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prairie

noun · /PRAIR-ee/

A prairie is a wide, open area of land covered mostly with grasses and wildflowers. It usually has very few trees.

In a sentence

  • "The wind rolled across the prairie, making the tall grass wave like an ocean."
  • "A family of rabbits hid in the prairie grass near a patch of yellow flowers."

Books where you'll see it

  • Little House on the Prairie
    Laura Ingalls Wilder
  • The Long Winter
    Laura Ingalls Wilder
  • Sarah, Plain and Tall
    Patricia MacLachlan
  • Prairie Lotus
    Linda Sue Park
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