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prairie
[ prair-ee ]
noun
- a tract of grassland; meadow.
- (in Florida) a low, sandy tract of grassland often covered with water.
- Southern U.S. wet grassland; marsh.
- (initial capital letter) a steam locomotive having a two-wheeled front truck, six driving wheels, and a two-wheeled rear truck.
prairie
- An extensive area of flat or rolling grassland, especially the large plain of central North America.
Other Word Forms
- ۾· adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of prairie1
Example Sentences
For decades, many in the oil and gas-rich prairie provinces of Alberta and Saskachtewan have bemoaned how they are underrepresented, despite the region's economic significance for the country as a whole.
Black Barn Apiary’s Luxe Gold Honey is infused with edible gold mica and made on 20 acres of restored native prairie land in Wisconsin.
Upstairs from the bar in the boarding house, lost souls confess their secrets to a prairie witch named the Antidote.
His pro-labor philosophy echoed Nebraska’s legacy of prairie populism, notably the founding of the People’s Party in the 1890s, which criticized Republicans and Democrats for failing to protect workers and farmers.
In 1850, when California became the nation’s 31st state, legislators passed the Act for the Government and Protection of Indians, which prohibited intentional burning in prairie lands.
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