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PRAIRIE

\pɹˈe͡əɹi], \pɹˈe‍əɹi], \p_ɹ_ˈeə_ɹ_i]\

Definitions of PRAIRIE

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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A meadow or tract of grass; especially, a so called natural meadow.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

A large treeless tract of fertile, level land, especially that in the central United States.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

An extensive meadow or tract of land, level or rolling, without trees, and covered with tall coarse grass.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

A wide grassy plain.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

A tract of treeless land covered with coarse grass.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

n. [French, Latin] An extensive tract of land mostly level, destitute of trees, and covered with tall coarse grass.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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