Sa‐van″na (?), n. [Of American Indian origin; cf. Sp. sabana, F. savane.] A tract of level land covered with the vegetable growth usually found in a damp soil and warm climate, — as grass or reeds, — but destitute of trees. [Spelt also savannah.]
Savannahs are clear pieces of land without woods. Dampier.
Savanna flower(Bot.), a West Indian name for several climbing apocyneous plants of the genus Echites. — Savanna sparrow(Zoöl.), an American sparrow (Ammodramus sandwichensis or Passerculus savanna) of which several varieties are found on grassy plains from Alaska to the Eastern United States. — Savanna wattle(Bot.), a name of two West Indian trees of the genus Citharexylum.