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prairie
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prairie
pertaining to or emanating from the prairie.

prairie dog
small, 12 inches, 2 lb, gray-brown, herbivorous, diurnal rodent, living in burrows, in colonies or towns. Called also Cynomys ludovicianus.
prairie grass
paspalumurvillei.


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Purple coneflower: This native of the North American prairies is not only striking, but one of the best known medicinal plants--Echinacea.
29) Today there is very little of the North American prairies remaining, and they have been considered to be as threatened as, or more than, tropical forests,(30) For example, almost the entire tallgrass prairie has been destroyed; midgrass prairies have mostly been turned into farms, and the shortgrass prairies are under heavy assault.
 
 
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