Prelož:

slovo definícia calif (mass) calif - kalif calif (encz) Calif,Kalifornie [zkr.] Jiří Šmoldas calif (encz) Calif,kalifornský [zkr.] Jiří Šmoldas Calif (gcide) Calif \Ca"lif\, n., Califate \Cal"i*fate\, n., etc. Same as Caliph, Caliphate, etc. [1913 Webster] calif (gcide) Caliph \Ca"liph\ (k[=a]"l[i^]f), n. [OE. caliphe, califfe, F. calife (cf. Sp. califa), fr. Ar. khal[imac]fan successor, fr. khalafa to succed (i. e. a successor of Mohammed).] Successor or vicar; the civil and religious leader of a Muslim state; -- a title of the successors of Mohammed both as temporal and spiritual rulers, used formerly by the sultans of Turkey. [Written also calif, kaliph, kalif, khalif.] [1913 Webster] calif (wn) calif n 1: the civil and religious leader of a Muslim state considered to be a representative of Allah on earth; "many radical Muslims believe a Khalifah will unite all Islamic lands and people and subjugate the rest of the world" [syn: caliph, calif, kaliph, kalif, khalif, khalifah]

podobné slovo definícia california (mass) California - Kalifornia baja california (encz) Baja California,mexický poloostrov Zdeněk Brož california (encz) California,Kalifornie n: Zdeněk BrožCalifornia,kalifornský adj: Zdeněk BrožCalifornia,stát v USA n: [jmén.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad californian (encz) Californian,Kaliforňan n: Jiří ŠmoldasCalifornian,Kaliforňanka n: Jiří ŠmoldasCalifornian,kalifornský adj: Jiří Šmoldas californians (encz) Californians,pl. od Californian Jiří Šmoldas californium (encz) californium,kalifornium [chem.] Jiří Šmoldas pride of california (encz) pride of California, n: darlingtonia californica (czen) Darlingtonia californica,cobra lily[bot.] masožravá rostlina -pv- pl. od californian (czen) pl. od Californian,Californians Jiří Šmoldas Anemopsis Californica (gcide) Yerba \Yer"ba\, n. [Sp.] (Bot.) An herb; a plant. [1913 Webster] Note: This word is much used in compound names of plants in Spanish; as, yerba buena [Sp., a good herb], a name applied in Spain to several kinds of mint ({Mentha sativa}, Mentha viridis, etc.), but in California universally applied to a common, sweet-scented labiate plant (Micromeria Douglasii). [1913 Webster] Yerba dol osa. [Sp., herb of the she-bear.] A kind of buckthorn (Rhamnus Californica). Yerba mansa. [Sp., a mild herb, soft herb.] A plant (Anemopsis Californica) with a pungent, aromatic rootstock, used medicinally by the Mexicans and the Indians. Yerba reuma. [Cf. Sp. reuma rheum, rheumatism.] A low California undershrub (Frankenia grandifolia). [1913 Webster] Aphelocoma Californica (gcide) Jay \Jay\, n. [F. geai, OF. gai, jaj, perh. fr. OHG. g[=a]hi. Cf. Gay.] (Zool.) Any one of the numerous species of birds belonging to Garrulus, Cyanocitta, and allied genera of the family Corvidae. They are allied to the crows, but are smaller, more graceful in form, often handsomely colored, and usually have a crest. [1913 Webster] Note: The European jay (Garrulus glandarius) is a large and handsomely colored species, having the body pale reddish brown, lighter beneath; tail and wing quills blackish; the primary coverts barred with bright blue and black; throat, tail coverts, and a large spot on the wings, white. Called also jay pie, Jenny jay, and k[ae]. The common blue jay ({Cyanocitta cristata}.), and the related species, are brilliantly colored, and have a large erectile crest. The California jay (Aphelocoma Californica), the Florida jay (Aphelocoma Floridana), and the green jay (Xanthoura luxuosa), of Texas and Mexico, are large, handsome, crested species. The Canada jay ({Perisoreus Canadensis}), and several allied species, are much plainer and have no crest. See Blue jay, and {Whisky jack}. [1913 Webster] Jay thrush (Zool.), any one several species of Asiatic singing birds, of the genera Garrulax, Grammatoptila, and related genera of the family Crateropodid[ae]; as, the white-throated jay thrush (Garrulax albogularis) (also called the white-throated laughingthrush), of India. [1913 Webster] Caesiosoma Californiense (gcide) Half-moon \Half"-moon`\ (-m[=oo]n`), n. 1. The moon at the quarters, when half its disk appears illuminated. [1913 Webster] 2. The shape of a half-moon; a crescent. [1913 Webster] See how in warlike muster they appear, In rhombs, and wedges, and half-moons, and wings. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 3. (Fort.) An outwork composed of two faces, forming a salient angle whose gorge resembles a half-moon; -- now called a ravelin. [1913 Webster] 4. (Zool.) A marine, sparoid, food fish of California (C[ae]siosoma Californiense). The body is ovate, blackish above, blue or gray below. Called also medialuna. [1913 Webster] Calif (gcide) Calif \Ca"lif\, n., Califate \Cal"i*fate\, n., etc. Same as Caliph, Caliphate, etc. [1913 Webster]Caliph \Ca"liph\ (k[=a]"l[i^]f), n. [OE. caliphe, califfe, F. calife (cf. Sp. califa), fr. Ar. khal[imac]fan successor, fr. khalafa to succed (i. e. a successor of Mohammed).] Successor or vicar; the civil and religious leader of a Muslim state; -- a title of the successors of Mohammed both as temporal and spiritual rulers, used formerly by the sultans of Turkey. [Written also calif, kaliph, kalif, khalif.] [1913 Webster] Califate (gcide) Calif \Ca"lif\, n., Califate \Cal"i*fate\, n., etc. Same as Caliph, Caliphate, etc. [1913 Webster] 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] Calipepla Californica (gcide) Quail \Quail\, n. [OF. quaille, F. caille, LL. quaquila, qualia, qualea, of Dutch or German origin; cf. D. kwakkel, kwartel, OHG. wahtala, G. wachtel.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Zool.) Any gallinaceous bird belonging to Coturnix and several allied genera of the Old World, especially the common European quail (Coturnix communis), the rain quail (Coturnix Coromandelica) of India, the stubble quail (Coturnix pectoralis), and the Australian swamp quail (Synoicus australis). [1913 Webster] 2. (Zool.) Any one of several American partridges belonging to Colinus, Callipepla, and allied genera, especially the bobwhite (called Virginia quail, and {Maryland quail}), and the California quail ({Calipepla Californica}). [1913 Webster] 3. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of Turnix and allied genera, native of the Old World, as the Australian painted quail (Turnix varius). See Turnix. [1913 Webster] 4. A prostitute; -- so called because the quail was thought to be a very amorous bird. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster] Bustard quail (Zool.), a small Asiatic quail-like bird of the genus Turnix, as Turnix taigoor, a black-breasted species, and the hill bustard quail (Turnix ocellatus). See Turnix. Button quail (Zool.), one of several small Asiatic species of Turnix, as Turnix Sykesii, which is said to be the smallest game bird of India. Mountain quail. See under Mountain. Quail call, a call or pipe for alluring quails into a net or within range. Quail dove (Zool.), any one of several American ground pigeons belonging to Geotrygon and allied genera. Quail hawk (Zool.), the New Zealand sparrow hawk (Hieracidea Nov[ae]-Hollandi[ae]). Quail pipe. See Quail call, above. Quail snipe (Zool.), the dowitcher, or red-breasted snipe; -- called also robin snipe, and brown snipe. Sea quail (Zool.), the turnstone. [Local, U. S.] [1913 Webster] Callipepla Californica (gcide) Partridge \Par"tridge\ (p[aum]r"tr[i^]j), n. [OE. partriche, pertriche, OF. pertris, perdriz, F. perdrix, L. perdix, -icis, fr. Gr. pe`rdix.] (Zool.) 1. Any one of numerous species of small gallinaceous birds of the genus Perdix and several related genera of the family Perdicid[ae], of the Old World. The partridge is noted as a game bird. [1913 Webster] Full many a fat partrich had he in mew. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Note: The common European, or gray, partridge ({Perdix cinerea}) and the red-legged partridge ({Caccabis rubra}) of Southern Europe and Asia are well-known species. [1913 Webster] 2. Any one of several species of quail-like birds belonging to Colinus, and allied genera. [U.S.] [1913 Webster] Note: Among them are the bobwhite (Colinus Virginianus) of the Eastern States; the plumed, or mountain, partridge (Oreortyx pictus) of California; the Massena partridge (Cyrtonyx Montezum[ae]); and the California partridge (Callipepla Californica). [1913 Webster] 3. The ruffed grouse (Bonasa umbellus). [New Eng.] [1913 Webster] Bamboo partridge (Zool.), a spurred partridge of the genus Bambusicola. Several species are found in China and the East Indies. Night partridge (Zool.), the woodcock. [Local, U.S.] Painted partridge (Zool.), a francolin of South Africa (Francolinus pictus). Partridge berry. (Bot.) (a) The scarlet berry of a trailing american plant (Mitchella repens) of the order Rubiace[ae], having roundish evergreen leaves, and white fragrant flowers sometimes tinged with purple, growing in pairs with the ovaries united, and producing the berries which remain over winter; also, the plant itself. (b) The fruit of the creeping wintergreen ({Gaultheria procumbens}); also, the plant itself. Partridge dove (Zool.) Same as Mountain witch, under Mountain. Partridge pea (Bot.), a yellow-flowered leguminous herb (Cassia Cham[ae]crista), common in sandy fields in the Eastern United States. Partridge shell (Zool.), a large marine univalve shell (Dolium perdix), having colors variegated like those of the partridge. Partridge wood (a) A variegated wood, much esteemed for cabinetwork. It is obtained from tropical America, and one source of it is said to be the leguminous tree Andira inermis. Called also pheasant wood. (b) A name sometimes given to the dark-colored and striated wood of some kind of palm, which is used for walking sticks and umbrella handles. Sea partridge (Zool.), an Asiatic sand partridge (Ammoperdix Bonhami); -- so called from its note. Snow partridge (Zool.), a large spurred partridge ({Lerwa nivicola}) which inhabits the high mountains of Asia; called also jermoonal. Spruce partridge. See under Spruce. Wood partridge, or Hill partridge (Zool.), any small Asiatic partridge of the genus Arboricola. [1913 Webster] Carpenteria californica (gcide) carpenteria \carpenteria\ n. a California evergreen shrub (Carpenteria californica) having glossy opposite leaves and terminal clusters of a few fragrant white flowers. [WordNet 1.5] Cteniza Californica (gcide) Trapdoor \Trap"door`\, n. 1. (Arch.) A lifting or sliding door covering an opening in a roof or floor. [1913 Webster] 2. (Mining) A door in a level for regulating the ventilating current; -- called also weather door. --Raymond. [1913 Webster] Trapdoor spider (Zool.), any one of several species of large spiders which make a nest consisting of a vertical hole in the earth, lined with a hinged lid, like a trapdoor. Most of the species belong to the genus Cteniza, as the California species ({Cteniza Californica}). [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] Exocoetus Californicus (gcide) Volador \Vo*la*dor"\, n. [Sp.] (Zool.) (a) A flying fish of California (Exoc[oe]tus Californicus): -- called also volator. (b) The Atlantic flying gurnard. See under Flying. [1913 Webster] Fremontia Californica (gcide) Slippery \Slip"per*y\, a. [See Slipper, a.] 1. Having the quality opposite to adhesiveness; allowing or causing anything to slip or move smoothly, rapidly, and easily upon the surface; smooth; glib; as, oily substances render things slippery. [1913 Webster] 2. Not affording firm ground for confidence; as, a slippery promise. [1913 Webster] The slippery tops of human state. --Cowley. [1913 Webster] 3. Not easily held; liable or apt to slip away. [1913 Webster] The slippery god will try to loose his hold. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 4. Liable to slip; not standing firm. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 5. Unstable; changeable; mutable; uncertain; inconstant; fickle. "The slippery state of kings." --Denham. [1913 Webster] 6. Uncertain in effect. --L'Estrange. [1913 Webster] 7. Wanton; unchaste; loose in morals. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Slippery elm. (Bot.) (a) An American tree (Ulmus fulva) with a mucilagenous and slightly aromatic inner bark which is sometimes used medicinally; also, the inner bark itself. (b) A malvaceous shrub (Fremontia Californica); -- so called on the Pacific coast. [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] Lepus Californicus (gcide) Jack \Jack\ (j[a^]k), n. [F. Jacques James, L. Jacobus, Gr. ?, Heb. Ya 'aq[=o]b Jacob; prop., seizing by the heel; hence, a supplanter. Cf. Jacobite, Jockey.] [1913 Webster] 1. A familiar nickname of, or substitute for, John. [1913 Webster] You are John Rugby, and you are Jack Rugby. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. An impertinent or silly fellow; a simpleton; a boor; a clown; also, a servant; a rustic. "Jack fool." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Since every Jack became a gentleman, There 's many a gentle person made a Jack. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. A popular colloquial name for a sailor; -- called also Jack tar, and Jack afloat. [1913 Webster] 4. A mechanical contrivance, an auxiliary machine, or a subordinate part of a machine, rendering convenient service, and often supplying the place of a boy or attendant who was commonly called Jack; as: (a) A device to pull off boots. (b) A sawhorse or sawbuck. (c) A machine or contrivance for turning a spit; a smoke jack, or kitchen jack. (b) (Mining) A wooden wedge for separating rocks rent by blasting. (e) (Knitting Machine) A lever for depressing the sinkers which push the loops down on the needles. (f) (Warping Machine) A grating to separate and guide the threads; a heck box. (g) (Spinning) A machine for twisting the sliver as it leaves the carding machine. (h) A compact, portable machine for planing metal. (i) A machine for slicking or pebbling leather. (k) A system of gearing driven by a horse power, for multiplying speed. (l) A hood or other device placed over a chimney or vent pipe, to prevent a back draught. (m) In the harpsichord, an intermediate piece communicating the action of the key to the quill; -- called also hopper. (n) In hunting, the pan or frame holding the fuel of the torch used to attract game at night; also, the light itself. --C. Hallock. [1913 Webster] 5. A portable machine variously constructed, for exerting great pressure, or lifting or moving a heavy body such as an automobile through a small distance. It consists of a lever, screw, rack and pinion, hydraulic press, or any simple combination of mechanical powers, working in a compact pedestal or support and operated by a lever, crank, capstan bar, etc. The name is often given to a jackscrew, which is a kind of jack. [1913 Webster] 6. The small bowl used as a mark in the game of bowls. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Like an uninstructed bowler who thinks to attain the jack by delivering his bowl straight forward upon it. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] 7. The male of certain animals, as of the ass. [1913 Webster] 8. (Zool.) (a) A young pike; a pickerel. (b) The jurel. (c) A large, California rock fish ({Sebastodes paucispinus}); -- called also boccaccio, and m['e]rou. (d) The wall-eyed pike. [1913 Webster] 9. A drinking measure holding half a pint; also, one holding a quarter of a pint. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. [1913 Webster] 10. (Naut.) (a) A flag, containing only the union, without the fly, usually hoisted on a jack staff at the bowsprit cap; -- called also union jack. The American jack is a small blue flag, with a star for each State. (b) A bar of iron athwart ships at a topgallant masthead, to support a royal mast, and give spread to the royal shrouds; -- called also jack crosstree. --R. H. Dana, Jr. [1913 Webster] 11. The knave of a suit of playing cards. 12. (pl.) A game played with small (metallic, with tetrahedrally oriented spikes) objects (the jacks(1950+), formerly jackstones) that are tossed, caught, picked up, and arranged on a horizontal surface in various patterns; in the modern American game, the movements are accompanied by tossing or bouncing a rubber ball on the horizontal surface supporting the jacks. same as jackstones. [PJC] 13. Money. [slang] [PJC] 14. Apple jack. [PJC] 15. Brandy. [PJC] Note: Jack is used adjectively in various senses. It sometimes designates something cut short or diminished in size; as, a jack timber; a jack rafter; a jack arch, etc. [1913 Webster] Jack arch, an arch of the thickness of one brick. Jack back (Brewing & Malt Vinegar Manuf.), a cistern which receives the wort. See under 1st Back. Jack block (Naut.), a block fixed in the topgallant or royal rigging, used for raising and lowering light masts and spars. Jack boots, boots reaching above the knee; -- worn in the 17 century by soldiers; afterwards by fishermen, etc. Jack crosstree. (Naut.) See 10, b, above. Jack curlew (Zool.), the whimbrel. Jack frame. (Cotton Spinning) See 4 (g), above. Jack Frost, frost or cold weather personified as a mischievous person. Jack hare, a male hare. --Cowper. Jack lamp, a lamp for still hunting and camp use. See def. 4 (n.), above. Jack plane, a joiner's plane used for coarse work. Jack post, one of the posts which support the crank shaft of a deep-well-boring apparatus. Jack pot (Poker Playing), the name given to the stakes, contributions to which are made by each player successively, till such a hand is turned as shall take the "pot," which is the sum total of all the bets. See also jackpot. Jack rabbit (Zool.), any one of several species of large American hares, having very large ears and long legs. The California species (Lepus Californicus), and that of Texas and New Mexico (Lepus callotis), have the tail black above, and the ears black at the tip. They do not become white in winter. The more northern prairie hare (Lepus campestris) has the upper side of the tail white, and in winter its fur becomes nearly white. Jack rafter (Arch.), in England, one of the shorter rafters used in constructing a hip or valley roof; in the United States, any secondary roof timber, as the common rafters resting on purlins in a trussed roof; also, one of the pieces simulating extended rafters, used under the eaves in some styles of building. Jack salmon (Zool.), the wall-eyed pike, or glasseye. Jack sauce, an impudent fellow. [Colloq. & Obs.] Jack shaft (Mach.), the first intermediate shaft, in a factory or mill, which receives power, through belts or gearing, from a prime mover, and transmits it, by the same means, to other intermediate shafts or to a line shaft. Jack sinker (Knitting Mach.), a thin iron plate operated by the jack to depress the loop of thread between two needles. Jack snipe. (Zool.) See in the Vocabulary. Jack staff (Naut.), a staff fixed on the bowsprit cap, upon which the jack is hoisted. Jack timber (Arch.), any timber, as a rafter, rib, or studding, which, being intercepted, is shorter than the others. Jack towel, a towel hung on a roller for common use. Jack truss (Arch.), in a hip roof, a minor truss used where the roof has not its full section. Jack tree. (Bot.) See 1st Jack, n. Jack yard (Naut.), a short spar to extend a topsail beyond the gaff. [1913 Webster] Blue jack, blue vitriol; sulphate of copper. Hydraulic jack, a jack used for lifting, pulling, or forcing, consisting of a compact portable hydrostatic press, with its pump and a reservoir containing a supply of liquid, as oil. Jack-at-a-pinch. (a) One called upon to take the place of another in an emergency. (b) An itinerant parson who conducts an occasional service for a fee. Jack-at-all-trades, one who can turn his hand to any kind of work. Jack-by-the-hedge (Bot.), a plant of the genus Erysimum (Erysimum alliaria, or Alliaria officinalis), which grows under hedges. It bears a white flower and has a taste not unlike garlic. Called also, in England, sauce-alone. --Eng. Cyc. Jack-in-office, an insolent fellow in authority. --Wolcott. Jack-in-the-bush (Bot.), a tropical shrub with red fruit (Cordia Cylindrostachya). Jack-in-the-green, a chimney sweep inclosed in a framework of boughs, carried in Mayday processions. Jack-of-the-buttery (Bot.), the stonecrop (Sedum acre). Jack-of-the-clock, a figure, usually of a man, on old clocks, which struck the time on the bell. Jack-on-both-sides, one who is or tries to be neutral. Jack-out-of-office, one who has been in office and is turned out. --Shak. Jack the Giant Killer, the hero of a well-known nursery story. Yellow Jack (Naut.), the yellow fever; also, the quarantine flag. See Yellow flag, under Flag. [1913 Webster] Macrotus californicus (gcide) macrotus \ma*cro"tus\, n. A large-eared grayish bat (Macrotus californicus) of southern California and northwestern Mexico. [WordNet 1.5] Macroura Myliobatis Californicus (gcide) Batfish \Bat"fish`\, n. (Zool.) A name given to several species of fishes: (a) The Malthe vespertilio of the Atlantic coast. (b) The flying gurnard of the Atlantic ({Cephalacanthus spinarella}). (c) The California batfish or sting ray ({Myliobatis Californicus}.) [1913 Webster] Platystemon californicus (gcide) creamcups \creamcups\ n. a California plant (Platystemon californicus) with small pale yellow flowers. Syn: Platystemon californicus. [WordNet 1.5] Rhamnus Californica (gcide) Yerba \Yer"ba\, n. [Sp.] (Bot.) An herb; a plant. [1913 Webster] Note: This word is much used in compound names of plants in Spanish; as, yerba buena [Sp., a good herb], a name applied in Spain to several kinds of mint ({Mentha sativa}, Mentha viridis, etc.), but in California universally applied to a common, sweet-scented labiate plant (Micromeria Douglasii). [1913 Webster] Yerba dol osa. [Sp., herb of the she-bear.] A kind of buckthorn (Rhamnus Californica). Yerba mansa. [Sp., a mild herb, soft herb.] A plant (Anemopsis Californica) with a pungent, aromatic rootstock, used medicinally by the Mexicans and the Indians. Yerba reuma. [Cf. Sp. reuma rheum, rheumatism.] A low California undershrub (Frankenia grandifolia). [1913 Webster] Rhamnus californicus (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] Torreya Californica (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] Umbellularia californica (gcide) pepperwood \pepperwood\ n. A Pacific coast tree (Umbellularia californica) having aromatic foliage and small umbellate flowers followed by olivelike fruit; yields a hard tough wood. Syn: California laurel, California bay tree, Oregon myrtle, spice tree, sassafras laurel, California olive, mountain laurel, Umbellularia californica. [WordNet 1.5]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] Umbellularia Californica (gcide) pepperwood \pepperwood\ n. A Pacific coast tree (Umbellularia californica) having aromatic foliage and small umbellate flowers followed by olivelike fruit; yields a hard tough wood. Syn: California laurel, California bay tree, Oregon myrtle, spice tree, sassafras laurel, California olive, mountain laurel, Umbellularia californica. [WordNet 1.5]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] 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] Zauschneria Californica (gcide) Zauschneria \Zau*schne"ri*a\, n. [NL., named for M. Zauschner, a Bohemian botanist.] (Bot.) A genus of flowering plants. Zauschneria Californica is a suffrutescent perennial, with showy red flowers much resembling those of the garden fuchsia. [1913 Webster] acer negundo californicum (wn) Acer negundo Californicum n 1: maple of the Pacific coast of the United States; fruits are white when mature [syn: California box elder, {Acer negundo Californicum}] amorpha californica (wn) Amorpha californica n 1: an erect to spreading hairy shrub of the Pacific coast of the United States having racemes of red to indigo flowers [syn: false indigo, bastard indigo, {Amorpha californica}] anemopsis californica (wn) Anemopsis californica n 1: stoloniferous herb of southwestern United States and Mexico having a pungent rootstock and small spicate flowers with white bracts suggesting an anemone [syn: yerba mansa, Anemopsis californica] artemisia californica (wn) Artemisia californica n 1: low ashy-grey California shrub [syn: {California sagebrush}, California sage, Artemisia californica] atherinopsis californiensis (wn) Atherinopsis californiensis n 1: a relatively large silversides of the Pacific coast of North America (known to reach 18 inches in length) [syn: jacksmelt, Atherinopsis californiensis] baja california (wn) Baja California n 1: a mountainous peninsula on northwest Mexico [syn: {Lower California}, Baja California] calif. (wn) Calif. 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 (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]