prairie


Definition: Meaning of, prairie in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈprɛːri /

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prairie prairies
[countable]
  1. a wide open area of fairly flat land in North America which is covered in grass or wheat
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prairie used in phrases

  • Little House on the Prairie
    1. a book for children by the US writer Laura Ingalls WILDER, which describes her life as a child in the Midwest in the 19th century, when her family were among the first white people to live there. It is also the name of a popular US television programme of the 1970s, which was based on WILDER's books.
  • Prairie State (noun)
    1. a midwestern state in north-central United States
  • blacktail prairie dog (noun)
    1. tail is black tipped
  • greater prairie chicken (noun)
    1. the most common variety of prairie chicken
  • lesser prairie chicken (noun)
    1. a smaller prairie chicken of western Texas
  • pomme de prairie (noun)
    1. densely hairy perennial of central North America having edible tuberous roots
  • prairie anemone (noun)
    1. short hairy perennial with early spring blue-violet or lilac flowers; North America and Siberia
  • prairie aster (noun)
    1. violet-flowered perennial aster of central United States having solitary heads
  • prairie berry (noun)
    1. weedy nightshade with silvery foliage and violet, blue or white flowers; roundish berry widely used to curdle milk; central United States to South America
  • prairie bird's-foot trefoil (noun)
    1. north American annual with red or rose-coloured flowers
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