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Webster 1913 Edition


Paramo


Pa′ra-mo

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Noun.
;
pl.
Paramos
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.
[Sp.
pæramo
.]
A high, bleak plateau or district, with stunted trees, and cold, damp atmosphere, as in the Andes, in South America.

Definition 2024


paramo

paramo

See also: páramo

English

Noun

paramo (plural paramos)

  1. a treeless grassland ecosystem covering extensive high areas of equatorial mountains, especially in South America