PAMPAS

pampas

(noun) the vast grassy plains of northern Argentina

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Noun

Pampas pl (plural only)

Alternative form of pampas

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• MAPPAs, appams

Etymology

Noun

pampas (plural pampas)

The extensive plains of South America south of the Amazon.

Anagrams

• MAPPAs, appams

Source: Wiktionary

Pam"pas, n. pl. Etym: [Sp., fr. Peruv. pampa a field, plain.]

Definition: Vast plains in the central and southern part of the Argentine Republic in South America. The term is sometimes used in a wider sense for the plains extending from Bolivia to Southern Patagonia. Pampas cat (Zoöl.), a South American wild cat (Felis pajeros). It has oblique transverse bands of yellow or brown. It is about three and a half feet long. Called also straw cat.

– Pampas deer (Zoöl.), a small, reddish-brown, South American deer (Cervus, or Blastocerus, campestris).

– Pampas grass (Bot.), a very tall ornamental grass (Gynerium argenteum) with a silvery-white silky panicle. It is a native of the pampas of South America.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition