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taiga [< Russian < Turk.; cf. Turk. dag mountain] 
n. See quotes.
- 1947 It is clear from Fig. 41 that an environment marked by an almost universal cover of coniferous forest is the most widespread feature in Canada. This cool, temperate forest the geographer calls Taiga.
- 1960 The sub-arctic, on the other hand, is a forested zone generally referred to as the taiga or the northern coniferous forest, or simply as the boreal (northern) forest.
- 1965 The second zone, and a more important one to the caribou, is the taiga, where stunted timber and shrubbery struggle to survive in a cold, dry climate.
- 1947 It is clear from Fig. 41 that an environment marked by an almost universal cover of coniferous forest is the most widespread feature in Canada. This cool, temperate forest the geographer calls Taiga.