prairie : Idioms & Phrases


blacktail prairie dog

  • noun tail is black tipped
    Cynomys ludovicianus.
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greater prairie chicken

  • noun the most common variety of prairie chicken
    Tympanuchus cupido.
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lesser prairie chicken

  • noun a smaller prairie chicken of western Texas
    Tympanuchus pallidicinctus.
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pomme de prairie

  • noun densely hairy perennial of central North America having edible tuberous roots
    Psoralea esculenta; pomme blanche; Indian breadroot; breadroot.
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prairie anemone

  • noun short hairy perennial with early spring blue-violet or lilac flowers; North America and Siberia
    wild crocus; Eastern pasque flower; blue tulip; Pulsatilla patens; American pasqueflower; American pulsatilla; Anemone ludoviciana; lion's beard.
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prairie aster

  • noun violet-flowered perennial aster of central United States having solitary heads
    Aster turbinellis.
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prairie berry

  • noun weedy nightshade with silvery foliage and violet or blue or white flowers; roundish berry widely used to curdle milk; central United States to South America
    silver-leaved nettle; silver-leaved nightshade; trompillo; purple nightshade; silverleaf nightshade; white horse nettle; Solanum elaeagnifolium.
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prairie bird's-foot trefoil

  • noun North American annual with red or rose-colored flowers
    Lotus americanus; compass plant; prairie lotus; prairie bird's-foot trefoil.
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Prairie chicken

  • noun brown mottled North American grouse of western prairies
    prairie fowl; prairie chicken.
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  • (Zoöl.), any American grouse of the genus Tympanuchus, especially T. Americanus (formerly T. cupido), which inhabits the prairies of the central United States. Applied also to the sharp-tailed grouse.
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Prairie clover

  • (Bot.), any plant of the leguminous genus Petalostemon, having small rosy or white flowers in dense terminal heads or spikes. Several species occur in the prairies of the United States.
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prairie coneflower

  • noun coneflower of central to southwestern United States
    Ratibida tagetes.
  • noun plant similar to the Mexican hat coneflower; from British Columbia to New Mexico
    long-head coneflower; Ratibida columnifera.
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prairie cordgrass

  • noun North American cordgrass having leaves with dry membranous margins and glumes with long awns
    freshwater cordgrass; slough grass; Spartina pectinmata.
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prairie crab

  • noun wild crab apple of western United States with fragrant pink flowers
    Iowa crab; Iowa crab apple; western crab apple; Malus ioensis.
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Prairie dock

  • noun stout perennial herb of the eastern United States with whitish flowers; leaves traditionally used by Catawba Indians to treat burns
    Parthenium integrifolium; wild quinine; American feverfew.
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  • (Bot.), a coarse composite plant (Silphium terebinthaceum) with large rough leaves and yellow flowers, found in the Western prairies.
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Prairie dog

  • noun any of several rodents of North American prairies living in large complex burrows having a barking cry
    prairie dog.
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  • (Zoöl.), a small American rodent (Cynomys Ludovicianus) allied to the marmots. It inhabits the plains west of the Mississippi. The prairie dogs burrow in the ground in large warrens, and have a sharp bark like that of a dog. Called also prairie marmot.
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prairie fire

  • noun an uncontrolled fire in a grassy area
    grassfire.
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prairie fowl

  • noun brown mottled North American grouse of western prairies
    prairie fowl; prairie chicken.
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prairie fox

  • noun small grey fox of the plains of western North America
    kit fox; Vulpes velox.
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prairie gentian

  • noun one of the most handsome prairie wildflowers having large erect bell-shaped bluish flowers; of moist places in prairies and fields from eastern Colorado and Nebraska south to New Mexico and Texas
    tulip gentian; Eustoma grandiflorum; bluebell.
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prairie golden aster

  • noun hairy perennial with yellow flower heads in branched clusters; found almost everywhere in dry places from Canada to west central and western United States; sometimes placed in genus Chrysopsis
    Chrysopsis villosa; hairy golden aster; Heterotheca villosa.
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prairie gourd

  • noun small hard green-and-white inedible fruit of the prairie gourd plant
  • noun perennial vine of dry parts of central and southwestern United States and Mexico having small hard mottled green inedible fruit
    wild pumpkin; Cucurbita foetidissima; Missouri gourd; calabazilla; buffalo gourd; prairie gourd.
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prairie gourd vine

  • noun perennial vine of dry parts of central and southwestern United States and Mexico having small hard mottled green inedible fruit
    wild pumpkin; Cucurbita foetidissima; Missouri gourd; calabazilla; buffalo gourd; prairie gourd.
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prairie grass

  • noun handsome hardy North American grass with foliage turning pale bronze in autumn
    Schizachyrium scoparium; wire grass; broom beard grass; Andropogon scoparius.
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Prairie grouse

  • noun brown mottled North American grouse of western prairies
    prairie fowl; prairie chicken.
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  • . Same as Prairie chicken, above.
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Prairie hare

  • (Zoöl.), a large long-eared Western hare (Lepus campestris). See Jack rabbit, under 2d Jack.
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Prairie hawk, Prairie falcon

  • (Zoöl.), a falcon of Western North America (Falco Mexicanus). The upper parts are brown. The tail has transverse bands of white; the under parts, longitudinal streaks and spots of brown.
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Prairie hen

  • . (Zoöl.) Same as Prairie chicken, above.
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Prairie itch

  • (Med.), an affection of the skin attended with intense itching, which is observed in the Northern and Western United States; also called swamp itch, winter itch.
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prairie lotus

  • noun North American annual with red or rose-colored flowers
    Lotus americanus; compass plant; prairie lotus; prairie bird's-foot trefoil.
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prairie mallow

  • noun false mallow of western United States having racemose red flowers; sometimes placed in genus Malvastrum
    red false mallow; Sphaeralcea coccinea; Malvastrum coccineum.
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Prairie marmot

  • noun any of several rodents of North American prairies living in large complex burrows having a barking cry
    prairie dog.
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  • . (Zoöl.) Same as Prairie dog, above.
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prairie mimosa

  • noun perennial herb of North American prairies having dense heads of small white flowers
    Desmanthus ilinoensis; prickle-weed.
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Prairie mole

  • (Zoöl.), a large American mole (Scalops argentatus), native of the Western prairies.
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prairie orchid

  • noun orchid of boggy or wet lands of north central United States having racemes of very fragrant creamy or greenish white flowers
    Habenaria leucophaea; prairie orchid.
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Prairie pigeon, plover, ∨ snipe

  • (Zoöl.), the upland plover. See Plover, n., 2.
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prairie rattler

  • noun widely distributed between the Mississippi and the Rockies
    Crotalus viridis; Western rattlesnake; prairie rattler.
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Prairie rattlesnake

  • noun widely distributed between the Mississippi and the Rockies
    Crotalus viridis; Western rattlesnake; prairie rattler.
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  • (Zoöl.), the massasauga.
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prairie rocket

  • noun any of several North American plants of the genus Erysimum having large yellow flowers
  • noun any of several western American plants of the genus Cheiranthus having large yellow flowers
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prairie sage

  • noun perennial cottony-white herb of southwestern United States
    Artemisia ludoviciana; western mugwort; white sage; cudweed; Artemisia gnaphalodes.
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prairie sagewort

  • noun silky-leaved aromatic perennial of dry northern parts of the northern hemisphere; has tawny florets
    wormwood sage; Artemisia frigida.
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prairie schooner

  • noun a large wagon with broad wheels and an arched canvas top; used by the United States pioneers to cross the prairies in the 19th century
    prairie schooner; Conestoga wagon; covered wagon; Conestoga.
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prairie smoke

  • noun North American perennial with hairy basal pinnate leaves and purple flowers and plume-tipped fruits
    purple avens; Geum triflorum.
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Prairie snake

  • (Zoöl.), a large harmless American snake (Masticophis flavigularis). It is pale yellow, tinged with brown above.
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prairie soil

  • noun a type of soil occurring under grasses in temperate climates
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Prairie squirrel

  • (Zoöl.), any American ground squirrel of the genus Spermophilus, inhabiting prairies; called also gopher.
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prairie star

  • noun plant with mostly basal leaves and slender open racemes of white or pale pink flowers; prairies and open forest of northwestern United States to British Columbia and Alberta
    Lithophragma parviflorum.
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prairie state

  • noun a midwestern state in north-central United States
    Land of Lincoln; IL; Illinois.
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prairie sunflower

  • noun similar to the common sunflower with slender usually branching stems common in central United States
    Helianthus petiolaris.
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prairie trefoil

  • noun North American annual with red or rose-colored flowers
    Lotus americanus; compass plant; prairie lotus; prairie bird's-foot trefoil.
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prairie trillium

  • noun trillium of central United States having dark purple sessile flowers
    Trillium recurvatum; prairie trillium.
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Prairie turnip

  • (Bot.), the edible turnip-shaped farinaceous root of a leguminous plant (Psoralea esculenta) of the Upper Missouri region; also, the plant itself. Called also pomme blanche, and pomme de prairie.
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prairie vole

  • noun typical vole of the extended prairie region of central United States and southern Canada
    Microtus ochrogaster.
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prairie wagon

  • noun a large wagon with broad wheels and an arched canvas top; used by the United States pioneers to cross the prairies in the 19th century
    prairie schooner; Conestoga wagon; covered wagon; Conestoga.
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prairie wake-robin

  • noun trillium of central United States having dark purple sessile flowers
    Trillium recurvatum; prairie trillium.
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Prairie warbler

  • (Zoöl.), a bright-colored American warbler (Dendroica discolor). The back is olive yellow, with a group of reddish spots in the middle; the under parts and the parts around the eyes are bright yellow; the sides of the throat and spots along the sides, black; three outer tail feathers partly white.
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prairie white-fringed orchid

  • noun of central North America; a threatened species
    Platanthera leucophea.
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prairie white-fringed orchis

  • noun orchid of boggy or wet lands of north central United States having racemes of very fragrant creamy or greenish white flowers
    Habenaria leucophaea; prairie orchid.
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prairie willow

  • noun slender shrubby willow of dry areas of North America
    Salix humilis.
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Prairie wolf

  • noun small wolf native to western North America
    coyote; Canis latrans; brush wolf.
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  • . (Zoöl.) See Coyote.
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Queen of the prairie

  • (Bot.), an American herb (Spiræa lobata) with ample clusters of pale pink flowers.
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white prairie aster

  • noun perennial of western North America having white flowers
    Aster falcatus.
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whitetail prairie dog

  • noun tail is white tipped
    Cynomys gunnisoni.
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