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meadow definition

meadow (medō)

noun

  1. a piece of grassland, esp. one used as a pasture or whose grass is grown for use as hay
  2. low, level grassland near a stream, lake, etc.

Etymology: ME medow < OE mædwe, oblique case of mæd < Gmc *mædwa- < IE base *mē-, to mow

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