grassland

Etymology

From grass + land. Compare Dutch grasland (“grassland”), Faroese graslendi (“grassland”), Icelandic graslendi (“grassland”). Compare also Old English græsmolde (“grassland”).

noun

  1. An area dominated by grass or grasslike vegetation.

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