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French

prairie

meadow, grassland

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An expansive, mostly treeless prairie: natural grasses stretch across gently rolling ground to a distant low horizon, with foreground seed heads establishing the grassy terrain and broad uninterrupted bands conveying its width.
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prairie

PRAIR-ee/ˈpreri/

A large area of open grassland, especially in central North America.

Etymology
prairieFrenchmeadow, grassland

French prairie meant “meadow” or “grassland.” English adopted it to describe the fertile but treeless American plains, giving the meadow word its association with broad, open landscapes.

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