fellfield
Meanings
noun
- A type of open area on windy slopes or ridges at very high altitudes or latitudes where the climate is too cold and dry for anything but sparse, low-growing plants amid rocks and bare soil.
- The vegetation in such areas.
Word forms
Etymology
From fell + field.
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