Etymology
From grass + land. See grass. From Middle English lond, land, from Old English land, from Proto-West Germanic *land, from Proto-Germanic *landą (land), from Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- (land, heath). Compare Dutch grasland (grassland), Faroese graslendi (grassland), Icelandic graslendi (grassland). Compare also Old English græsmolde (grassland).
Noun
grassland (countable and uncountable, plural grasslands)
- An area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation.
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