prairie soil

noun

a soil that forms in subhumid, temperate regions with tall grass as native vegetation.

Origin of prairie soil

An Americanism dating back to 1810–20

Words Nearby prairie soil

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How to use prairie soil in a sentence

Their digging and tunnelling lets dissolving water and disintegrating air into the earth and deepens the prairie soil.
Watched by Wild Animals | Enos A. Mills
They picketed the horses, and crept forward on their hands and knees through the soft, muddy prairie soil.
Roosevelt in the Bad Lands | H. Hagedorn.
The trees may then easily be lifted from the loose prairie soil.
American Pomology | J. A. Warder
Not one of the ranch "hands" could guide the plow with such precision through the loose prairie soil.
Peak and Prairie | Anna Fuller
This heavy plow with an 8-foot beam broke virgin prairie soil.
Agricultural Implements and Machines in the Collection of the National Museum of History and Technology | John T. Schlebecker

British Dictionary definitions for prairie soil

prairie soil

noun

a soil type occurring in temperate areas formerly under prairie grasses and characterized by a black A horizon, rich in plant foods

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