prairie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹɛə.ɹi/
enpr: prârʹē
note: without the Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ˈpɹɛəɹi/
note: Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: [ˈpɹɛɹi]
ipa: /ˈpɹeːɹi/
note: without the cheer–chair merger
ipa: /ˈpɹeəɹi/
note: New Zealand, cheer–chair merger
ipa: /ˈpɹiəɹi/
ipa: /ˈpɹeɹɪ/
ipa: /ˈpɹeɹe/
note: Lancashire, fair–fur merger
ipa: /ˈpɹɜːɹɪ/
rhymes: -ɛəɹi
Forms: form: prairies
Etymology: Borrowed from French prairie.
Senses: examples: text: It was not far from the house; but the ground sank into a depression there, and the ridge of it behind shut out everything except just the roof of the tallest hayrick. As one sat on the sward behind the elm, with the back turned on the rick and nothing in front but the tall elms and the oaks in the other hedge, it was quite easy to fancy it the verge of the prairie with the backwoods close by.
ref: 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC:
glosses: An extensive area of relatively flat grassland with few, if any, trees, especially in North America.
Coordinate terms: pampa
savanna
steppe
Derived terms: taxonomic: Tympanuchus cupido attwateri
word: Attwater's prairie chicken
word: California coastal prairie
word: camas prairie
word: Canadian Prairies
word: coastal prairie
taxonomic: Symphyotrichum turbinellum
alt: syn. Aster falcatus
word: creeping white prairie aster
word: dry-mesic prairie
word: Eden Prairie
taxonomic: Tympanuchus cupido
word: greater prairie chicken
word: Gunnison's prairie dog
taxonomic: Tympanuchus pallidicinctus
word: lesser prairie chicken
word: Long Prairie
word: Pleasant Prairie
taxonomic: Pediomelum esculentum
word: pomme de prairie
word: syn. Psoralea esculenta)
word: Portage la Prairie
alt: Phasmida spp.; Anisomorpha ferruginea
word: prairie alligator
taxonomic: Anemone caroliniana
word: prairie anemone
taxonomic: Pediomelum esculentum
word: prairie apple
taxonomic: Symphyotrichum turbinellum
alt: syn. Aster turbinellus, Machaeranthera tanacetifolia
word: prairie aster
taxonomic: Asimina triloba
word: prairie banana
taxonomic: Phaseolus maculatus
word: prairie bean
taxonomic: Solanum elaeagnifolium
word: prairie berry
taxonomic: Lotus americanus
word: prairie bird's-foot trefoil
word: prairie bitters
word: prairie bottom
taxonomic: Anser albifrons
word: prairie brant
word: prairie-breaker
word: prairie-breaking
taxonomic: Bison bison
word: prairie buffalo
taxonomic: Silphium terebinthinaceum
word: prairie burdock
word: prairie-buster
taxonomic: Liatris pycnostachya
word: prairie button snakeroot
word: prairie chicken dance
taxonomic: Tympanuchus spp.
word: prairie chicken
word: Prairie City
word: prairie climate
word: prairie clipper
taxonomic: Dalea spp.
word: prairie clover
word: prairie coal
word: prairie cocktail
taxonomic: Tympanuchus spp.
word: prairie cock
taxonomic: Ratibida columnifera
word: prairie coneflower
word: prairie conjunctivitis
alt: Spartina pectinata
word: prairie cordgrass
word: Prairie County
word: prairie crab
word: prairie crab apple
taxonomic: Malus ioensis
word: prairie crabapple
word: Prairie Cree
word: Prairie Creek
taxonomic: Pulsatilla patens
word: prairie crocus
taxonomic: Eriochloa contracta
word: prairie cupgrass
word: prairied
taxonomic: Peromyscus maniculatus
word: prairie deer mouse
taxonomic: Parthenium integrifolium
word: prairie dock
taxonomic: Cynomys spp.
word: prairie dog
word: prairiedom
taxonomic: Sporobolus heterolepis
word: prairie dropseed
word: Prairie du Chien
word: prairie fairy
taxonomic: Falco mexicanus
word: prairie falcon
alt: Nothocalais cuspidata
word: prairie false-dandelion
word: prairie-fire
word: prairie fleabane
word: prairie-formation
word: prairie fowl
taxonomic: Vulpes velox
word: prairie fox
taxonomic: Eustoma exaltatum subsp. russellianum
alt: syn. Eustoma russellianum
word: prairie gentian
taxonomic: Heterotheca camporum
alt: syn. Chrysopsis camporum
word: prairie golden aster
taxonomic: Solidago ptarmicoides
word: prairie goldenrod
taxonomic: Branta canadensis
word: prairie goose
word: prairie gourd
taxonomic: Cucurbita foetidissima
word: prairie gourd vine
taxonomic: Calopogon oklahomensis
word: prairie grass pink
taxonomic: Tympanuchus phasianellus
word: prairie grouse
taxonomic: Lepus townsendii
word: prairie hare
word: prairie hawk
taxonomic: Tympanuchus spp.
word: prairie hen
taxonomic: Heterodon nasicus
word: prairie hognose snake
word: prairie itch
taxonomic: Lampropeltis calligaster
word: prairie kingsnake
word: prairie lake
word: prairieland
word: prairie lily
taxonomic: Sceloporus consobrinus
word: prairie lizard
word: prairie loo
taxonomic: Lotus americanus
word: prairie lotus
word: prairie madness
taxonomic: Sidalcea spp.
word: prairie mallow
taxonomic: Cynomys spp.
word: prairie marmot
word: prairie meet
taxonomic: Desmanthus leptalobus
word: prairie mimosa
taxonomic: Gryllotalpa major
word: prairie mole cricket
word: prairie nigger
taxonomic: Platanthera spp.
word: prairie orchid
taxonomic: Athene cunicularia
word: prairie owl
word: prairie oyster
word: prairie pasqueflower
taxonomic: Lathyrus polymorphus
alt: syn. Lathyrus decaphyllus
word: prairie pea
word: prairie phase
taxonomic: Numenius borealis
word: prairie pigeon
word: prairie pine
word: prairie plough
word: prairie plow
taxonomic: Charadrius montanus
word: prairie plover
alt: (Pediomelum esculentum), syn. Psoralea esculenta
word: prairie potato
word: prairie pothole
word: Prairie Provinces
taxonomic: Packera plattensis
alt: (syn. Senecio plattensis)
word: prairie ragwort
word: prairie rattler
taxonomic: Sistrurus catenatus
word: prairie rattlesnake
word: prairie-renovator
word: prairie rent
word: prairie restoration
taxonomic: Erysimum capitatum
word: prairie rocket
taxonomic: Rosa arkansana
alt: (wild prairie rose), Rosa caroliniana, syn. Rosa virginiana, Rosa blanda
word: prairie rose
taxonomic: Artemisia ludoviciana
word: prairie sage
taxonomic: Artemisia frigida
word: prairie sagewort
word: Prairie School
word: prairie schooner
word: prairie ship
taxonomic: Sorex haydeni
word: prairie shrew
taxonomic: Plestiodon septentrionalis
word: prairie skink
word: prairie skirt
taxonomic: Pulsatilla patens et al
word: prairie smoke
taxonomic: Masticophis flagellum
word: prairie snake
taxonomic: Bartramia longicauda
word: prairie snipe
word: prairie soil
word: Prairie Spy
word: prairie squint
taxonomic: Ictidomys spp. - gopher
word: prairie squirrel
taxonomic: Lithophragma spp.
word: prairie star
word: Prairie State
word: prairie stream
word: Prairie style
taxonomic: Helianthus petiolaris
word: prairie sunflower
taxonomic: Cirsium canescens
word: prairie thistle
taxonomic: Acmispon americanus
word: prairie trefoil
taxonomic: Trillium recurvatum
word: prairie trillium
taxonomic: Pediomelum esculentum
word: prairie turnip
word: prairie value
taxonomic: Lathyrus polymorphus
alt: syn. Lathyrus decaphyllus
word: prairie vetchling
word: Prairie Village
taxonomic: Microtus ochrogaster
word: prairie vole
word: prairie wagon
taxonomic: Trillium recurvatum
word: prairie wake-robin
taxonomic: Setophaga discolor
word: prairie warbler
word: prairie ware
word: prairie white-fringed orchid
taxonomic: Platanthera leucophaea
word: prairie white-fringed orchis
taxonomic: Salix humilis
word: prairie willow
word: prairie wolf
word: prairie wool
word: queen of the prairie
taxonomic: Filipendula rubra
alt: syn. Spiraea lobata
word: queen-of-the-prairie
word: restored prairie
word: salt prairie
word: shaking prairie
word: short-grass prairie
word: Silicon Prairie
taxonomic: Lithophragma glabrum
word: smooth prairie star
word: soda prairie
word: Spring Prairie
word: tall-grass prairie
word: tallgrass prairie
word: trembling prairie
word: urban prairie
word: virgin prairie
english: now Symphyotrichum ericoides
translation: now Symphyotrichum ericoides
taxonomic: Aster ericoides
word: white prairie aster
Related terms: Prairial
prairillon