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Sylvatic
(gcide) | Sylvatic \Syl*vat"ic\, a. [L. sylvaticus, better silvaticus. See
Silvan, a.]
Sylvan. [R.]
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Clisiocampa sylvatica
(gcide) | Lackey \Lack"ey\, n.; pl. Lackeys. [F. laquais; cf. Sp. & Pg.
lacayo; of uncertain origin; perh. of German origin, and akin
to E. lick, v.]
An attending male servant; a footman; a servile follower.
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Like a Christian footboy or a gentleman's lackey.
--Shak.
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Lackey caterpillar (Zool.), the caterpillar, or larva, of
any bombycid moth of the genus Clisiocampa; -- so called
from its party-colored markings. The common European
species (Clisiocampa neustria) is striped with blue,
yellow, and red, with a white line on the back. The
American species (Clisiocampa Americana and {Clisiocampa
sylvatica}) are commonly called tent caterpillars. See
Tent caterpillar, under Tent.
Lackey moth (Zool.), the moth which produces the lackey
caterpillar.
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Fagus sylvatica
(gcide) | weeping beech \weeping beech\ n.
a variety of European beech (Fagus pendula, {Fagus
sylvatica} pendula) with pendulous limbs.
[WordNet 1.5]Beech \Beech\, n.; pl. Beeches. [OE. beche, AS. b?ce; akin to
D. beuk, OHG. buocha, G. buche, Icel. beyki, Dan. b["o]g, Sw.
bok, Russ. buk, L. fagus, Gr. ? oak, ? to eat, Skr. bhaksh;
the tree being named originally from the esculent fruit. See
Book, and cf. 7th Buck, Buckwheat.] (Bot.)
A tree of the genus Fagus.
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Note: It grows to a large size, having a smooth bark and
thick foliage, and bears an edible triangular nut, of
which swine are fond. The Fagus sylvatica is the
European species, and the Fagus ferruginea that of
America.
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Beech drops (Bot.), a parasitic plant which grows on the
roots of beeches (Epiphegus Americana).
Beech marten (Zool.), the stone marten of Europe ({Mustela
foina}).
Beech mast, the nuts of the beech, esp. as they lie under
the trees, in autumn.
Beech oil, oil expressed from the mast or nuts of the beech
tree.
Cooper beech, a variety of the European beech with
copper-colored, shining leaves.
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Lepus sylvatica
(gcide) | Rabbit \Rab"bit\ (r[a^]b"b[i^]t), n. [OE. rabet, akin to OD.
robbe, robbeken.] (Zool.)
Any of the smaller species of the genus Lepus, especially the
common European species (Lepus cuniculus), which is often
kept as a pet, and has been introduced into many countries.
It is remarkably prolific, and has become a pest in some
parts of Australia and New Zealand.
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Note: The common American rabbit (Lepus sylvatica) is
similar but smaller. See Cottontail, and {Jack
rabbit}, under 2d Jack. The larger species of Lepus
are commonly called hares. See Hare.
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Angora rabbit (Zool.), a variety of the domestic rabbit
having long, soft fur.
Rabbit burrow, a hole in the earth made by rabbits for
shelter and habitation.
Rabbit fish. (Zool.)
(a) The northern chimaera (Chimaera monstrosa).
(b) Any one of several species of plectognath fishes, as the
bur fish, and puffer. The term is also locally applied to
other fishes.
Rabbits' ears. (Bot.) See Cyclamen.
Rabbit warren, a piece of ground appropriated to the
breeding and preservation of rabbits. --Wright.
Rock rabbit.
(a) (Zool.) See Daman, and Klipdas.
(b) the pika.
Welsh rabbit, a dish of which the chief constituents are
melted cheese over toasted bread, flavored in various
ways, as with ale, beer, milk, or spices. The name is
popularly said to be a corruption of Welsh rare bit, but
it is probably merely a humorous designation; -- also
called Welsh rarebit.
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Lepus sylvaticus
(gcide) | Cottontail \Cot"ton*tail`\ (k[o^]t"t'n*t[=a]l`), n. (Zool.)
The American wood rabbit (Lepus sylvaticus); -- also called
Molly cottontail.
[1913 Webster]Desert \Des"ert\, a. [Cf. L. desertus, p. p. of deserere, and F.
d['e]sert. See 2d Desert.]
Of or pertaining to a desert; forsaken; without life or
cultivation; unproductive; waste; barren; wild; desolate;
solitary; as, they landed on a desert island.
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He . . . went aside privately into a desert place.
--Luke ix. 10.
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Full many a flower is born to blush unseen,
And waste its sweetness on the desert air. --Gray.
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Desert flora (Bot.), the assemblage of plants growing
naturally in a desert, or in a dry and apparently
unproductive place.
Desert hare (Zool.), a small hare (Lepus sylvaticus, var.
Arizon[ae]) inhabiting the deserts of the Western United
States.
Desert mouse (Zool.), an American mouse ({Hesperomys
eremicus}), living in the Western deserts.
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Rana sylvatica
(gcide) | Wood \Wood\, n. [OE. wode, wude, AS. wudu, wiodu; akin to OHG.
witu, Icel. vi?r, Dan. & Sw. ved wood, and probably to Ir. &
Gael. fiodh, W. gwydd trees, shrubs.]
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1. A large and thick collection of trees; a forest or grove;
-- frequently used in the plural.
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Light thickens, and the crow
Makes wing to the rooky wood. --Shak.
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2. The substance of trees and the like; the hard fibrous
substance which composes the body of a tree and its
branches, and which is covered by the bark; timber. "To
worship their own work in wood and stone for gods."
--Milton.
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3. (Bot.) The fibrous material which makes up the greater
part of the stems and branches of trees and shrubby
plants, and is found to a less extent in herbaceous stems.
It consists of elongated tubular or needle-shaped cells of
various kinds, usually interwoven with the shinning bands
called silver grain.
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Note: Wood consists chiefly of the carbohydrates cellulose
and lignin, which are isomeric with starch.
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4. Trees cut or sawed for the fire or other uses.
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Wood acid, Wood vinegar (Chem.), a complex acid liquid
obtained in the dry distillation of wood, and containing
large quantities of acetic acid; hence, specifically,
acetic acid. Formerly called pyroligneous acid.
Wood anemone (Bot.), a delicate flower (Anemone nemorosa)
of early spring; -- also called windflower. See Illust.
of Anemone.
Wood ant (Zool.), a large ant (Formica rufa) which lives
in woods and forests, and constructs large nests.
Wood apple (Bot.). See Elephant apple, under Elephant.
Wood baboon (Zool.), the drill.
Wood betony. (Bot.)
(a) Same as Betony.
(b) The common American lousewort ({Pedicularis
Canadensis}), a low perennial herb with yellowish or
purplish flowers.
Wood borer. (Zool.)
(a) The larva of any one of numerous species of boring
beetles, esp. elaters, longicorn beetles,
buprestidans, and certain weevils. See Apple borer,
under Apple, and Pine weevil, under Pine.
(b) The larva of any one of various species of
lepidopterous insects, especially of the clearwing
moths, as the peach-tree borer (see under Peach),
and of the goat moths.
(c) The larva of various species of hymenopterous of the
tribe Urocerata. See Tremex.
(d) Any one of several bivalve shells which bore in wood,
as the teredos, and species of Xylophaga.
(e) Any one of several species of small Crustacea, as the
Limnoria, and the boring amphipod ({Chelura
terebrans}).
Wood carpet, a kind of floor covering made of thin pieces
of wood secured to a flexible backing, as of cloth.
--Knight.
Wood cell (Bot.), a slender cylindrical or prismatic cell
usually tapering to a point at both ends. It is the
principal constituent of woody fiber.
Wood choir, the choir, or chorus, of birds in the woods.
[Poetic] --Coleridge.
Wood coal, charcoal; also, lignite, or brown coal.
Wood cricket (Zool.), a small European cricket ({Nemobius
sylvestris}).
Wood culver (Zool.), the wood pigeon.
Wood cut, an engraving on wood; also, a print from such an
engraving.
Wood dove (Zool.), the stockdove.
Wood drink, a decoction or infusion of medicinal woods.
Wood duck (Zool.)
(a) A very beautiful American duck (Aix sponsa). The
male has a large crest, and its plumage is varied with
green, purple, black, white, and red. It builds its
nest in trees, whence the name. Called also {bridal
duck}, summer duck, and wood widgeon.
(b) The hooded merganser.
(c) The Australian maned goose (Chlamydochen jubata).
Wood echo, an echo from the wood.
Wood engraver.
(a) An engraver on wood.
(b) (Zool.) Any of several species of small beetles whose
larvae bore beneath the bark of trees, and excavate
furrows in the wood often more or less resembling
coarse engravings; especially, {Xyleborus
xylographus}.
Wood engraving.
(a) The act or art engraving on wood; xylography.
(b) An engraving on wood; a wood cut; also, a print from
such an engraving.
Wood fern. (Bot.) See Shield fern, under Shield.
Wood fiber.
(a) (Bot.) Fibrovascular tissue.
(b) Wood comminuted, and reduced to a powdery or dusty
mass.
Wood fretter (Zool.), any one of numerous species of
beetles whose larvae bore in the wood, or beneath the
bark, of trees.
Wood frog (Zool.), a common North American frog ({Rana
sylvatica}) which lives chiefly in the woods, except
during the breeding season. It is drab or yellowish brown,
with a black stripe on each side of the head.
Wood germander. (Bot.) See under Germander.
Wood god, a fabled sylvan deity.
Wood grass. (Bot.) See under Grass.
Wood grouse. (Zool.)
(a) The capercailzie.
(b) The spruce partridge. See under Spruce.
Wood guest (Zool.), the ringdove. [Prov. Eng.]
Wood hen. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of several species of Old World short-winged
rails of the genus Ocydromus, including the weka and
allied species.
(b) The American woodcock.
Wood hoopoe (Zool.), any one of several species of Old
World arboreal birds belonging to Irrisor and allied
genera. They are closely allied to the common hoopoe, but
have a curved beak, and a longer tail.
Wood ibis (Zool.), any one of several species of large,
long-legged, wading birds belonging to the genus
Tantalus. The head and neck are naked or scantily
covered with feathers. The American wood ibis ({Tantalus
loculator}) is common in Florida.
Wood lark (Zool.), a small European lark ({Alauda
arborea}), which, like, the skylark, utters its notes
while on the wing. So called from its habit of perching on
trees.
Wood laurel (Bot.), a European evergreen shrub ({Daphne
Laureola}).
Wood leopard (Zool.), a European spotted moth ({Zeuzera
aesculi}) allied to the goat moth. Its large fleshy larva
bores in the wood of the apple, pear, and other fruit
trees.
Wood lily (Bot.), the lily of the valley.
Wood lock (Naut.), a piece of wood close fitted and
sheathed with copper, in the throating or score of the
pintle, to keep the rudder from rising.
Wood louse (Zool.)
(a) Any one of numerous species of terrestrial isopod
Crustacea belonging to Oniscus, Armadillo, and
related genera. See Sow bug, under Sow, and {Pill
bug}, under Pill.
(b) Any one of several species of small, wingless,
pseudoneuropterous insects of the family Psocidae,
which live in the crevices of walls and among old
books and papers. Some of the species are called also
book lice, and deathticks, or deathwatches.
Wood mite (Zool.), any one of numerous small mites of the
family Oribatidae. They are found chiefly in woods, on
tree trunks and stones.
Wood mote. (Eng. Law)
(a) Formerly, the forest court.
(b) The court of attachment.
Wood nettle. (Bot.) See under Nettle.
Wood nightshade (Bot.), woody nightshade.
Wood nut (Bot.), the filbert.
Wood nymph. (a) A nymph inhabiting the woods; a fabled
goddess of the woods; a dryad. "The wood nymphs, decked
with daisies trim." --Milton.
(b) (Zool.) Any one of several species of handsomely
colored moths belonging to the genus Eudryas. The
larvae are bright-colored, and some of the species, as
Eudryas grata, and Eudryas unio, feed on the
leaves of the grapevine.
(c) (Zool.) Any one of several species of handsomely
colored South American humming birds belonging to the
genus Thalurania. The males are bright blue, or
green and blue.
Wood offering, wood burnt on the altar.
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We cast the lots . . . for the wood offering. --Neh.
x. 34.
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Wood oil (Bot.), a resinous oil obtained from several East
Indian trees of the genus Dipterocarpus, having
properties similar to those of copaiba, and sometimes
substituted for it. It is also used for mixing paint. See
Gurjun.
Wood opal (Min.), a striped variety of coarse opal, having
some resemblance to wood.
Wood paper, paper made of wood pulp. See Wood pulp,
below.
Wood pewee (Zool.), a North American tyrant flycatcher
(Contopus virens). It closely resembles the pewee, but
is smaller.
Wood pie (Zool.), any black and white woodpecker,
especially the European great spotted woodpecker.
Wood pigeon. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of numerous species of Old World pigeons
belonging to Palumbus and allied genera of the
family Columbidae.
(b) The ringdove.
Wood puceron (Zool.), a plant louse.
Wood pulp (Technol.), vegetable fiber obtained from the
poplar and other white woods, and so softened by digestion
with a hot solution of alkali that it can be formed into
sheet paper, etc. It is now produced on an immense scale.
Wood quail (Zool.), any one of several species of East
Indian crested quails belonging to Rollulus and allied
genera, as the red-crested wood quail ({Rollulus
roulroul}), the male of which is bright green, with a long
crest of red hairlike feathers.
Wood rabbit (Zool.), the cottontail.
Wood rat (Zool.), any one of several species of American
wild rats of the genus Neotoma found in the Southern
United States; -- called also bush rat. The Florida wood
rat (Neotoma Floridana) is the best-known species.
Wood reed grass (Bot.), a tall grass (Cinna arundinacea)
growing in moist woods.
Wood reeve, the steward or overseer of a wood. [Eng.]
Wood rush (Bot.), any plant of the genus Luzula,
differing from the true rushes of the genus Juncus
chiefly in having very few seeds in each capsule.
Wood sage (Bot.), a name given to several labiate plants of
the genus Teucrium. See Germander.
Wood screw, a metal screw formed with a sharp thread, and
usually with a slotted head, for insertion in wood.
Wood sheldrake (Zool.), the hooded merganser.
Wood shock (Zool.), the fisher. See Fisher, 2.
Wood shrike (Zool.), any one of numerous species of Old
World singing birds belonging to Grallina,
Collyricincla, Prionops, and allied genera, common in
India and Australia. They are allied to the true shrikes,
but feed upon both insects and berries.
Wood snipe. (Zool.)
(a) The American woodcock.
(b) An Asiatic snipe (Gallinago nemoricola).
Wood soot, soot from burnt wood.
Wood sore. (Zool.) See Cuckoo spit, under Cuckoo.
Wood sorrel (Bot.), a plant of the genus Oxalis ({Oxalis
Acetosella}), having an acid taste. See Illust. (a) of
Shamrock.
Wood spirit. (Chem.) See Methyl alcohol, under Methyl.
Wood stamp, a carved or engraved block or stamp of wood,
for impressing figures or colors on fabrics.
Wood star (Zool.), any one of several species of small
South American humming birds belonging to the genus
Calothorax. The male has a brilliant gorget of blue,
purple, and other colors.
Wood sucker (Zool.), the yaffle.
Wood swallow (Zool.), any one of numerous species of Old
World passerine birds belonging to the genus Artamus and
allied genera of the family Artamidae. They are common
in the East Indies, Asia, and Australia. In form and
habits they resemble swallows, but in structure they
resemble shrikes. They are usually black above and white
beneath.
Wood tapper (Zool.), any woodpecker.
Wood tar. See under Tar.
Wood thrush, (Zool.)
(a) An American thrush (Turdus mustelinus) noted for the
sweetness of its song. See under Thrush.
(b) The missel thrush.
Wood tick. See in Vocabulary.
Wood tin. (Min.). See Cassiterite.
Wood titmouse (Zool.), the goldcgest.
Wood tortoise (Zool.), the sculptured tortoise. See under
Sculptured.
Wood vine (Bot.), the white bryony.
Wood vinegar. See Wood acid, above.
Wood warbler. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of numerous species of American warblers of
the genus Dendroica. See Warbler.
(b) A European warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix); --
called also green wren, wood wren, and {yellow
wren}.
Wood worm (Zool.), a larva that bores in wood; a wood
borer.
Wood wren. (Zool.)
(a) The wood warbler.
(b) The willow warbler.
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Stillinqia sylvatica
(gcide) | Queen \Queen\, n. [OE. quen, quene, queen, quean, AS. cw[=e]n
wife, queen, woman; akin to OS. qu[=a]n wife, woman, Icel.
kv[=a]n wife, queen, Goth. q[=e]ns. [root]221. See Quean.]
1. The wife of a king.
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2. A woman who is the sovereign of a kingdom; a female
monarch; as, Elizabeth, queen of England; Mary, queen of
Scots.
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In faith, and by the heaven's quene. --Chaucer.
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3. A woman eminent in power or attractions; the highest of
her kind; as, a queen in society; -- also used
figuratively of cities, countries, etc. " This queen of
cities." " Albion, queen of isles." --Cowper.
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4. The fertile, or fully developed, female of social bees,
ants, and termites.
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5. (Chess) The most powerful, and except the king the most
important, piece in a set of chessmen.
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6. A playing card bearing the picture of a queen; as, the
queen of spades.
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Queen apple. [Cf. OE. quyne aple quince apple.] A kind of
apple; a queening. "Queen apples and red cherries."
--Spenser.
Queen bee (Zool.), a female bee, especially the female of
the honeybee. See Honeybee.
Queen conch (Zool.), a very large West Indian cameo conch
(Cassis cameo). It is much used for making cameos.
Queen consort, the wife of a reigning king. --Blackstone.
Queen dowager, the widow of a king.
Queen gold, formerly a revenue of the queen consort of
England, arising from gifts, fines, etc.
Queen mother, a queen dowager who is also mother of the
reigning king or queen.
Queen of May. See May queen, under May.
Queen of the meadow (Bot.), a European herbaceous plant
(Spir[ae]a Ulmaria). See Meadowsweet.
Queen of the prairie (Bot.), an American herb ({Spir[ae]a
lobata}) with ample clusters of pale pink flowers.
Queen pigeon (Zool.), any one of several species of very
large and handsome crested ground pigeons of the genus
Goura, native of New Guinea and the adjacent islands.
They are mostly pale blue, or ash-blue, marked with white,
and have a large occipital crest of spatulate feathers.
Called also crowned pigeon, goura, and {Victoria
pigeon}.
Queen regent, or Queen regnant, a queen reigning in her
own right.
Queen's Bench. See King's Bench.
Queen's counsel, Queen's evidence. See King's counsel,
King's evidence, under King.
Queen's delight (Bot.), an American plant ({Stillinqia
sylvatica}) of the Spurge family, having an herbaceous
stem and a perennial woody root.
Queen's metal (Metal.), an alloy somewhat resembling pewter
or britannia, and consisting essentially of tin with a
slight admixture of antimony, bismuth, and lead or copper.
Queen's pigeon. (Zool.) Same as Queen pigeon, above.
Queen's ware, glazed English earthenware of a cream color.
Queen's yellow (Old Chem.), a heavy yellow powder
consisting of a basic mercuric sulphate; -- formerly
called turpetum minerale, or Turbith's mineral.
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Tragelaphus sylvaticus
(gcide) | Bush \Bush\ (b[.u]sh), n. [OE. bosch, busch, buysch, bosk, busk;
akin to D. bosch, OHG. busc, G. busch, Icel. b[=u]skr,
b[=u]ski, Dan. busk, Sw. buske, and also to LL. boscus,
buscus, Pr. bosc, It. bosco, Sp. & Pg. bosque, F. bois, OF.
bos. Whether the LL. or G. form is the original is uncertain;
if the LL., it is perh. from the same source as E. box a
case. Cf. Ambush, Boscage, Bouquet, Box a case.]
1. A thicket, or place abounding in trees or shrubs; a wild
forest.
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Dutch bosch, a wood, and was so used by Chaucer. In
this sense it is extensively used in the British
colonies, especially at the Cape of Good Hope, and also
in Australia and Canada; as, to live or settle in the
bush.
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2. A shrub; esp., a shrub with branches rising from or near
the root; a thick shrub or a cluster of shrubs.
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To bind a bush of thorns among sweet-smelling
flowers. --Gascoigne.
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3. A shrub cut off, or a shrublike branch of a tree; as,
bushes to support pea vines.
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4. A shrub or branch, properly, a branch of ivy (as sacred to
Bacchus), hung out at vintners' doors, or as a tavern
sign; hence, a tavern sign, and symbolically, the tavern
itself.
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If it be true that good wine needs no bush, 't is
true that a good play needs no epilogue. --Shak.
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5. (Hunting) The tail, or brush, of a fox.
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To beat about the bush, to approach anything in a
round-about manner, instead of coming directly to it; -- a
metaphor taken from hunting.
Bush bean (Bot.), a variety of bean which is low and
requires no support (Phaseolus vulgaris, variety nanus).
See Bean, 1.
Bush buck, or Bush goat (Zool.), a beautiful South
African antelope (Tragelaphus sylvaticus); -- so called
because found mainly in wooden localities. The name is
also applied to other species.
Bush cat (Zool.), the serval. See Serval.
Bush chat (Zool.), a bird of the genus Pratincola, of the
Thrush family.
Bush dog. (Zool.) See Potto.
Bush hammer. See Bushhammer in the Vocabulary.
Bush harrow (Agric.) See under Harrow.
Bush hog (Zool.), a South African wild hog
(Potamoch[oe]rus Africanus); -- called also bush pig,
and water hog.
Bush master (Zool.), a venomous snake (Lachesis mutus) of
Guinea; -- called also surucucu.
Bush pea (Bot.), a variety of pea that needs to be bushed.
Bush shrike (Zool.), a bird of the genus Thamnophilus,
and allied genera; -- called also batarg. Many species
inhabit tropical America.
Bush tit (Zool.), a small bird of the genus Psaltriparus,
allied to the titmouse. Psaltriparus minimus inhabits
California.
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Turnix sylvatica
(gcide) | Torilto \To*ril"to\, n. [Cf. Sp. torillo a little bull.] (Zool.)
A species of Turnix (Turnix sylvatica) native of Spain and
Northen Africa.
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apodemus sylvaticus
(wn) | Apodemus sylvaticus
n 1: nocturnal yellowish-brown mouse inhabiting woods and fields
and gardens [syn: European wood mouse, {Apodemus
sylvaticus}] |
calamintha sylvatica
(wn) | Calamintha sylvatica
n 1: mint-scented perennial of central and southern Europe [syn:
common calamint, Calamintha sylvatica, {Satureja
calamintha officinalis}] |
equisetum sylvaticum
(wn) | Equisetum Sylvaticum
n 1: Eurasia except southern Russia; northern North America
[syn: wood horsetail, Equisetum Sylvaticum] |
fagus sylvatica
(wn) | Fagus sylvatica
n 1: large European beech with minutely-toothed leaves; widely
planted as an ornamental in North America [syn: {common
beech}, European beech, Fagus sylvatica] |
fagus sylvatica atropunicea
(wn) | Fagus sylvatica atropunicea
n 1: variety of European beech with shining purple or copper-
colored leaves [syn: copper beech, purple beech, {Fagus
sylvatica atropunicea}, Fagus purpurea, {Fagus sylvatica
purpurea}] |
fagus sylvatica pendula
(wn) | Fagus sylvatica pendula
n 1: variety of European beech with pendulous limbs [syn:
weeping beech, Fagus pendula, {Fagus sylvatica
pendula}] |
fagus sylvatica purpurea
(wn) | Fagus sylvatica purpurea
n 1: variety of European beech with shining purple or copper-
colored leaves [syn: copper beech, purple beech, {Fagus
sylvatica atropunicea}, Fagus purpurea, {Fagus sylvatica
purpurea}] |
gnaphalium sylvaticum
(wn) | Gnaphalium sylvaticum
n 1: weedy perennial of north temperate regions having woolly
foliage and dirty white flowers in a leafy spike [syn:
chafeweed, wood cudweed, Gnaphalium sylvaticum] |
microtus pennsylvaticus
(wn) | Microtus pennsylvaticus
n 1: widely distributed in grasslands of northern United States
and Canada [syn: meadow vole, meadow mouse, {Microtus
pennsylvaticus}] |
myosotis sylvatica
(wn) | Myosotis sylvatica
n 1: small biennial to perennial herb of Europe, northern Africa
and western Asia having blue, purple or white flowers [syn:
garden forget-me-not, Myosotis sylvatica] |
nyssa sylvatica
(wn) | Nyssa sylvatica
n 1: columnar tree of eastern North America having horizontal
limbs and small leaves that emerge late in spring and have
brilliant color in early fall [syn: sour gum, {black
gum}, pepperidge, Nyssa sylvatica] |
rana sylvatica
(wn) | Rana sylvatica
n 1: wide-ranging light-brown frog of moist North American
woodlands especially spruce [syn: wood-frog, wood frog,
Rana sylvatica] |
stachys sylvatica
(wn) | Stachys sylvatica
n 1: foul-smelling perennial Eurasiatic herb with a green
creeping rhizome [syn: hedge nettle, dead nettle,
Stachys sylvatica] |
turnix sylvatica
(wn) | Turnix sylvatica
n 1: a variety of button quail having stripes [syn: {striped
button quail}, Turnix sylvatica] |
viola sylvatica
(wn) | Viola sylvatica
n 1: common European violet that grows in woods and hedgerows
[syn: hedge violet, wood violet, Viola sylvatica,
Viola reichenbachiana] |
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