"flood plain" meaning in English

See flood plain in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: flood plains [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} flood plain (plural flood plains)
  1. Alternative spelling of floodplain Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: floodplain
    Sense id: en-flood_plain-en-noun-WBlMvHlG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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