meadow
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An open field of grass and wildflowers — flat or gently rolling, usually near water, often maintained by periodic flooding, grazing, or fire. A meadow is not a lawn. It is not maintained by machinery. It is a community of hundreds of species held in balance by disturbance.
Etymology
Old English mædwe (meadow, pasture), from Proto-Germanic *mēdwō, from PIE root *mē- (to mow). A meadow is, at root, a mowing place — land defined by the harvest it yields.
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