Or plain; Land, usually flat, upon which grass predominates. The plains cover large areas of the Earth's surface, especially between the deserts of the tropics and the rainforests of the equator, and have rain in one season only. In such regions the climate belts move north and south during the year, bringing rainforest conditions at one time and desert conditions at another. Temperate plains include the North European Plain, the High Plains of the US and Canada, and the Russian Plain also known as the steppe.
Land where grass or grasslike vegetation grows. SYN. grass-land + prikaži više

ETYM as. meady; akin to maed, and to German matte; prob. also to Eng. mow. Related to Mow to cut (grass), and cf. Mead.
1. A tract of low or level land producing grass which is mown for hay; any field on which grass is grown for hay.
2. Low land covered with coarse grass in marshy places by the sea.
An area of grassland used each year to produce hay or silage. Cattle graze it only after the grass has been cut.
Farmers distinguish between meadow, reserved for cutting, and pasture, which is used solely for grazing purposes. However, the term “water meadow” is applied to areas of riverside grazing land that become rich through regular flooding. + prikaži više