PRAIRIES

Meaning of PRAIRIES in English

plural of prairie

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

PRAIRIES — [plural] [noun]The wheat growers of the Canadian prairies are some of the world's most efficient farmers.Prairies are called 'steppes' in …
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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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