Karoo noun & adjective. [kǝ'ru:] Also Karroo, karoo. L18.
[Nama.]
A. noun. Any of certain elevated semi-desert plateaux in southern Africa; terrain of this kind. L18.
b. attrib. or as adjective. Geology. Designating or pertaining to a series of Triassic rocks in southern Africa, chiefly fossiliferous sandstone mixed with volcanic matter. L19.

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