Tundra \Tun"dra\ (t[=oo]n"dr[.a]), n. [Russ.]
One of the level or undulating treeless plains characteristic
of northern arctic regions in both hemispheres; the term is
most commony associated with the arctic plains of Siberia.
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.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
tundra
n : a vast treeless plain in the arctic regions between the ice
cap and the tree line
WordNet (r) 2.0
74 Moby Thesaurus words for "tundra":
Alaska, Antarctic Zone, Antarctica, Arctic Circle, Arctic Zone,
Frigid Zones, Greenland, Iceland, Lower Slobbovia, North Pole,
Novaya Zemlya, Siberia, South Pole, Tierra del Fuego, alkali flat,
alluvial plain, basin, bottomland, bushveld, campo, champaign,
champaign country, coastal plain, delta, desert, down, downs, fell,
flat, flat country, flatland, flats, grass veld, grassland, heath,
lande, level, llano, lowland, lowlands, lunar mare, mare, mesa,
mesilla, moor, moorland, open country, pampa, pampas, peneplain,
plain, plains, plateau, playa, prairie, salt flat, salt marsh,
salt pan, savanna, sebkha, steppe, table, tableland, the Antarctic,
the Arctic, the Hebrides, the Yukon, tree veld, upland, vega, veld,
weald, wide-open spaces, wold
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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