of land without
woods. Dampier.
Savanna flower (Bot.), a West Indian
name for several climbing apocyneous plants of the genus
Echites. -- Savanna sparrow
(Zoöl.), 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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A grassy plain with few or no trees.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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