Tundra - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Tundra :  (noun)

1: a vast treeless plain in the arctic regions between the ice cap and the tree line

Based on WordNet 2.0

Tundra : \Tun"dra\, n. [Russ.] One of the level or undulating treeless plains characteristic of northern arctic regions in both hemispheres. The tundras mark the limit of arborescent vegetation; they consist of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, but support a dense growth of mosses and lichens, and dwarf herbs and shrubs, often showy-flowered.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Tundra : \Tun"dra\, n. [Russ., from a native name.] A rolling, marshy, mossy plain of Northern Siberia.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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