malpais

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Century Dictionary (1 definition)

    –noun
  1. The ragged surface of a lava-flow.

Wiktionary (2 definitions)

    –noun
  1. akin to badlands, but having volcaniclastic rather than sedimentary rocks
  2. land having an underlayer of basaltic lava and little or no soil

GNU Webster's 1913 (1 definition)

    –noun
  1. The rough surface of a congealed lava stream.

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  • Plain to see, each would guide a party around some predetermined section of the malpais.
    Operation Luna
  • We landed in a gaunt part of the malpais, beyond sight of anything human, and got off.
    Operation Luna
  • It cast pallor and long shadows across the malpais.
    Operation Luna
 

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