open prairie

collocation in English

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open
adjective
uk
/ˈəʊ.pən/us
/ˈoʊ.pən/
not closed ...
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prairie
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈpreə.ri/us
/ˈprer.i/
a wide area of flat land without trees in Canada and the ...
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(Definition ofopenandprairiefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It is unlikely that it lived in open prairies, since it would not have been fast enough to outrun the predators of that time.
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Typically, milk snakes live in forested regions; however, in some regions they can be located in open prairies.
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The plant grows in cedar gladees and glade ecotones and open prairies.
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They were oriented toward the open prairies where they engaged in communal hunts for buffalo.
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From theopenprairie, where there is no cultivation at all.
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The narrow canyons are about six miles (10 km) long and lead toopenprairieabove.
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The park is surrounded by a vastopenprairie.
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The flat, wooded land was onceopenprairiewhere cattle grazed.
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The north and west portions are mostlyopenprairieand excellent farmland, whereas the south and east portions are more hilly and wooded.
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New work opportunities are available to them, but the freedom of theopenprairieis what they long for.
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At there is a largeopenprairiewhere animals such as elk previously grazed.
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These men recorded the area as beingopenprairiewith occasional low spots.
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Sweeping vistas ofopenprairie, incredibly beautiful sunsets and sunrises and abundant wildflowers are just some of the attractions of this remarkable area.
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His home runs were on line drives far over the fence, and would be good for four bases on anopenprairie.
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These packs move fromopenprairie, to shelterbelts, and adjacent croplands with standing corn and sunflowers.
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At night, they move intoopenprairieto feed.
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The group spent much of their travels on theopenprairie, going for days without rations.
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The western part is mostlyopenprairie.
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The main point is that in a land that is typically covered in forest, alvars provide small area ofopenprairie-like conditions for plants that require such conditions.
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