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Webster 1913 Edition
Savanna
Sa-van′na
,Noun.
[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
(Zool.)
, 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 1828 Edition
Savanna
SAVAN'NA
,Noun.
An extensive open plain or meadow, or a plain destitute of trees.