Savanna \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 (Zo["o]l.), 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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)