a type of plains community characterized by vegetation ranging from tropical broadleaf woodlands to scrublands, occurring in extensive areas of Brazil
Word origin
[‹ Brazilian Pg; Pg: n. use of cerrado thick, dense, lit., shut, ptp. of cerrar to close ‹ VL *serrāre; c in Pg, Sp perh. by assoc. with cercar to enclose, surround]