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prairie dock

prairie dock noun: the plant Silphium perfoliatum.

Noun

prairie dock (countable and uncountable, plural prairie docks)

  1. The plant Silphium perfoliatum.
  2. The plant Silphium terebinthinaceum.
  3. The plant Parthenium integrifolium.

Forms of prairie dock

pluralprairie docks

Words that rhyme with prairie dock

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Questions about prairie dock

What does prairie dock mean?
Prairie dock means the plant Silphium perfoliatum.
What part of speech is prairie dock?
Prairie dock is a noun.
What is the plural of prairie dock?
The plural of prairie dock is prairie docks.

Words near prairie dock in the dictionary

  1. Prairie County
  2. prairie crabapple
  3. prairie crabapples
  4. Prairie Creek
  5. prairie crocus
  6. prairie dock
  7. prairie docks
  8. prairie dog
  9. prairie dogged
  10. prairie dogging
  11. prairie doggings

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