a vast treeless zone lying between the ice cap and the timberline of North America and Eurasia and having a permanently frozen subsoil
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tun•dra /ˈtʌndrə, ˈtʊn-/USA pronunciation
n. [countable], pl. -dras.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- Ecologya vast, nearly level, treeless plain of the arctic regions.
tun•dra
(tun′drə, tŏŏn′-),USA pronunciation n.
- Ecologyone of the vast, nearly level, treeless plains of the arctic regions of Europe, Asia, and North America.
- Lappish; compare Kola Lappish tūndar flat elevated area
- Russian túndra
- 1835–45
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'tundra' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Alaska
- Barren Grounds
- Barren Lands
- Bewick's swan
- Canada
- Keewatin
- Manitoba
- North America
- Quebec
- Wrangel Island
- alpine tundra
- arctic willow
- barren ground caribou
- inceptisol
- longspur
- palsa
- snowy owl
- solifluction
- taiga
- tundra swan
- whistling swan