prairie
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3.2
- noun
- /ˈprɛəri/
- US
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pradera
- The explorers trekked across the vast expanse of prairie, amazed by the endless sea of tall grasses.
- prairie grass
- native prairie
- prairie plants
It's being in the woods, on the Prairie, by the water.
- It's being in the woods, on the Prairie, by the water.
- And, you know, there were prairies and woods and hills and even rock piles all over the place.
- And indeed, we are able to go from big open prairies or mountaintops or large cathedrals or concert halls into small environments.
- But the fact is I live out in the edge of a Prairie out in Michigan in a in a very rural setting, hundreds and hundreds of miles from that kind of help.
- So it's goat sheeps, Prairie voles, mice, rats.
- You know, they use dogs for hunting back in the Prairie and gold rush day.
- We've put in great forests of beautiful wind turbines on the drowned prairies of Dogger land between Britain and Holland in the North Sea.
Examples
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On the the prairies of North America there are birds like this.
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Ahead lay the vast short-grass prairie of southern Kansas, where buffalo come together to carpet the earth.
Fiction book (1995) -
I find there is a feeling of the prairie where I was born.
Fiction book (1994) -
I just spent too much time staring at the prairie sun.
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Out there lies the prairie
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And, and I visited some of these prairies and they just are the most beautiful thing.
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As a result, there is renewed hope that the tiny prairie will be preserved for future generations.
Academic text (1991) -
Saskatchewan is a Canadian prairie province with a total population of slightly under 1.1 million.
Academic text (2011) -
By now, prairie restoration is so successful that prairie projects are springing up all across the Midwest.
Academic text (1993) -
What I'm trying to say, Mr. Barber, is that you are a cool drink of Cheyenne spring water after a long gallop across the golden, arid prairie.
Synonyms
69
3.5
A large open area of grass where animals graze
20
2.7
An open area covered mainly with grass where animals live or graze
8
7.5
A large flat area of grass with few or no trees
Compounds
- US
8
4.7
A small animal that digs tunnels and lives in large groups on North American grasslands
1
8.0
A brown spotted bird that lives in North American grasslands and makes a low booming call during mating
- US
1
7.3
A large fast fire that burns across dry grassland and spreads quickly in strong wind
- Specialized
1
8.2
A small grassland bird in western Texas and nearby areas that dances to attract mates
- US
1
6.0
A small wild animal that looks like a dog from western North America, often called a coyote
A small squirrel-like animal that lives underground in groups and has a black-tipped tail
- Specialized
A large brown bird that lives in North American grasslands and makes loud mating calls
- Specialized
A plant from central North America that lives many years, has hairy leaves, and an edible underground root
A plant with violet flowers that grows in the open grasslands of the central United States
A wild plant with silvery leaves and round berries that people use to curdle milk
A North American plant that lives for one year with bright pink or red pea-like flowers
- Specialized
A tall coarse grass that grows in prairies and wetlands and shelters birds and small animals
A short hairy plant with blue-violet or lilac flowers that blooms in early spring
A North American plant like a daisy with hanging yellow or red petals and a cone-shaped center
A vine that grows in dry fields and makes small hard green fruits that are not edible
A long-lived vine from dry central and southwestern US and Mexico that has small hard green-and-white fruits not for eating
A small hard green-and-white fruit from a wild North American vine not for eating
A brown bird with spotted feathers that lives on grasslands in western North America
- Literature
A small magical being like a tiny person that lives on prairies and cares for plants
- US
A brown and spotted North American bird that lives in prairie grasslands, like the prairie chicken
A plant from the western United States with bright red flowers in small clusters
- US
A plant that lives for many years with soft white leaves and grows in the US Southwest
- Archaic
A large covered wagon used by early settlers to travel across the prairies
A wild flowering plant in North American wet prairies with small creamy scented flowers
A venomous snake with a rattle that lives in dry grasslands in central North America
An annual North American plant with red or pink flowers that grows in prairies
A North American wildflower from central United States with dark purple, stemless flowers
A large covered wagon with wide wheels used by settlers to travel across the plains
- Specialized
A wildflower with dark purple flowers without stems that grows in central United States prairies
- Specialized
A rare wildflower with white, fringed petals that grows in prairies
- US
A plant with leaves near the ground, thin flower stems, and pale pink or white flowers from northwest prairies
A wild plant with bright yellow petals that grows in central United States grasslands
- Specialized
A fragrant orchid that grows in wet prairie meadows with white fringed flowers
A small animal that lives in holes in the ground and has a white-tipped tail, found in western US grasslands
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Etymology
The word prairie comes from the French word prairie, which meant 'meadow' and comes from the old Latin word pratum 'meadow'. So in North America prairie grew to mean a very large, flat area of grass — a wide open field covered with tall grasses.