"karoo" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "Originates from the Khoikhoi word karo (meaning dry, and hard)",
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  "pos": "noun",
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        "Any vast prairie bordering a desert."
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          "ref": "1901 July 5, “Domestication of the Eland”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record, volume 4, number 9, page 273:",
          "text": "The herd is kept in an enclosure with wire fence about 7 feet high[…] They eat grass and karoo, but prefer bush of every kind, even eating the bitter aloe.",
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        "Any of the composite bushes typical of the Karoo."
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        "(South Africa) Any of the composite bushes typical of the Karoo."
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  "etymology_text": "Originates from the Khoikhoi word karo (meaning dry, and hard)",
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        "Any vast prairie bordering a desert."
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          "desert",
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