as in prairie
a broad area of level or rolling treeless country
a folktale about gauchos on the pampas
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Recent Examples of pampa
Use it for fresh buds or a few pampas stems to liven up your living room or sleeping space.
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Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 11 Oct. 2023
Shop vibrant blooms like coral daisies, autumn sunflowers and golden yarrow, plus grass stems like pampas, wheat and bunny tails.
—Alyssa Gautieri, Good Housekeeping, 13 June 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pampa
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Sun Exposure: Full Sun to Part Shade Soil Type: Dry to Medium, Well-draining, Average Fertility Soil pH: Mildly Acidic to Neutral (6.0-7.2) Baptisia are tough prairie plants with a graceful appearance and showy blooms.—
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Here, winter routinely drops below –30°C, and snow buries the prairie for nearly half the year.—
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The land dried up, and the Aral Sea—the great oasis of the Asian steppes—evaporated.—
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Yes, in the market, but not on the steppe, not at a sanatorium.—
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Wind gusts up to 35 mph will be possible on the plains through Sunday evening and stronger winds are forecast for Monday afternoon.—
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Born at a federal site in Florida, he was released in 2021 onto the Alligator River refuge, a swath of coastal plain on North Carolina’s eastern shore.—
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Without consistent control measures taken by humans, the eastern red cedar soon claims grassland.—
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There has also been a growing emphasis on preserving existing vegetation and restoring degraded grasslands—often more effective than planting new trees in desert-prone regions.—
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But on the other hand, many more researchers looking at African savannas have found that elephants knock down lots of trees, converting forests into savannas and reducing carbon sequestration.—
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Common to woodlands, scrublands, savanna and villages across most of East Africa, they can be found in small flocks, usually making a variety of noisy scolds and shrieks at anyone within earshot.—
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“Pampa.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pampa. Accessed 8 Apr. 2025.
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