patana means A type of open, hilly grassland, especially in Sri Lanka, often formed after the clearing of jungle.
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patana is pronounced /ˈpætənə/.
Etymology
From Sanskrit पतन (patana). The spellings patina and patena are probably by conflation.
noun
- A type of open, hilly grassland, especially in Sri Lanka, often formed after the clearing of jungle.e.g.“A considerable area of the jungle vegetation (rain forest) of the montane zone has been destroyed and is now either tea plantation or native patana grassland.” — 1990, P. J. Skerman, F. Riveros, Tropical Grasses, →ISBN, page 19:
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Words closest in meaning
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- paramo 54% match — A treeless grassland ecosystem covering extensive high areas of equatorial mountains, especially in South America. vs patana →
- paddyland 52% match — land where rice is grown vs patana →
- machan 52% match — A kind of safety platform in a tree, used when hunting large animals or to escape a flood; found most commonly in Indian jungles. vs patana →
- palas 51% match — A tree of eastern India and Burma, Butea monosperma. vs patana →
- pascual 51% match — Growing in pastures or grassy commons, among less rank herbage than pratal. vs patana →
- patas 51% match — A ground-dwelling long-tailed monkey of species Erythrocebus patas, found in West and East Africa. vs patana →
- parapara 50% match — The tree Pisonia brunoniana. vs patana →
- pusta 50% match — A temperate grassland biome of the Great Hungarian Plain; an exclave of the Pannonian Steppe. vs patana →