pa·ra·mo 
(pärə-mō′, părə-) or pá·ra·mo (pärə-)
(pärə-mō′, părə-) or pá·ra·mo (pärə-)n. pl. pa·ra·mos or pá·ra·mos
A treeless alpine plateau of the tropical Andes.
[American Spanish páramo, from Spanish, wasteland, from Old Spanish, from Latin paramus, probably from a pre-Roman language of the Iberian Peninsula.]