WordNet
prairie soil
n. a type of soil occurring under grasses in temperate climates
Usage examples of "prairie soil".
That night at midnight, when even Venessi had left off praying and retired, he sneaked out of the village and, by the light of the moons, dug in the prairie soil.
Immediately, he stopped riding as well, unwilling to risk that they might hear his horse's hooves drumming on the sun-baked prairie soil.
From bedrock that split the prairie soil in weathered out-croppings, sweet tears seeped forth.
The Hokas had been farmers, scratching a meager living out of prairie soil never meant to be plowed.