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† paramo|ˈparaməʊ|
[Sp. páramo; app. from a native lang. of Venezuela or New Granada.]
A high plateau in the tropical parts of South America, bare of trees, and exposed to wind and thick cold fogs.
1760–72tr. Juan & Ulloa's Voy. (ed. 3) I. 422 The most remarkable paramos or deserts of Quito. 1875Encycl. Brit. I. 89/2 The Indian of the Andes..through whose rude straw hut the piercing wind of the paramos sweeps, and chills the white man to the very bone. 1901A. H. Keane S. Amer. I. 193 The Venezuelan and Columbian Paramo—a narrow zone of cold bleak terraces. |