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karoos

karoos is the plural of karoo.

Meaning of karoo

Noun

karoo (plural karoos)

  1. Any vast prairie bordering a desert.
  2. (South Africa) Any of the composite bushes typical of the Karoo.
    • The herd is kept in an enclosure with wire fence about 7 feet high[…] They eat grass and karoo, but prefer bush of every kind, even eating the bitter aloe.1901 July 5, “Domestication of the Eland”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record, volume 4, number 9, page 273

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Questions about karoos

What is karoos the plural of?
Karoos is the plural of karoo.

Words near karoos in the dictionary

  1. Karoo acacias
  2. Karoo thorn
  3. Karoo thorns
  4. karooid
  5. Karoola
  6. karoos
  7. karoro
  8. karoros
  9. karoshi
  10. kaross
  11. karosses

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