arctic.

1. Relating to Earth's northern polar region.

2. Extremely cold, often with a sense of forbidding exposure.

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Words that belong together

• arctic climate
• arctic vegetation

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The expedition crossed an arctic landscape of sparse vegetation.

Usage notes

Primary category: setting / environment. Forms: Normally non-gradable; no ordinary comparative or superlative. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common.