PRAIRIES

Meaning of PRAIRIES in English

[plural] [noun]The wheat growers of the Canadian prairies are some of the world's most efficient farmers.Prairies are called 'steppes' in Europe and Asia and 'pampas' in South America.

Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012

PRAIRIES — plural of prairie
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PRAIRIES — Прерии
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PRAIRIES — (n) прерии
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UPLAND SANDPIPER — noun Date: circa 1890 a large short-billed American sandpiper ( Bartramia longicauda ) that frequents fields and prairies
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SAND BLUESTEM — noun Date: circa 1946 a tall rhizomatous North American grass ( Andropogon hallii syn. A. gerardii var. paucipilus ) that …
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PRAIRIE CHICKEN — noun Date: 1691 a grouse ( Tympanuchus cupido ) chiefly of the tallgrass prairies of the central United States with …
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CONESTOGA WAGON — noun Etymology: Conestoga, Pa. Date: 1717 a broad-wheeled covered wagon drawn usually by six horses and used especially for transporting …
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COMPASS PLANT — noun Date: 1848 a yellow-flowered composite plant ( Silphium laciniatum ) that has large pinnatifid leaves in which the leaf …
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BLUESTEM — noun Date: circa 1852 a tall North American grass ( Andropogon gerardii syn. A. furcatus ) that has smooth bluish …
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BLACK-FOOTED FERRET — noun Date: 1846 a rare weasel ( Mustela nigripes ) of western North American prairies having a yellowish coat, dark …
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RØLVAAG, OLE (EDVART) — born April 22, 1876, Dönna Island, Helgeland, Nor. died Nov. 5, 1931, Northfield, Minn., U.S. Norwegian-born U.S. novelist and educator. …
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REGINA — City (pop., 2001: 178,225), capital of Saskatchewan, Canada. It is located on the Wascana Creek in the south-central part of …
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OSAGE — North American Plains Indian people living mostly in Oklahoma, U.S. Their language is The name Osage is a French-derived version …
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MINNESOTA — State (pop., 2000: 4,919,479), midwestern U.S. Bordered by Canada and the U.S. states of Wisconsin, Iowa, South Dakota, and North …
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MANITOBA, LAKE — Lake, south-central Manitoba , Canada. Located northwest of Winnipeg , it drains into Lake Winnipeg . It is more than …
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LUPINE — or lupin Any of about 200 species of herbaceous and partly woody plants that make up the genus Lupinus in …
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LOCOWEED — Any of several species of poisonous plants of the genera Astragalus and Oxytropis , in the pea family (see legume …
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KANSAS — I State (pop., 2000: 2,688,418), central U.S. Bordered by Nebraska, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Colorado, it covers 82,282 sq mi (213,110 …
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FOX — North American Indian people living mainly in Oklahoma but also in Kansas, Nebraska, and Iowa, U.S. They are distinct from …
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FIREWEED — Perennial wildflower ( Epilobium angustifolium ) of the evening-primrose family. Its spikes of whitish to magenta flowers, which grow up …
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WHOOP — I. ˈh]üp, ˈhw] also ˈw] or ]u̇p; with reference to coughing ˈh]üp, ]u̇p also ˈhw] sometimes ˈw] verb ( -ed/-ing/-s …
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UNIVERSAL — I. |yünə|vərsəl, -və̄s-, -vəis- adjective Etymology: Middle English universel, universal, from Middle French, from Latin universalis, from universus entire, whole …
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STUBBLE — I. ˈstəbəl noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English stuble, stubbel, stouple, from Old French estuble, stuble, …
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STIFF — I. ˈstif adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English stif, from Old English stīf; akin to Middle Dutch stijf stiff, …
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SINK — I. ˈsiŋk verb ( sank -aŋk, -aiŋk ; or sunk ; sunk -əŋk ; or sunk·en -kən ; sinking ; …
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RUT — I. ˈrət, usu -d.+V noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English rutte, from Middle French rut, ruit noise, roar, rut, …
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RAMPAGE — I. (ˈ)ram|pāj, (ˈ)raam- sometimes -_pij or -_pēj verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: from Scots, probably irregular from ramp (I) intransitive …
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RANGELAND — also called Range, any extensive area of land that is occupied by native herbaceous or shrubby vegetation which is grazed …
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PLAINS INDIAN — Distribution of North American Plains Indians. also called Buffalo Indian, member of any of the aboriginal North American peoples inhabiting …
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PRAIRIE — ( prairies) A prairie is a large area of flat, grassy land in North America. Prairies have very few trees. …
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