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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Steppe

/stĕp/ · IPA /stɛp/
01 n. One of the vast plains in Southeastern Europe and in Asia, generally elevated, and free from wood, analogous to many of the prairies in Wes…
  1. 1.
    One of the vast plains in Southeastern Europe and in Asia, generally elevated, and free from wood, analogous to many of the prairies in Western North America. See Savanna. See: Savanna
Phrases & compounds
Steppe murrain — See Rinderpest.