单词 | ridge prairie |
释义 | > as lemmasridge prairie ridge prairie n. North American a prairie situated on an elevated, rolling tract of land; cf. bottom prairie n. at bottom n. and adj. Compounds 3.In early use as a place name in Illinois and Missouri. ΚΠ 1819 F. Renick Jrnl. in Agric. Hist. (1956) 30 178/2 The land we pass'd over this day is generally prairie of about the same quality of those last described except the Ridge prairie—this is a high rolling prairie.] 1868 A. H. Worthen Geol. Surv. Illinois III. ix. 146 The prairies are therefore of two classes—those that are a little elevated and rather level near the lower course of the streams, and more elevated and rolling prairies on the higher ridges. The latter are the so-called ‘ridge prairies’. 1960 Ecology 41 80/2 In one quadrant on a ridge prairie dropseed composed 97% of the vegetation. 1987 Canad. Jrnl. Bot. 65 2411 The drier, sandy ridge prairies often border drier oak forests and are much less common and more restricted in size, compared with the wetter prairies. < as lemmas |
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