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Definition of Paramo
1. n. A high, bleak plateau or district, with stunted trees, and cold, damp atmosphere, as in the Andes, in South America.
Definition of Paramo
1. Noun. a treeless grassland ecosystem covering extensive high areas of equatorial mountains, especially in South America ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Paramo
1. a plateau region of South America [n -MOS]
Medical Definition of Paramo
1. Origin: Sp. Paeramo. A high, bleak plateau or district, with stunted trees, and cold, damp atmosphere, as in the Andes, in South America. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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Literary usage of Paramo
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"Glaciers are still extant in the paramo del Ruiz, and possibly in some of the
other snow-clad heights. The slopes of the various Cordilleras are frequently ..."
2. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive by Robert Jameson, Sir William Jardine, Henry D Rogers (1832)
"Analysis of a New Mineral found in the paramo Rico, near Pamplona, South America
... AT a small distance from the village Montuosa-Baja, in the paramo Rico, ..."
3. The Geographical and Historical Dictionary of America and the West Indies by Antonio de Alcedo, George Alexander Thompson (1814)
"... a very lofty paramo or mountain, always covered with snow, of the kingdom of
Quito : one of those chosen by the academicians of the sciences at Paris, ..."
4. Four Years Among Spanish-Americans by Friedrich Hassaurek (1868)
"View of the Mountain. — The Arenal. — Human Reminis- cences and Monuments in the
Desert of Sand and Snow. — What a paramo is. — Its Terrors. ..."
5. The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal (1832)
"Analysis of a New Mineral found in the paramo Rico, near Pamplona, ... A. Ta small
distance from the village Montuosa-Baja, in the paramo Rico, ..."
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