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Prairie

/prˈɛri/
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(noun) An extensive area of relatively flat grassland with few, if any, trees, especially in North America.

Laura Ingalls grew up on the prairie.
Nothing but grass was to be seen in the prairie.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The vast ____ stretched to the horizon, covered in tall grass that swayed in the wind.

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