cerrado
[ suh-rah-doh; Portuguese si-rah-doo ]
/ səˈrɑ doʊ; Portuguese sɪˈrɑ dʊ /
noun, plural cer·ra·dos [suh-rah-dohz; Portuguese si-rah-doo s] /səˈrɑ doʊz; Portuguese sɪˈrɑ dʊs/. Ecology.
a type of plains community characterized by vegetation ranging from tropical broadleaf woodlands to scrublands, occurring in extensive areas of Brazil.
Origin of cerrado
< Brazilian Portuguese; Portuguese: noun use of
cerrado thick, dense, literally, shut, past participle of
cerrar to close < Vulgar Latin
*serrāre; c in Portuguese, Spanish perhaps by association with
cercar to enclose, surround
Words nearby cerrado
ceroplastics,
cerotic,
cerotic acid,
cerotype,
cerous,
cerrado,
cerredo,
cerritos,
cerro,
cerro de pasco,
cerro de punta
Example sentences from the Web for cerrado
But the ruler Cerrado condemned (the Castilians), for he did what was right.
The Annals of the Cakchiquels |Daniel G. Brinton