taiga
/ˈtʌɪɡə
/noun [mass noun] (often the taiga)
The swampy coniferous forest of high northern latitudes, especially that between the tundra and steppes of Siberia: the coniferous forest of the taiga...
- Sardar said only around 200 herding reindeer are left in the Mongolian taiga (northern coniferous forest) today.
- From my hovering perch, I can see where the treeless tundra morphs into taiga - a thin boreal forest of stunted conifers, muskeg, ponds, and rivers.
- The taiga and tundra of this region teem with birds and animals, and bloom with wildflowers in early summer.
Origin
Late 19th century: from Russian taĭga, from Mongolian.
Rhymes
- photostability
- photostable
- photostat
- photostatic
- photostationary
- photostereogram
- photostereograph
- photostimulable
- photostimulate
- photostimulation
- photostimulator
- photostimulatory
- photostory
- photosurface
- photo-survey
- photo-surveying
- photosynthate
- photosynthesis
- photosynthesise
- photosynthesize
- photosynthesizer
- photosynthetic
- photosynthetically
- photosynthetic quotient
- photosynthetic ratio