cerrado
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of cerrado
< 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
Example Sentences
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The roots of the cerrado plants went deep, reaching down to the water table.
From New York Times • Jul. 13, 2022
For those who can endure the demands of the Brazilian cerrado, fortunes can bloom.
From Newsweek • Apr. 29, 2013
Among Mitraud's current projects is a $1.2 million W.W.F. plan to preserve the 1.5 million-sq-km area of Brazilian savanna known as the cerrado.
From Time Magazine Archive
The cerrado they never leave till bound for the Plaza.
From Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration by Buck, Walter J.
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