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Look up: prairie

  1. Prairie
    An extensive, level treeless tract of highly fertile land.
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  2. prairie
    [n] - a treeless grassy plain
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  3. prairie
    an extensive tract of level or rolling land that was originally treeless and grass covered Category: Botany and zoology
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  4. Prairie
    Prai'rie noun [ French, an extensive meadow, Old French praerie , Late Latin prataria , from Latin pratum a meadow.] 1. An extensive tract of level or rolling land, destitute of trees, covered with coarse grass, and usually c...
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  5. prairie
    1. An extensive tract of level or rolling land, destitute of trees, covered with coarse grass, and usually characterised by a deep, fertile soil. They abound throughout the Mississippi valley, between the Alleghanies and the Rocky mountains. 'From the forests and the prairies, From the great lakes o...
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  6. prairie
    noun a treeless grassy plain
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  7. Prairie
    • (n.) An extensive tract of level or rolling land, destitute of trees, covered with coarse grass, and usually characterized by a deep, fertile soil. They abound throughout the Mississippi valley, between the Alleghanies and the Rocky mountains. • (n.) A meadow or tract of grass; especiall...
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  8. prairie
    level or rolling grassland, especially that found in central North America. Decreasing amounts of rainfall, from 100 cm (about 40 inches) at the ... [4 related articles]
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  9. Prairie
    Prairies (UK, US) are considered part of the temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands biome by ecologists, based on similar temperate climates, moderate rainfall, and grasses, herbs, and shrubs, rather than trees, as the dominant vegetation type. Temperate grassland regions include the Pampas...
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  10. Prairie
    Prairie is a cultivated variety of potato.
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  11. Prairie
    Prairies are the almost flat, mostly treeless grasslands of North America. Similar areas are the steppes of eastern Europe, the pampas of Argentina and the veldt of South Africa.
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  12. prairie
    Central North American plain, formerly grass-covered, extending over most of the region between the Rocky Mountains to the west, and the Great Lakes and Ohio River to the east. The term was first applied by French explorers to vast, largely level grasslands in central North America, centred on the Mississippi River valley, which extend from the...
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  13. Prairie
    A large, flat plain with a lot of grass and almost no trees, such as the Great Plains of North America.
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27 May 2012

This day in history: The Queen Mary made her maiden voyage, on the Southampton-Cherbourg-New York route, on 27 May 1936. The passenger accommodation emphasised the first two classes, cabin and tourist. The propulsion machinery of the ship produced a massive 160,000 SHP and gave it a speed of over 30 knots. Despite expectations that the ship would try to break speed records on its first voyage a thick fog destroyed any hope of this. The Queen Mary spent a short time in drydock during July whilst adjustments were made to the propellers and turbines. When the ship returned to service, in August, it made a record voyage from Bishop's Rock to Ambrose light and took the Blue Riband from the Normandie. read more

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