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patanas

patanas is the plural of patana.

Meaning of patana

Noun

patana (plural patanas)

  1. A type of open, hilly grassland, especially in Sri Lanka, often formed after the clearing of jungle.
    • A considerable area of the jungle vegetation (rain forest) of the montane zone has been destroyed and is now either tea plantation or native patana grassland.1990, P. J. Skerman, F. Riveros, Tropical Grasses, →ISBN, page 19

Questions about patanas

What is patanas the plural of?
Patanas is the plural of patana.

Words near patanas in the dictionary

  1. Patalpani
  2. patamar
  3. patamars
  4. Patan
  5. patana
  6. patanas
  7. Patane
  8. Patanes
  9. Patani
  10. Patao
  11. Pataos

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