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Hayfield

A field where grass for hay has been cut; a meadow.

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Meadow 92% connected

A tract of low or level land producing grass which is mown for hay; any field on which grass is grown for hay.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Aerie noun · 86% connection

any habitation at a high altitude

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Aery noun · 86% connection

any habitation at a high altitude

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Bent noun · 86% connection

an area of grassland unbounded by fences or hedges

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Biodiversity noun · 86% connection

the diversity of plant and animal life in a particular habitat (or in the world as a whole); "a high level of biodiversity is desirabl…

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Biome noun · 86% connection

a major biotic community characterized by the dominant forms of plant life and the prevailing climate

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Den noun · 86% connection

the habitation of wild animals

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Ecological niche noun · 86% connection

(ecology) the status of an organism within its environment and community (affecting its survival as a species)

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Eyrie noun · 86% connection

any habitation at a high altitude

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Eyry noun · 86% connection

any habitation at a high altitude

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Food cycle noun · 86% connection

(ecology) a community of organisms where there are several interrelated food chains

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Food web noun · 86% connection

(ecology) a community of organisms where there are several interrelated food chains

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Forest noun · 86% connection

land that is covered with trees and shrubs

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Grassland noun · 86% connection

land where grass or grasslike vegetation grows and is the dominant form of plant life

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Greenwood noun · 86% connection

woodlands in full leaf; "the greenwood was Robin Hood's home"

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Habitat noun · 86% connection

the type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs; "a marine habitat"; "he felt safe on his home grounds"

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Habitation noun · 86% connection

the native habitat or home of an animal or plant

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Home ground noun · 86% connection

the type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs; "a marine habitat"; "he felt safe on his home grounds"

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Lair noun · 86% connection

the habitation of wild animals

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Aceldama noun · 78% connection

The potter's field, said to have lain south of Jerusalem, purchased with the bribe which Judas took for betraying his Master, and ther…

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Army worm unknown · 78% connection

A lepidopterous insect, which in the larval state often travels in great multitudes from field to field, destroying grass, grain, and…

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Arrish noun · 78% connection

The stubble of wheat or grass; a stubble field; eddish.

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Bend noun · 78% connection

One of the honorable ordinaries, containing a third or a fifth part of the field. It crosses the field diagonally from the dexter chie…

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Bermuda grass unknown · 78% connection

A kind of grass (Cynodon Dactylon) esteemed for pasture in the Southern United States. It is a native of Southern Europe, but is now w…

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Blue grass unknown · 78% connection

A species of grass (Poa compressa) with bluish green stems, valuable in thin gravelly soils; wire grass.

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Bondager noun · 78% connection

A field worker, esp. a woman who works in the field.

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Campestrian adjective · 78% connection

Relating to an open fields; drowing in a field; growing in a field, or open ground.

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Cornfield noun · 78% connection

A field where corn is or has been growing; -- in England, a field of wheat, rye, barley, or oats; in America, a field of Indian corn.

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Darnel noun · 78% connection

Any grass of the genus Lolium, esp. the Lolium temulentum (bearded darnel), the grains of which have been reputed poisonous. Other spe…

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Electric energy noun · 78% connection

(physics) the potential energy of an electric charge in an electric field, or of an electric current in a magnetic field.

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Escutcheon noun · 78% connection

The surface, usually a shield, upon which bearings are marshaled and displayed. The surface of the escutcheon is called the field, the…

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