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noun
A type of tropical savanna biome found in much of central Brazil and parts of Paraguay.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: biogeography, biology, geography, natural-sciences
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noun
A region with this biome.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: capitalized, countable, often
Topics: biogeography, biology, geography, natural-sciences
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noun
Alternative letter-case form of cerrado.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, countable, uncountable
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History
From Portuguese cerrado (literally “shut, thick”), from cerrar (“to shut”).
