prairie
/ˈpɹɛə.ɹi/ noun C1- An extensive area of relatively flat grassland with few, if any, trees, especially in North America.
Plural prairies
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And then Anthony Rockwall, who never cared for bells, went to the door of his library and shouted “Mike!” in the same voice that had once chipped off pieces of the welkin on the Kansas prairies.
Dorothy lived in the midst of the great Kansas prairies, with Uncle Henry, who was a farmer, and Aunt Em, who was the farmer’s wife.
When Dorothy stood in the doorway and looked around, she could see nothing but the great gray prairie on every side.
A little way off was a small brook, rushing and sparkling along between green banks, and murmuring in a voice very grateful to a little girl who had lived so long on the dry, gray prairies.
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