Center-West Region

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1. USSynonym of Central-West Region: A macroregion of Brazil, comprising the states of Goiás, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul and the Distrito Federal.

   Synonyms: Central-West Region

1. Alternative letter-case form of Center-West Region.

   THE CAPACITY in Brazil is huge. In the Cerrados, the nation’s Center-West region of grass and scrub trees, an estimated 234 million acres can be converted to ag use.

   2001 January 7, Dan Zinkand, “Brazilian agriculture marked by contrasts […]”, in The Sunday Gazette, volume 117, number 363, Cedar Rapids, Ia.: Gazette Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 8D, column 4

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   In a statement, Gol said wreckage from Flight 1907 has been located 30 kilometers east of the township of Peixoto de Azvedo, in the state of Mato Grasso, in the Center-West region.

   2006 October 1, Olympian news services, “Brazil: Missing plane found in Amazon jungle”, in The Olympian, Olympia, Wash.: McClatchy Co., →ISSN, →OCLC, page A5, column 1

   Our new record of E. actinosophila from the Center-West region reveals that even in well-sampled areas such as Distrito Federal, it is still possible to find unreported species, for example, the two conspicuous bromeliads Vriesea friburgensis Mez. and Tillandsia polystachia (L.) L. (Lima and Soares-Silva 2016).

   2022, José Herlânio de Lima, Viviane Vaz de Queiroz, Luciano de Bem Bianchetti, “First record of Eurystyles actinosophila (Barb. Rodr.) Schltr. in the Central-West region of Brazil and notes on distribution of Eurystyles and Lankesterella (Orchidaceae, Spiranthinae) in Brazil”, in Check List […], volume 18, number 5, Sofia: Pensoft Publishers, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 954, column 1