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USA |
United States of America |
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VIRGINIA |
One of the States of the United States of America. |
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COLUMBIAN |
Of or pertaining to the United States, or to America. |
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COLUMBIA |
America; the United States; -- a poetical appellation
given in honor of Columbus, the discoverer. |
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AMERICANISM |
A custom peculiar to the United States or to America;
an American characteristic or idea. |
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URUBU |
The black vulture (Catharista atrata). It ranges from the
Southern United States to South America. See Vulture. |
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BUNGO |
A kind of canoe used in Central and South America; also, a
kind of boat used in the Southern United States. |
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TYPOTHETAE |
Printers; -- used in the name of an association of
the master printers of the United States and Canada, called The United
Typothetae of America. |
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SNOWBERRY |
A name of several shrubs with white berries; as, the
Symphoricarpus racemosus of the Northern United States, and the
Chiococca racemosa of Florida and tropical America. |
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SEA CAT |
Any marine siluroid fish, as Aelurichthys marinus, and
Arinus felis, of the eastern coast of the United States. Many species
are found on the coasts of Central and South America. |
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SNAPPER |
Any one of several species of large sparoid food fishes of
the genus Lutjanus, abundant on the southern coasts of the United
States and on both coasts of tropical America. |
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AMERICAN |
A native of America; -- originally applied to the
aboriginal inhabitants, but now applied to the descendants of Europeans
born in America, and especially to the citizens of the United States. |
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CONFEDERATE |
Of or pertaining to the government of the eleven
Southern States of the United States which (1860-1865) attempted to
establish an independent n... |
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TEOSINTE |
A large grass (Euchlaena luxurians) closely related to
maize. It is native of Mexico and Central America, but is now
cultivated for fodder in t... |
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CONIUM |
The common hemlock (Conium maculatum, poison hemlock,
spotted hemlock, poison parsley), a roadside weed of Europe, Asia, and
America, cultivate... |
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ABBREVIATION |
The form to which a word or phrase is reduced by
contraction and omission; a letter or letters, standing for a word or
phrase of which they are... |
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UNION |
That which is united, or made one; something formed by a
combination or coalition of parts or members; a confederation; a
consolidated body; a ... |
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SAVINE |
A coniferous shrub (Juniperus Sabina) of Western Asia,
occasionally found also in the northern parts of the United States and
in British Americ... |
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TILLANDSIA |
A genus of epiphytic endogenous plants found in the
Southern United States and in tropical America. Tillandsia usneoides,
called long moss, bla... |
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ALLIGATOR |
A large carnivorous reptile of the Crocodile family,
peculiar to America. It has a shorter and broader snout than the
crocodile, and the large ... |
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LEAGUE |
A measure of length or distance, varying in different
countries from about 2.4 to 4.6 English statute miles of 5.280 feet
each, and used (as a ... |
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OAK |
Any tree or shrub of the genus Quercus. The oaks have
alternate leaves, often variously lobed, and staminate flowers in
catkins. The fruit is a... |