savanna

«savanna» in Mova's school dictionary: a large, flat area of grassland with only a few scattered… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a savanna, savannas — also spelled savannah)

meaning for a pupil

A savanna is a large, flat area of grassland with only a few scattered trees, found in hot places with a wet season and a dry season. tree →

sense in the lessons

Geography and science (habitats and biomes): the African savanna is home to lions, zebras, giraffes, elephants and wildebeest; savannas are also found in Australia, South America and India. Animals migrate to follow the rains. Food chains: grass → zebra → lion. Phrases: the African savanna, on the savanna, savanna animals.

examples

• Lions hunt on the African savanna. tree →
• The savanna turns green in the wet season. tree →
• Giraffes eat leaves from the few trees on the savanna. tree →
• Zebras and wildebeest cross the savanna in huge herds. tree →
• Acacia trees grow on the savanna. tree →
• The savanna is a grassland biome. tree →

note

Two spellings: savanna and savannah — both correct. Countable. A savanna is not a desert (it has a rainy season and grass) and not a rainforest (it has few trees).

In the corpora

• Mandrills, the monkeys with red and blue faces, live in the rainforests of central Africa, not on the open savanna.
• The African forest buffalo is a smaller, reddish cousin of the savanna buffalo, with swept-back horns that fit dense forest.
• The savanna is a hot grassland with scattered trees, as in much of Africa.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «savanna» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.