Prairies
Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-005131
Characterized by fertile soil, a mesic climate, and covered originally with coarse grasses, a prairie is an extensive, level or rolling, predominantly treeless grassland.
| Identifier | MLC-T-AGR-005131 |
|---|---|
| Field | Agriculture and food |
| Subject | Natural Resources, Conservation, Environment |
| Synonyms | rolling prairies |
| References | NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0) |
| See also | Grasslands; Prairie soils; Steppes; Prairie Pothole region; Tallgrass prairies; Shortgrass prairies; Mixed-grass prairies |
| Translations | Spanish: praderas |
Record as JSON
{
"id": "MLC-T-AGR-005131",
"term": "Prairies",
"field": "Agriculture and food",
"definition": "Characterized by fertile soil, a mesic climate, and covered originally with coarse grasses, a prairie is an extensive, level or rolling, predominantly treeless grassland.",
"synonyms": [
"rolling prairies"
],
"subject": "Natural Resources, Conservation, Environment",
"see_also": [
"grasslands",
"prairie soils",
"steppes",
"Prairie Pothole region",
"tallgrass prairies",
"shortgrass prairies",
"mixed-grass prairies"
],
"references": [
"NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
],
"translations": {
"es": "praderas"
},
"url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/prairies/"
}
Record 5,064 of 6,798 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.