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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_160193" /> == | |||
<p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) A meadow or tract of grass; especially, a so called natural meadow. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' 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. </p> | |||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_78353" /> == | |||
<p> Name given by the French to an extensive tract of flat or rolling land covered with tall, waving grass, mostly destitute of trees, and forming the great central plain of North America, which extends as far N. as Canada. </p> | <p> Name given by the French to an extensive tract of flat or rolling land covered with tall, waving grass, mostly destitute of trees, and forming the great central plain of North America, which extends as far N. as Canada. </p> | ||
==References == | ==References == | ||
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<ref name="term_160193"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/prairie Prairie from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_78353"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/prairie Prairie from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_78353"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/prairie Prairie from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
</references> | </references> | ||
Latest revision as of 17:53, 15 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( n.) A meadow or tract of grass; especially, a so called natural meadow.
(2): ( 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.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
Name given by the French to an extensive tract of flat or rolling land covered with tall, waving grass, mostly destitute of trees, and forming the great central plain of North America, which extends as far N. as Canada.
