cerrado
[ suh-rah-doh; Portuguese si-rah-doo ]
noun,plural cer·ra·dos [suh-rah-dohz; Portuguese si-rah-doos]. /səˈrɑ doʊz; Portuguese sɪˈrɑ dʊs/. Ecology.
a type of plains community characterized by vegetation ranging from tropical broadleaf woodlands to scrublands, occurring in extensive areas of Brazil.
Origin of cerrado
1<Brazilian Portuguese; Portuguese: noun use of cerrado thick, dense, literally, shut, past participle of cerrar to close <Vulgar Latin *serrāre; c in Portuguese, Spanish perhaps by association with cercar to enclose, surround
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How to use cerrado in a sentence
In just a quarter of an acre in the cerrado, for example, scientists have recorded 230 species of plants.
Hoy no soy escritor; soy mero amanuense: no os pido, pues, admiracin ni indulgencia, sino que me creis a puo cerrado.
Novelas Cortas | Pedro Antonio de AlarcnLa noche haba cerrado casi por complete cuando don Dions llegaba las puertas de su castillo.
Legends, Tales and Poems | Gustavo Adolfo BecquerDios ha cerrado sus odos cuantas plegarias se le dirijan en su presencia.
Legends, Tales and Poems | Gustavo Adolfo BecquerBut the ruler cerrado condemned (the Castilians), for he did what was right.
The Annals of the Cakchiquels | Daniel G. Brinton
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