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california
(mass)
California
- Kalifornia
california
(encz)
California,Kalifornie n: Zdeněk Brož
california
(encz)
California,kalifornský adj: Zdeněk Brož
california
(encz)
California,stát v USA n: [jmén.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad
california
(wn)
California
n 1: a state in the western United States on the Pacific; the
3rd largest state; known for earthquakes [syn:
California, Golden State, CA, Calif.]
CALIFORNIA
(bouvier)
CALIFORNIA. The name of one of the states of the United States. It was
admitted into the Union, by an Act of Congress, passed the 9th September,
1850, entitled "An act for the admission of the state of California into the
Union."
Sec. 1. This section enacts and declares that the state of California
shall be one of the United States, and admitted into the Union on an equal
footing with the original states, in all respects whatever.
Sec. 2. Enacts that the state of California shall be entitled to two
representatives, until the representatives in Congress shall be apportioned
according to the actual enumeration of the inhabitants, of the United
States.
Sec. 3. By this section a condition is expressly imposed on the said
state that the people thereof shall never interfere with the primary
disposal of the public lands within its limits, nor pass any law, nor do any
act, whereby the title of the United States to, and right to dispose of the
same, shall be impaired or questioned. It also provides that they shall
never lay any tax, or assessment of any description whatever, upon the
public domain of the United States; and that in no case shall non-resident
proprietors, who are citizens of the United States, be taxed higher than
residents; that all navigable waters within the said state shall be common
highways, forever free, as well to the inhabitants of said state, as to
citizens of the United States, without any tax, impost or duty therefor;
with this proviso, viz., that nothing contained in the act shall be
construed as recognizing or rejecting the propositions tendered by the
people of California, as articles of compact in the ordinance adopted by the
convention which formed the constitution of that state.
2. The principal features of the constitution, of California, are
similar to those of most, of the recently formed state constitutions. It
establishes an elective judiciary, and: confers on the executive a qualified
veto. It prohibits the creation of a state debt exceeding $300,000. It
provides for the protection of the homestead from execution, and secures the
property of married females separate from that of their husbands. It makes a
liberal provision for the support of schools, prohibits the legislature from
granting divorces, authorizing lotteries, and creating corporations, except
by general laws, and from establishing any bank's of issue or circulation.
It provides also that every stockholder of a corporation or joint-stock
association, shall be individually and personally liable for his proportion
of all its, debts or liabilities. There is also a clause prohibiting
slavery, which, it is said, was inserted by the unanimous vote of the
delegates.

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California buckthorn
(gcide)
coffeeberry \coffeeberry\ n.
an evergreen shrub of Western U.S. (Rhamnus californicus),
bearing small red or black fruits; -- called also the
California buckthorn.

Syn: California buckthorn, California coffee, {Rhamnus
californicus}.
[WordNet 1.5]
California condor
(gcide)
Condor \Con"dor\ (k[o^]n"d[o^]r; in defs. 2 & 3, k[-o]n"d[-o]r),
n. [Sp. condor, fr. Peruvian cuntur.]
1. (Zool.) A very large bird of the Vulture family
(Sarcorhamphus gryphus), found in the most elevated
parts of the Andes.
[1913 Webster]

2. (Zool.) The California vulture ({Gymnogyps
californianus}), also called California condor. [Local,
U. S.]

Note: In the late 20th century it is classed as an endangered
species. The California condor used to number in the
thousands and ranged along the entire west coast of the
United States. By 1982 only 21 to 24 individuals could
be identified in the wild. A breeding program was
instituted, and by 1996 over 50 birds were alive in
captivity. As of 1997, fewer than ten of the bred birds
had been reintroduced into the wild.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]

3. A gold coin of Chile, bearing the figure of a condor, and
equal to twenty pesos. It contains 10.98356 grams of gold,
and is equivalent to about $7.29. Called also colon.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

4. A gold coin of Colombia equivalent to about $9.65. It is
no longer coined.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]California condor \Cal`i*for"ni*a con"dor\ (Zool.)
a large vulture (Gymnogyps californianus), also called
California vulture.

Note: In the late 20th century it is classed as an endangered
species. The California condor used to number in the
thousands and ranged along the entire west coast of the
United States. By 1982 only 21 to 24 individuals could
be identified in the wild. A breeding program was
instituted, and by 1996 over 50 birds were alive in
captivity. As of 1997, fewer than ten of the bred birds
had been reintroduced into the wild.
[PJC]
California jack
(gcide)
California jack \Cal`i*for"ni*a jack"\
A game at cards, a modification of seven-up, or all fours.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
California laurel
(gcide)
Laurel \Lau"rel\, n. [OE. lorel, laurer, lorer, OF. lorier,
laurier, F. laurier, (assumed) LL. Laurarius, fr. L. laurus.]
1. (Bot.) An evergreen shrub, of the genus Laurus ({Laurus
nobilis}), having aromatic leaves of a lanceolate shape,
with clusters of small, yellowish white flowers in their
axils; -- called also sweet bay.

Note: The fruit is a purple berry. It is found about the
Mediterranean, and was early used by the ancient Greeks
to crown the victor in the games of Apollo. At a later
period, academic honors were indicated by a crown of
laurel, with the fruit. The leaves and tree yield an
aromatic oil, used to flavor the bay water of commerce.
[1913 Webster]

Note: The name is extended to other plants which in some
respect resemble the true laurel. See Phrases, below.
[1913 Webster]

2. A crown of laurel; hence, honor; distinction; fame; --
especially in the plural; as, to win laurels.
[1913 Webster]

3. An English gold coin made in 1619, and so called because
the king's head on it was crowned with laurel.
[1913 Webster]

Laurel water, water distilled from the fresh leaves of the
cherry laurel, and containing prussic acid and other
products carried over in the process.
[1913 Webster]

American laurel, or Mountain laurel, Kalmia latifolia;
called also calico bush. See under Mountain.

California laurel, Umbellularia Californica.

Cherry laurel (in England called laurel). See under
Cherry.

Great laurel, the rosebay (Rhododendron maximum).

Ground laurel, trailing arbutus.

New Zealand laurel, the Laurelia Nov[ae] Zelandi[ae].

Portugal laurel, the Prunus Lusitanica.

Rose laurel, the oleander. See Oleander.

Sheep laurel, a poisonous shrub, Kalmia angustifolia,
smaller than the mountain laurel, and with smaller and
redder flowers.

Spurge laurel, Daphne Laureola.

West Indian laurel, Prunus occidentalis.
[1913 Webster]
California lilac
(gcide)
Lilac \Li"lac\ (l[imac]"lak), n. [Also lilach.] [Sp. lilac,
lila, Ar. l[imac]lak, fr. Per. l[imac]laj, l[imac]lanj,
l[imac]lang, n[imac]laj, n[imac]l, the indigo plant, or from
the kindred l[imac]lak bluish, the flowers being named from
the color. Cf. Anil.]
1. (Bot.) A shrub of the genus Syringa. There are six
species, natives of Europe and Asia. Syringa vulgaris,
the common lilac, and Syringa Persica, the Persian
lilac, are frequently cultivated for the fragrance and
beauty of their purplish or white flowers. In the British
colonies various other shrubs have this name.
[1913 Webster]

2. A light purplish color like that of the flower of the
purplish lilac.
[1913 Webster]

California lilac (Bot.), a low shrub with dense clusters of
purplish flowers (Ceanothus thyrsiflorus).
[1913 Webster]
California nutmeg
(gcide)
Nutmeg \Nut"meg\, n. [OE. notemuge; note nut + OF. muge musk, of
the same origin as E. musk; cf. OF. noix muguette nutmeg, F.
noix muscade. See Nut, and Musk.] (Bot.)
The kernel of the fruit of the nutmeg tree ({Myristica
fragrans}), a native of the Molucca Islands, but cultivated
elsewhere in the tropics.
[1913 Webster]

Note: This fruit is a nearly spherical drupe, of the size of
a pear, of a yellowish color without and almost white
within. This opens into two nearly equal longitudinal
valves, inclosing the nut surrounded by its aril, which
is mace. The nutmeg is an aromatic, very grateful to
the taste and smell, and much used in cookery. Other
species of Myristica yield nutmegs of inferior
quality.
[1913 Webster]

American nutmeg, Calabash nutmeg, or Jamaica nutmeg,
the fruit of a tropical shrub (Monodora Myristica). It
is about the size of an orange, and contains many aromatic
seeds imbedded in pulp.

Brazilian nutmeg, the fruit of a lauraceous tree,
Cryptocarya moschata.

California nutmeg, a tree of the Yew family ({Torreya
Californica}), growing in the Western United States, and
having a seed which resembles a nutmeg in appearance, but
is strongly impregnated with turpentine.

Clove nutmeg, the Ravensara aromatica, a lauraceous tree
of Madagascar. The foliage is used as a spice, but the
seed is acrid and caustic.

Jamaica nutmeg. See American nutmeg (above).

Nutmeg bird (Zool.), an Indian finch (Munia punctularia).


Nutmeg butter, a solid oil extracted from the nutmeg by
expression.

Nutmeg flower (Bot.), a ranunculaceous herb ({Nigella
sativa}) with small black aromatic seeds, which are used
medicinally and for excluding moths from furs and
clothing.

Nutmeg liver (Med.), a name applied to the liver, when, as
the result of heart or lung disease, it undergoes
congestion and pigmentation about the central veins of its
lobules, giving it an appearance resembling that of a
nutmeg.

Nutmeg melon (Bot.), a small variety of muskmelon of a rich
flavor.

Nutmeg pigeon (Zool.), any one of several species of
pigeons of the genus Myristicivora, native of the East
Indies and Australia. The color is usually white, or
cream-white, with black on the wings and tail.

Nutmeg wood (Bot.), the wood of the Palmyra palm.

Peruvian nutmeg, the aromatic seed of a South American tree
(Laurelia sempervirens).

Plume nutmeg (Bot.), a spicy tree of Australia
(Atherosperma moschata).
[1913 Webster]
California pitcher plant
(gcide)
Pitcher \Pitch"er\, n. [OE. picher, OF. pichier, OHG. pehhar,
pehh[=a]ri; prob. of the same origin as E. beaker. Cf.
Beaker.]
1. A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids, with a
spout or protruding lip and a handle; a water jug or jar
with a large ear or handle.
[1913 Webster]

2. (Bot.) A tubular or cuplike appendage or expansion of the
leaves of certain plants.
[1913 Webster]

American pitcher plants, the species of Sarracenia. See
Sarracenia.

Australian pitcher plant, the Cephalotus follicularis, a
low saxifragaceous herb having two kinds of radical
leaves, some oblanceolate and entire, others transformed
into little ovoid pitchers, longitudinally triple-winged
and ciliated, the mouth covered with a lid shaped like a
cockleshell.

California pitcher plant, the Darlingtonia California.
See Darlingtonia.

Pitcher plant, any plant with the whole or a part of the
leaves transformed into pitchers or cuplike organs,
especially the species of Nepenthes. See Nepenthes.
[1913 Webster]
California pompano
(gcide)
Palometa \Pa`lo*me"ta\, n. (Zool.)
A type of pompano (Palometa simillima) that is smaller than
the Florida pompano; it is common in West Indies. Called also
the California pompano.

Syn: California pompano, Palometa simillima.
[1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
California poppy
(gcide)
Poppy \Pop"py\, n.; pl. Poppies. [OE. popy, AS. popig, L.
papaver.] (Bot.)
Any plant or species of the genus Papaver, herbs with showy
polypetalous flowers and a milky juice. From one species
(Papaver somniferum) opium is obtained, though all the
species contain it to some extent; also, a flower of the
plant. See Illust. of Capsule.
[1913 Webster]

California poppy (Bot.), any yellow-flowered plant of the
genus Eschscholtzia.

Corn poppy. See under Corn.

Horn poppy, or Horned poppy. See under Horn.

Poppy bee (Zool.), a leaf-cutting bee ({Anthocopa
papaveris}) which uses pieces cut from poppy petals for
the lining of its cells; -- called also upholsterer bee.


Prickly poppy (Bot.), Argemone Mexicana, a
yellow-flowered plant of the Poppy family, but as prickly
as a thistle.

Poppy seed, the seed the opium poppy ({Papaver
somniferum}).

Spatling poppy (Bot.), a species of Silene ({Silene
inflata}). See Catchfly.
[1913 Webster] Poppy
California vulture
(gcide)
California condor \Cal`i*for"ni*a con"dor\ (Zool.)
a large vulture (Gymnogyps californianus), also called
California vulture.

Note: In the late 20th century it is classed as an endangered
species. The California condor used to number in the
thousands and ranged along the entire west coast of the
United States. By 1982 only 21 to 24 individuals could
be identified in the wild. A breeding program was
instituted, and by 1996 over 50 birds were alive in
captivity. As of 1997, fewer than ten of the bred birds
had been reintroduced into the wild.
[PJC]
California yew
(gcide)
Yew \Yew\, n. [OE. ew, AS. e['o]w, [imac]w, eoh; akin to D. ijf,
OHG. [imac]wa, [imac]ha, G. eibe, Icel. [=y]r; cf. Ir.
iubhar, Gael. iubhar, iughar, W. yw, ywen, Lith. j["e]va the
black alder tree.]
[1913 Webster]
1. (Bot.) An evergreen tree (Taxus baccata) of Europe,
allied to the pines, but having a peculiar berrylike fruit
instead of a cone. It frequently grows in British
churchyards.
[1913 Webster]

2. The wood of the yew. It is light red in color, compact,
fine-grained, and very elastic. It is preferred to all
other kinds of wood for bows and whipstocks, the best for
these purposes coming from Spain.
[1913 Webster]

Note: The American yew (Taxus baccata, var. Canadensis)
is a low and straggling or prostrate bush, never
forming an erect trunk. The California yew ({Taxus
brevifolia}, also called Pacific yew) is a good-sized
tree, and its wood is used for bows, spear handles,
paddles, and other similar implements; the anticancer
agent taxol is obtained from its bark. Another yew is
found in Florida, and there are species in Japan and
the Himalayas.
[1913 Webster + PJC]

3. A bow for shooting, made of the yew.
[1913 Webster]
Californian
(gcide)
Californian \Cal`i*for"ni*an\, a.
Of or pertaining to California. -- n. A native or inhabitant
of California.
[1913 Webster]
Darlingtonia California
(gcide)
Pitcher \Pitch"er\, n. [OE. picher, OF. pichier, OHG. pehhar,
pehh[=a]ri; prob. of the same origin as E. beaker. Cf.
Beaker.]
1. A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids, with a
spout or protruding lip and a handle; a water jug or jar
with a large ear or handle.
[1913 Webster]

2. (Bot.) A tubular or cuplike appendage or expansion of the
leaves of certain plants.
[1913 Webster]

American pitcher plants, the species of Sarracenia. See
Sarracenia.

Australian pitcher plant, the Cephalotus follicularis, a
low saxifragaceous herb having two kinds of radical
leaves, some oblanceolate and entire, others transformed
into little ovoid pitchers, longitudinally triple-winged
and ciliated, the mouth covered with a lid shaped like a
cockleshell.

California pitcher plant, the Darlingtonia California.
See Darlingtonia.

Pitcher plant, any plant with the whole or a part of the
leaves transformed into pitchers or cuplike organs,
especially the species of Nepenthes. See Nepenthes.
[1913 Webster]
Geococcyx Californianus
(gcide)
Chaparral \Cha`par*ral"\, n. [Sp., fr. chaparro an evergeen
oak.]
1. A thicket of low evergreen oaks.
[1913 Webster]

2. An almost impenetrable thicket or succession of thickets
of thorny shrubs and brambles.
[1913 Webster]

Chaparral cock; fem. Chaparral hen (Zool.), a bird of the
cuckoo family (Geococcyx Californianus), noted for
running with great speed. It ranges from California to
Mexico and eastward to Texas; -- called also {road
runner}, ground cuckoo, churea, and snake killer. It
is the state bird of New Mexico.
[1913 Webster +PJC] chapati
Gymnogyps californianus
(gcide)
Condor \Con"dor\ (k[o^]n"d[o^]r; in defs. 2 & 3, k[-o]n"d[-o]r),
n. [Sp. condor, fr. Peruvian cuntur.]
1. (Zool.) A very large bird of the Vulture family
(Sarcorhamphus gryphus), found in the most elevated
parts of the Andes.
[1913 Webster]

2. (Zool.) The California vulture ({Gymnogyps
californianus}), also called California condor. [Local,
U. S.]

Note: In the late 20th century it is classed as an endangered
species. The California condor used to number in the
thousands and ranged along the entire west coast of the
United States. By 1982 only 21 to 24 individuals could
be identified in the wild. A breeding program was
instituted, and by 1996 over 50 birds were alive in
captivity. As of 1997, fewer than ten of the bred birds
had been reintroduced into the wild.
[Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]

3. A gold coin of Chile, bearing the figure of a condor, and
equal to twenty pesos. It contains 10.98356 grams of gold,
and is equivalent to about $7.29. Called also colon.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

4. A gold coin of Colombia equivalent to about $9.65. It is
no longer coined.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]California condor \Cal`i*for"ni*a con"dor\ (Zool.)
a large vulture (Gymnogyps californianus), also called
California vulture.

Note: In the late 20th century it is classed as an endangered
species. The California condor used to number in the
thousands and ranged along the entire west coast of the
United States. By 1982 only 21 to 24 individuals could
be identified in the wild. A breeding program was
instituted, and by 1996 over 50 birds were alive in
captivity. As of 1997, fewer than ten of the bred birds
had been reintroduced into the wild.
[PJC]
Zalophus Californianus
(gcide)
Sea lion \Sea" li"on\ (Zool.)
Any one of several large species of seals of the family
Otariidae native of the Pacific Ocean, especially the
southern sea lion (Otaria jubata) of the South American
coast; the northern sea lion (Eumetopias Stelleri) found
from California to Japan; and the black, or California, sea
lion (Zalophus Californianus), which is common on the rocks
near San Francisco.
[1913 Webster]
baja california
(wn)
Baja California
n 1: a mountainous peninsula on northwest Mexico [syn: {Lower
California}, Baja California]
california
(wn)
California
n 1: a state in the western United States on the Pacific; the
3rd largest state; known for earthquakes [syn:
California, Golden State, CA, Calif.]
california allspice
(wn)
California allspice
n 1: straggling aromatic shrub of southwestern United States
having fragrant brown flowers [syn: spicebush,
California allspice, Calycanthus occidentalis]
california bay tree
(wn)
California bay tree
n 1: Pacific coast tree having aromatic foliage and small
umbellate flowers followed by olivelike fruit; yields a
hard tough wood [syn: California laurel, {California bay
tree}, Oregon myrtle, pepperwood, spice tree,
sassafras laurel, California olive, mountain laurel,
Umbellularia californica]
california beauty
(wn)
California beauty
n 1: any of several handsome evergreen shrubs of California and
northern Mexico having downy lobed leaves and showy yellow
flowers [syn: flannelbush, flannel bush, {California
beauty}]
california black oak
(wn)
California black oak
n 1: large deciduous tree of the Pacific coast having deeply
parted bristle-tipped leaves [syn: California black oak,
Quercus kelloggii]
california black walnut
(wn)
California black walnut
n 1: medium-sized tree with somewhat aromatic compound leaves
and edible nuts [syn: California black walnut, {Juglans
californica}]
california bluebell
(wn)
California bluebell
n 1: desert plant of southern California with blue or violet
tubular flowers in terminal racemes [syn: {California
bluebell}, whitlavia, Phacelia minor, {Phacelia
whitlavia}]
2: annual of southern California with intricately branched stems
and lax cymes of aromatic deep blue bell-shaped flowers [syn:
California bluebell, Phacelia campanularia]
california box elder
(wn)
California box elder
n 1: maple of the Pacific coast of the United States; fruits are
white when mature [syn: California box elder, {Acer
negundo Californicum}]
california buckthorn
(wn)
California buckthorn
n 1: evergreen shrub of western United States bearing small red
or black fruits [syn: coffeeberry, {California
buckthorn}, California coffee, Rhamnus californicus]
california buckwheat
(wn)
California buckwheat
n 1: low-growing shrub with spreading branches and flowers in
loose heads; desert regions of western United States
(California to Utah) [syn: wild buckwheat, {California
buckwheat}, Erigonum fasciculatum]
california coffee
(wn)
California coffee
n 1: evergreen shrub of western United States bearing small red
or black fruits [syn: coffeeberry, {California
buckthorn}, California coffee, Rhamnus californicus]
california condor
(wn)
California condor
n 1: North American condor; chiefly dull black; almost extinct
[syn: California condor, Gymnogyps californianus]
california dandelion
(wn)
California dandelion
n 1: European weed widely naturalized in North America having
yellow flower heads and leaves resembling a cat's ears
[syn: cat's-ear, California dandelion, capeweed,
gosmore, Hypochaeris radicata]
california false morel
(wn)
California false morel
n 1: a gyromitra with a brown puffed up fertile part and a thick
fluted stalk; found under conifers in California [syn:
Gyromitra californica, California false morel]
california fern
(wn)
California fern
n 1: large branching biennial herb native to Eurasia and Africa
and adventive in North America having large fernlike leaves
and white flowers; usually found in damp habitats; all
parts extremely poisonous [syn: hemlock, {poison
hemlock}, poison parsley, California fern, {Nebraska
fern}, winter fern, Conium maculatum]