veld

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veld / velt/ (also veldt) • n. open, uncultivated country or grassland in southern Africa. It is conventionally classified by altitude into highveld, middleveld, and lowveld.

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English

veld

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veld Extensive grasslands in the east of the interior of South Africa, often with a scattering of trees or bushes. In these instances the names tree veld and bush veld respectively are applied. True grass veld is confined to the high terrain.

A Dictionary of Ecology MICHAEL ALLABY

veld

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veld, veldt (S. Afr.) unenclosed country. XIX. — Afrikaans veld, earlier veldt :- Du. veld FIELD.

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology T. F. HOAD

veld

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veld Extensive grasslands in the east of the interior of S. Africa, often with a scattering of trees or bushes. In these instances the names tree veld and bush veld respectively are applied. True grass veld is confined to the high terrain.

A Dictionary of Plant Sciences MICHAEL ALLABY

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