prairie

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

(French.) An extensive tract of land, mostly level, destitute of trees, and covered with tall, coarse grass. These prairies are numerous in the United States west of the Alleghany Mountains, especially between the Ohio, Mississippi, and the great lakes.--Webster.

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