on the pampas

  • 31Pampas District, Pallasca — Infobox District Peru district = Pampas image size = image caption = cofarms = coa width = region = Ancash province = Pallasca capital = Pampas elevation = 3190 hamlets = ubigeo = 021509 pop = commas|5828 density = commas|13.3 area =… …

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  • 32pampas cat — noun Etymology: pampas from Spanish, plural of pampa : a small wildcat (Felis pajeros) of Argentina and Patagonia that is yellowish gray with dark bands on the legs and tail and brownish stripes running obliquely from the back to the flanks …

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  • 33pampas grass — a tall, ornamental grass, Cortaderia selloana, native to South America, having large, thick, feathery, silvery white panicles. [1840 50] * * * ▪ plant  (Cortaderia selloana), one of more than 20 species of tall, reedlike Central and South… …

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  • 34pampas lily-of-the-valley — paprastoji vilkvyšnė statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Bulvinių šeimos dekoratyvinis, medieninis, vaistinis augalas (Salpichroa origanifolia), paplitęs Pietų Amerikoje. Piktžolė. atitikmenys: lot. Atropa rhomboidea; Salpichroa origanifolia;… …

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  • 35The new Troy — Montevideo, or the new Troy   Author(s) Alexandre Dumas Original title Montevideo, ou une nouvelle Tro …

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  • 36pampas — /ˈpæmpəz/ (say pampuhz), / əs/ (say uhs) plural noun the vast grassy plains lying in the rain shadow of the Andes, and south of the forested lowlands of the Amazon Basin. {Spanish, plural of pampa, from Quechua} –pampean /pæmˈpiən/ (say pam… …

  • 37PAMPAS —    vast grassy, treeless, nearly level plains in South America, in the Argentine State; they stretch from the lower Paraná to the S. of Buenos Ayres; afford rich pasture for large herds of wild horses and cattle, and are now in certain parts… …

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  • 38pampas — pampean /pam pee euhn, pam pee euhn/, adj. /pam peuhz/; attributively /pam peuhs/; Sp. /pahm pahs/, n.pl., sing. pampa / peuh/; Sp. / pah/. the vast grassy plains of southern South America, esp. in Argentina. [1695 1705; < AmerSp, pl. of pampa <&#8230; …

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  • 39pampas — pam•pas [[t]ˈpæm pəz[/t]] attributively [[t]ˈpæm pəs[/t]] n. pl. sing. pa geo geg the vast grassy plains of S South America, esp. in Argentina • Etymology: 1695–1705; &LT; AmerSp, pl. of pampa &LT; Quechua: flat, unbounded plain pam•pe•an pæmˈpi&#8230; …

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  • 40pampas grass — /ˈpæmpəs gras/ (say pampuhs grahs) noun any of several species of large, perennial South American grasses of the genus Cortaderia, especially C. selloana, which has large feathery inflorescences and is frequently cultivated …