prairie

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   an extensive, relatively flat area of grassland with few or no trees, especially in North America

   Bison once ranged across the open prairie in enormous herds.

Common collocations

• prairie chicken Noun + noun
• prairie dog Noun + noun
• prairie fire Noun + noun
• prairie soil Noun + noun

Borrowed from French prairie ("meadow or grassland"), from Old French praerie, ultimately from Latin pratum ("meadow") with a land-forming suffix. English applied it especially to the broad grasslands of North America.

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