savanna or savannah /sə-vanˈə/ noun A tract of level land, covered with low vegetation, treeless, or dotted with trees or patches of wood, as in tropical or subtropical Africa ORIGIN: Sp zavana (now sabana), said to be from Carib: not from sábana sheet savanna flower noun A West Indian apocynaceous plant (genus Echiles) savannˈa-forest noun Parklands savannˈa-sparrˈow noun A N American sparrow (genus Passerculus) savannˈa-wattˈle noun Fiddlewood |