prairie soil
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of prairie soil
An Americanism dating back to 1810–20
Example Sentences
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We section off the land and sift through the layers of prairie soil, searching for my peoples’ belongings.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 5, 2021
Particles of midwestern prairie soil were deposited along the east coast and as far away as Europe.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2017
Limestone was easily quarried from the layers of rock beneath the rich prairie soil, allowing Jones to build an elegant mansion and stone fencing around his vast property.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 29, 2014
Glaciers carved Horicon Marsh out of prairie soil in southeastern Wisconsin 12,000 years ago.
From Slate ● Apr. 19, 2013
The common corn belt prairie soil is called brown silt loam.
From The Story of the Soil; from the Basis of Absolute Science and Real Life, by Hopkins, Cyril G. (Cyril George)
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