PRAIRIE Synonyms

• a low evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae; has small bell-shaped pink or purple flowers

• a tract of level wasteland; uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation

• a unit of length of thread or yarn

• a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock

• a piece of land covered or mostly covered with grass; a field where grass or alfalfa are grown to be made into hay

• the vast grassy plains of northern Argentina

• not elaborate or elaborated; simple

• lacking patterns especially in color

• extensive tract of level open land

• a basic knitting stitch made by putting the needle through the front of the stitch from the lefthand side

• unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly')

• clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment

• not mixed with extraneous elements

• free from any effort to soften to disguise

• lacking embellishment or ornamentation

• lacking in physical beauty or proportion

• express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness

• a flat grassland in tropical or subtropical regions

• extensive plain without trees (associated with eastern Russia and Siberia)

• a vast treeless plain in the Arctic regions where the subsoil is permanently frozen

• elevated open grassland in southern Africa

• A police officer assigned to a university campus.

• A field or plain in a Spanish- or Portuguese-speaking area.