prairie
/ˈprɛri/
noun
- A large, flat area of land covered with grass, especially in North America, with few or no trees.
- The prairie stretched for miles under the wide blue sky.
- Farmers plowed the prairie to plant wheat and corn.
- Bison once roamed the vast prairies of the central United States.
- Any similar grassy plain in other parts of the world.
- The Argentine pampas are a type of prairie in South America.
- Prairie ecosystems exist on every continent except Antarctica.
- Travelers crossed the Eurasian prairie on horseback.
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