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"meadow" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often lea (3 letters).
Definitions
An open field covered with grass and wild plants.
Word origin
From Middle English medowe, medewe, medwe (also mede > Modern English mead), from Old English mǣdwe, inflected form of mǣd (see mead), from Proto-Germanic *mēdwō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂met- (“to mow, reap”), enlargement of *h₂meh₁-. Related to mead (“meadow”) and to math (“mowed result or area”). More at mow.
Used in a sentence
“alpine meadows”
“Our part of the veranda did not hang over the gorge, but edged the meadow where half a dozen large and sleek horses had stopped grazing to join us.”
“the salt meadows near Newark Bay”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Open grassy field”6 letters
02“Grassy field”6 letters
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