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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.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-005131
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectNatural Resources, Conservation, Environment
Synonymsrolling prairies
ReferencesNAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0)
See alsoGrasslands; Prairie soils; Steppes; Prairie Pothole region; Tallgrass prairies; Shortgrass prairies; Mixed-grass prairies
TranslationsSpanish: 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.