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steppe-tundra

steppe-tundra noun: a very cold dry-climate vegetation type consisting of mostly treeless open herbaceous vegetation, widespread during Pleistocene times at mid-latitudes of Eurasia and during some phases in North America.

Noun

steppe-tundra (plural steppe-tundras)

  1. A very cold dry-climate vegetation type consisting of mostly treeless open herbaceous vegetation, widespread during Pleistocene times at mid-latitudes of Eurasia and during some phases in North America.
    Synonyms:
    mammoth steppe

Synonyms of steppe-tundra

Forms of steppe-tundra

pluralsteppe-tundras

Questions about steppe-tundra

What does steppe-tundra mean?
Steppe-tundra means a very cold dry-climate vegetation type consisting of mostly treeless open herbaceous vegetation, widespread during Pleistocene times at mid-latitudes of Eurasia and during some phases in North America.
What part of speech is steppe-tundra?
Steppe-tundra is a noun.
What is the plural of steppe-tundra?
The plural of steppe-tundra is steppe-tundras.

Words near steppe-tundra in the dictionary

  1. steppe murrain
  2. steppe vole
  3. steppe voles
  4. steppe wisent
  5. steppe wisents
  6. steppe-tundra
  7. steppe-tundras
  8. steppe-witch
  9. steppe-witches
  10. stepped
  11. stepped aside

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