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Chapter 3
Lesson #3 (pp. 110-115)
Word | Definition |
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llama | an animal of the camel family used in the Andes as a pack animal and a source of wool |
thatch | grass, straw, rushes, palm leaves, and other materials matted together to make a roof or walls for a house |
leaching | the carrying off by rainwater of much of the soil's minerals, which crops need for growth |
tributary | a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or river |
palisade | fence made of large, pointed stakes, set firmly in the ground as a defense against attack |