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tundra

Tundra is the vast treeless plain in the Arctic region between the icecap and the tree line.

(noun)

An example of tundra is where the subsoil is permanently frozen and the only growth is low growing plants such as moss and lichen.

See tundra in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

any of the vast, nearly level, treeless plains of the arctic regions

Origin: Russ, of Lapp orig.

See tundra in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A treeless area between the icecap and the tree line of Arctic regions, having a permanently frozen subsoil and supporting low-growing vegetation such as lichens, mosses, and stunted shrubs.

Origin:

Origin: Russian

Origin: , from Sami tūndar, flat-topped hill

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