prairie : Idioms & Phrases

• noun tail is black tipped
  Cynomys ludovicianus.
  

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

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

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

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

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• 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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• 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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• 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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• (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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• noun an uncontrolled fire in a grassy area
  grassfire.
  

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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• (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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• noun of central North America; a threatened species
  Platanthera leucophea.
  

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

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• noun small wolf native to western North America
  coyote; Canis latrans; brush wolf.
  

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• . (Zoöl.) See Coyote.

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

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

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• noun tail is white tipped
  Cynomys gunnisoni.
  

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