Skip to definition.
Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps


Noun: prairie dock  preh-ree dók
  1. Stout perennial herb of the eastern United States with whitish flowers; leaves traditionally used by Catawba Indians to treat burns
    - American feverfew, wild quinine, Parthenium integrifolium

Derived forms: prairie docks

Type of: subshrub, suffrutex

Part of: genus Parthenium, Parthenium

Encyclopedia: Prairie dock

Nearest

Prairial
prairie
prairie anemone
prairie aster
prairie berry
prairie bird's-foot trefoil
prairie chicken
prairie coneflower
prairie cordgrass
prairie crab
prairie dock
prairie dog
prairie fire
prairie fowl
prairie fox
prairie gentian
prairie golden aster
prairie gourd
prairie gourd vine
prairie grass
prairie grouse