Definitions for: Tundra

[n] a vast treeless plain in the arctic regions between the ice cap and the tree line

Webster (1913) Definition: Tun"dra, n. [Russ.]
One of the level or undulating treeless plains characteristic
of northern arctic regions in both hemispheres. The tundras
mark the limit of arborescent vegetation; they consist of
black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, but
support a dense growth of mosses and lichens, and dwarf herbs
and shrubs, often showy-flowered.

Tun"dra, n. [Russ., from a native name.]
A rolling, marshy, mossy plain of Northern Siberia.

See Also: champaign, field, plain

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