'Savanna flower' definitions:

Definition of 'Savanna flower'

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  • Savanna \Sa*van"na\, n. [Of American Indian origin; cf. Sp. sabana, F. savane.] A tract of level land covered with the vegetable growth usually found in a damp soil and warm climate, -- as grass or reeds, -- but destitute of trees. [Spelt also savannah.] [1913 Webster]
  • Savannahs are clear pieces of land without woods. --Dampier. [1913 Webster]
  • Savanna flower (Bot.), a West Indian name for several climbing apocyneous plants of the genus Echites.
  • Savanna sparrow (Zool.), an American sparrow ({Ammodramus sandwichensis} or Passerculus savanna) of which several varieties are found on grassy plains from Alaska to the Eastern United States.
  • Savanna wattle (Bot.), a name of two West Indian trees of the genus Citharexylum. [1913 Webster]