Bible Dictionaries
Prairie

Webster's Dictionary

(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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Prairie'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/prairie.html. 1828.