prairie

prai·rie

P0500700 (prâr′ē)n. An extensive flat or rolling area dominated by grasses, especially the grasslands that once covered much of central North America.

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[French, from Old French praierie, from Vulgar Latin *prātāria, from Latin prāta, meadow.]

prairie

(ˈprɛərɪ) n (Physical Geography) (often plural) a treeless grassy plain of the central US and S Canada. Compare pampas, steppe, savanna[C18: from French, from Old French praierie, from Latin prātum meadow]

prai•rie

(ˈprɛər i)

n. 1. an extensive, level or undulating, mostly treeless tract of land esp. in the Mississippi valley, orig. covered with coarse grasses. 2. a tract of grassland; meadow. [1675–85; < French: meadow < Vulgar Latin *prātāria= Latin prāt(um) meadow + -āria, feminine of -ārius -ary]

prai·rie

(prâr′ē) An extensive area of flat or rolling grassland, especially the large plain of central North America.

prairie

An extensive open area of flat grassland, especially in the central plains of North America.

Thesaurus

Noun

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prairie - a treeless grassy plain grassland - land where grass or grasslike vegetation grows and is the dominant form of plant life

Translations

林间小空地牧场

prairie

(ˈpreəri) noun (often in plural) in North America, an area of flat, treeless, grass-covered land. 牧場，林間小空地 牧场，林间小空地