Hypertext Webster Gateway: "steppe"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Steppe \Steppe\, n. [From Russ. stepe, through G. or F. steppe.]
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}.
{Steppe murrain}. (Far.) See {Rinderpest}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
steppe
n : extensive plain without trees (associated with eastern
Russia and Siberia)
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