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carolina
(encz) | Carolina,Carolina n: [jmén.] příjmení, město - Portoriko, okres v USA,
ženské křestní jméno Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
carolina
(encz) | Carolina,Karla Zdeněk Brož |
carolina
(encz) | Carolina,Karolína jméno nebo název dvou států USA - North Carolina a
South Carolina Jiří Šmoldas |
carolina
(czen) | Carolina,Carolinan: [jmén.] příjmení, město - Portoriko, okres v USA,
ženské křestní jméno Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
carolina
(wn) | Carolina
n 1: the area of the states of North Carolina and South Carolina
[syn: Carolina, Carolinas] |
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carolina allspice
(encz) | Carolina allspice, |
carolina chickadee
(encz) | Carolina chickadee, |
carolina jasmine
(encz) | Carolina jasmine, |
carolina moonseed
(encz) | Carolina moonseed, |
carolina parakeet
(encz) | Carolina parakeet, |
carolina wren
(encz) | Carolina wren, |
carolinas
(encz) | Carolinas,pl. od Carolina Jiří Šmoldas |
north carolina
(encz) | North Carolina,Severní Karolína n: [jmén.] stát v USA |
south carolina
(encz) | South Carolina,stát v USA n: [jmén.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
hl.m. - north carolina v usa
(czen) | hl.m. - North Carolina v USA,Raleighn: [jmén.] Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
hl.m. - south carolina v usa
(czen) | hl.m. - South Carolina v USA,Columbian: [jmén.] Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
pl. od carolina
(czen) | pl. od Carolina,Carolinas Jiří Šmoldas |
Carolina allspice
(gcide) | Allspice \All"spice`\, n.
The berry of the pimento (Eugenia pimenta), a tree of the
West Indies; a spice of a mildly pungent taste, and agreeably
aromatic; Jamaica pepper; pimento. It has been supposed to
combine the flavor of cinnamon, nutmegs, and cloves; and
hence the name. The name is also given to other aromatic
shrubs; as, the Carolina allspice (Calycanthus floridus);
wild allspice (Lindera benzoin), called also spicebush,
spicewood, and feverbush.
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Carolina crake
(gcide) | Sora \So"ra\, n. (Zool.)
A North American rail (Porzana Carolina) common in the
Eastern United States. Its back is golden brown, varied with
black and white, the front of the head and throat black, the
breast and sides of the head and neck slate-colored. Called
also American rail, Carolina rail, Carolina crake,
common rail, sora rail, soree, meadow chicken, and
orto.
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King sora, the Florida gallinule.
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Carolina dove
(gcide) | Mourning \Mourn"ing\, a.
1. Grieving; sorrowing; lamenting.
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2. Employed to express sorrow or grief; worn or used as
appropriate to the condition of one bereaved or sorrowing;
as, mourning garments; a mourning ring; a mourning pin,
and the like.
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Mourning bride (Bot.), a garden flower ({Scabiosa
atropurpurea}) with dark purple or crimson flowers in
flattened heads.
Mourning dove (Zool.), a wild dove (Zenaidura macroura)
found throughout the United States; -- so named from its
plaintive note. Called also Carolina dove. See Illust.
under Dove.
Mourning warbler (Zool.), an American ground warbler
(Geothlypis Philadelphia). The male has the head, neck,
and chest, deep ash-gray, mixed with black on the throat
and chest; other lower parts are pure yellow.
[1913 Webster]Dove \Dove\ (d[u^]v), n. [OE. dove, duve, douve, AS. d[=u]fe;
akin to OS. d[=u]ba, D. duif, OHG. t[=u]ba, G. taube, Icel.
d[=u]fa, Sw. dufva, Dan. due, Goth. d[=u]b[=o]; perh. from
the root of E. dive.]
1. (Zool.) A pigeon of the genus Columba and various
related genera. The species are numerous.
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Note: The domestic dove, including the varieties called
fantails, tumblers, carrier pigeons, etc., was
derived from the rock pigeon (Columba livia) of
Europe and Asia; the turtledove of Europe, celebrated
for its sweet, plaintive note, is Columba turtur or
Turtur vulgaris; the ringdove, the largest of
European species, is Columba palumbus; the {Carolina
dove}, or Mourning dove, is Zenaidura macroura; the
sea dove is the little auk (Mergulus alle or {Alle
alle}). See Turtledove, Ground dove, and {Rock
pigeon}. The dove is a symbol of peace, innocence,
gentleness, and affection; also, in art and in the
Scriptures, the typical symbol of the Holy Ghost.
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2. A word of endearment for one regarded as pure and gentle.
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O my dove, . . . let me hear thy voice. --Cant. ii.
14.
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3. a person advocating peace, compromise or conciliation
rather than war or conflict. Opposite of hawk.
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Dove tick (Zool.), a mite (Argas reflexus) which infests
doves and other birds.
Soiled dove, a prostitute. [Slang] Dovecot |
Carolina parrot
(gcide) | Parrot \Par"rot\ (p[a^]r"r[u^]t), n. [Prob. fr. F. Pierrot, dim.
of Pierre Peter. F. pierrot is also the name of the sparrow.
Cf. Paroquet, Petrel, Petrify.]
1. (Zool.) In a general sense, any bird of the order
Psittaci.
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2. (Zool.) Any species of Psittacus, Chrysotis, Pionus,
and other genera of the family Psittacid[ae], as
distinguished from the parrakeets, macaws, and lories.
They have a short rounded or even tail, and often a naked
space on the cheeks. The gray parrot, or jako ({Psittacus
erithacus}) of Africa (see Jako), and the species of
Amazon, or green, parrots (Chrysotis) of America, are
examples. Many species, as cage birds, readily learn to
imitate sounds, and to repeat words and phrases.
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Carolina parrot (Zool.), the Carolina parrakeet. See
Parrakeet.
Night parrot, or Owl parrot. (Zool.) See Kakapo.
Parrot coal, cannel coal; -- so called from the crackling
and chattering sound it makes in burning. [Eng. & Scot.]
Parrot green. (Chem.) See Scheele's green, under Green,
n.
Parrot weed (Bot.), a suffrutescent plant ({Bocconia
frutescens}) of the Poppy family, native of the warmer
parts of America. It has very large, sinuate, pinnatifid
leaves, and small, panicled, apetalous flowers.
Parrot wrasse, Parrot fish (Zool.), any fish of the genus
Scarus. One species (Scarus Cretensis), found in the
Mediterranean, is esteemed by epicures, and was highly
prized by the ancient Greeks and Romans.
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Carolina pink
(gcide) | Pinkroot \Pink"root`\, n.
1. (Med.) The root of Spigelia Marilandica, used as a
powerful vermifuge; also, that of Spigelia Anthelmia.
See definition 2 (below).
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2. (Bot.)
(a) A perennial North American herb ({Spigelia
Marilandica}), sometimes cultivated for its showy red
blossoms. Called also Carolina pink, {Maryland
pinkroot}, and worm grass.
(b) An annual South American and West Indian plant
(Spigelia Anthelmia).
[1913 Webster]Carolina pink \Car`o*li"na pink`\ (Bot.)
See Pinkboot.
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Carolina rail
(gcide) | Sora \So"ra\, n. (Zool.)
A North American rail (Porzana Carolina) common in the
Eastern United States. Its back is golden brown, varied with
black and white, the front of the head and throat black, the
breast and sides of the head and neck slate-colored. Called
also American rail, Carolina rail, Carolina crake,
common rail, sora rail, soree, meadow chicken, and
orto.
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King sora, the Florida gallinule.
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Carolina willet
(gcide) | Willet \Wil"let\, n. (Zool.)
A large North American snipe (Symphemia semipalmata); --
called also pill-willet, will-willet, {semipalmated
tattler}, or snipe, duck snipe, and stone curlew.
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Carolina willet, the Hudsonian godwit.
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Macrosila Carolina
(gcide) | Hawk moth \Hawk" moth`\ (m[o^]th`; 115). (Zool.)
Any moth of the family Sphingid[ae], of which there are
numerous genera and species. They are large, handsome moths
with long narrow forewings capable of powerful flight and
hovering over flowers to feed. They fly mostly at twilight
and hover about flowers like a humming bird, sucking the
honey by means of a long, slender proboscis. The larv[ae] are
large, hairless caterpillars ornamented with green and other
bright colors, and often with a caudal spine. See Sphinx,
also Tobacco worm, and Tomato worm.
Syn: hawk moth, sphingid, sphinx moth, hummingbird moth.
[1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5] Tobacco Hawk Moth
(Macrosila Carolina), and its Larva, the Tobacco Worm.
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Note: The larv[ae] of several species of hawk moths feed on
grapevines. The elm-tree hawk moth is {Ceratomia
Amyntor}.
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Mantis Carolina
(gcide) | Mantis \Man"tis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a prophet.] (Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of voracious orthopterous insects
of the genus Mantis, and allied genera. They are predacious
long-bodied large-eyed insects of warm regions, are
remarkable for their slender grotesque forms, and for holding
their stout anterior legs in a manner suggesting hands folded
in prayer. The common American species is Mantis Carolina.
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Mantis shrimp. (Zool.) The Squilla, a tropical marine
burrowing crustacean with large grasping appendages. Also
called mantis crab and mantis prawn.
[1913 Webster]Devil \Dev"il\, n. [AS. de['o]fol, de['o]ful; akin to G. ?eufel,
Goth. diaba['u]lus; all fr. L. diabolus the devil, Gr. ? the
devil, the slanderer, fr. ? to slander, calumniate, orig., to
throw across; ? across + ? to throw, let fall, fall; cf. Skr.
gal to fall. Cf. Diabolic.]
1. The Evil One; Satan, represented as the tempter and
spiritual of mankind.
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[Jesus] being forty days tempted of the devil.
--Luke iv. 2.
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That old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which
deceiveth the whole world. --Rev. xii. 9.
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2. An evil spirit; a demon.
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A dumb man possessed with a devil. --Matt. ix.
32.
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3. A very wicked person; hence, any great evil. "That devil
Glendower." "The devil drunkenness." --Shak.
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Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a
devil? --John vi. 70.
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4. An expletive of surprise, vexation, or emphasis, or,
ironically, of negation. [Low]
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The devil a puritan that he is, . . . but a
timepleaser. --Shak.
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The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare,
But wonder how the devil they got there. --Pope.
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5. (Cookery) A dish, as a bone with the meat, broiled and
excessively peppered; a grill with Cayenne pepper.
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Men and women busy in baking, broiling, roasting
oysters, and preparing devils on the gridiron. --Sir
W. Scott.
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6. (Manuf.) A machine for tearing or cutting rags, cotton,
etc.
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Blue devils. See under Blue.
Cartesian devil. See under Cartesian.
Devil bird (Zool.), one of two or more South African drongo
shrikes (Edolius retifer, and Edolius remifer),
believed by the natives to be connected with sorcery.
Devil may care, reckless, defiant of authority; -- used
adjectively. --Longfellow.
Devil's apron (Bot.), the large kelp ({Laminaria
saccharina}, and Laminaria longicruris) of the Atlantic
ocean, having a blackish, leathery expansion, shaped
somewhat like an apron.
Devil's coachhorse. (Zool.)
(a) The black rove beetle (Ocypus olens). [Eng.]
(b) A large, predacious, hemipterous insect ({Prionotus
cristatus}); the wheel bug. [U.S.]
Devil's darning-needle. (Zool.) See under Darn, v. t.
Devil's fingers, Devil's hand (Zool.), the common British
starfish (Asterias rubens); -- also applied to a sponge
with stout branches. [Prov. Eng., Irish & Scot.]
Devil's riding-horse (Zool.), the American mantis ({Mantis
Carolina}).
The Devil's tattoo, a drumming with the fingers or feet.
"Jack played the Devil's tattoo on the door with his boot
heels." --F. Hardman (Blackw. Mag.).
Devil worship, worship of the power of evil; -- still
practiced by barbarians who believe that the good and evil
forces of nature are of equal power.
Printer's devil, the youngest apprentice in a printing
office, who runs on errands, does dirty work (as washing
the ink rollers and sweeping), etc. "Without fearing the
printer's devil or the sheriff's officer." --Macaulay.
Tasmanian devil (Zool.), a very savage carnivorous
marsupial of Tasmania (Dasyurus ursinus syn. {Diabolus
ursinus}).
To play devil with, to molest extremely; to ruin. [Low]
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Phlegethontius Carolina
(gcide) | Tobacco \To*bac"co\, n. [Sp. tabaco, fr. the Indian tabaco the
tube or pipe in which the Indians or Caribbees smoked this
plant. Some derive the word from Tabaco, a province of
Yucatan, where it was said to be first found by the
Spaniards; others from the island of Tobago, one of the
Caribbees. But these derivations are very doubtful.]
1. (Bot.) An American plant (Nicotiana Tabacum) of the
Nightshade family, much used for smoking and chewing, and
as snuff. As a medicine, it is narcotic, emetic, and
cathartic. Tobacco has a strong, peculiar smell, and an
acrid taste.
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Note: The name is extended to other species of the genus, and
to some unrelated plants, as Indian tobacco ({Nicotiana
rustica}, and also Lobelia inflata), mountain tobacco
(Arnica montana), and Shiraz tobacco ({Nicotiana
Persica}).
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2. The leaves of the plant prepared for smoking, chewing,
etc., by being dried, cured, and manufactured in various
ways.
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Tobacco box (Zool.), the common American skate.
Tobacco camphor. (Chem.) See Nicotianine.
Tobacco man, a tobacconist. [R.]
Tobacco pipe.
(a) A pipe used for smoking, made of baked clay, wood, or
other material.
(b) (Bot.) Same as Indian pipe, under Indian.
Tobacco-pipe clay (Min.), a species of clay used in making
tobacco pipes; -- called also cimolite.
Tobacco-pipe fish. (Zool.) See Pipemouth.
Tobacco stopper, a small plug for pressing down the tobacco
in a pipe as it is smoked.
Tobacco worm (Zool.), the larva of a large hawk moth
(Sphinx Carolina syn. Phlegethontius Carolina). It is
dark green, with seven oblique white stripes bordered
above with dark brown on each side of the body. It feeds
upon the leaves of tobacco and tomato plants, and is often
very injurious to the tobacco crop. See Illust. of {Hawk
moth}.
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Porzana Carolina
(gcide) | Sora \So"ra\, n. (Zool.)
A North American rail (Porzana Carolina) common in the
Eastern United States. Its back is golden brown, varied with
black and white, the front of the head and throat black, the
breast and sides of the head and neck slate-colored. Called
also American rail, Carolina rail, Carolina crake,
common rail, sora rail, soree, meadow chicken, and
orto.
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King sora, the Florida gallinule.
[1913 Webster]Ortolan \Or"to*lan\, n. [F., fr. It. ortolano ortolan, gardener,
fr. L. hortulanus gardener, fr. hortulus, dim. of hortus
garden. So called because it frequents the hedges of gardens.
See Yard an inclosure, and cf. Hortulan.] (Zool.)
(a) A European singing bird (Emberiza hortulana), about the
size of the lark, with black wings. It is esteemed
delicious food when fattened. Called also bunting.
(b) In England, the wheatear (Saxicola oenanthe).
(c) In America, the sora, or Carolina rail ({Porzana
Carolina}). See Sora.
[1913 Webster]Rail \Rail\, n. [F. r[^a]le, fr. r[^a]ler to have a rattling in
the throat; of German origin, and akin to E. rattle. See
Rattle, v.] (Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of limicoline birds of the family
Rallidae, especially those of the genus Rallus, and of
closely allied genera. They are prized as game birds.
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Note: The common European water rail (Rallus aquaticus) is
called also bilcock, skitty coot, and {brook
runner}. The best known American species are the
clapper rail, or salt-marsh hen (Rallus longirostris,
var. crepitans); the king, or red-breasted, rail
(Rallus elegans) (called also {fresh-water
marshhen}); the lesser clapper, or Virginia, rail
(Rallus Virginianus); and the Carolina, or sora, rail
(Porzana Carolina). See Sora.
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Land rail (Zool.), the corncrake.
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Sphinx Carolina
(gcide) | Tobacco \To*bac"co\, n. [Sp. tabaco, fr. the Indian tabaco the
tube or pipe in which the Indians or Caribbees smoked this
plant. Some derive the word from Tabaco, a province of
Yucatan, where it was said to be first found by the
Spaniards; others from the island of Tobago, one of the
Caribbees. But these derivations are very doubtful.]
1. (Bot.) An American plant (Nicotiana Tabacum) of the
Nightshade family, much used for smoking and chewing, and
as snuff. As a medicine, it is narcotic, emetic, and
cathartic. Tobacco has a strong, peculiar smell, and an
acrid taste.
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Note: The name is extended to other species of the genus, and
to some unrelated plants, as Indian tobacco ({Nicotiana
rustica}, and also Lobelia inflata), mountain tobacco
(Arnica montana), and Shiraz tobacco ({Nicotiana
Persica}).
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2. The leaves of the plant prepared for smoking, chewing,
etc., by being dried, cured, and manufactured in various
ways.
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Tobacco box (Zool.), the common American skate.
Tobacco camphor. (Chem.) See Nicotianine.
Tobacco man, a tobacconist. [R.]
Tobacco pipe.
(a) A pipe used for smoking, made of baked clay, wood, or
other material.
(b) (Bot.) Same as Indian pipe, under Indian.
Tobacco-pipe clay (Min.), a species of clay used in making
tobacco pipes; -- called also cimolite.
Tobacco-pipe fish. (Zool.) See Pipemouth.
Tobacco stopper, a small plug for pressing down the tobacco
in a pipe as it is smoked.
Tobacco worm (Zool.), the larva of a large hawk moth
(Sphinx Carolina syn. Phlegethontius Carolina). It is
dark green, with seven oblique white stripes bordered
above with dark brown on each side of the body. It feeds
upon the leaves of tobacco and tomato plants, and is often
very injurious to the tobacco crop. See Illust. of {Hawk
moth}.
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capital of north carolina
(wn) | capital of North Carolina
n 1: capital of the state of North Carolina; located in the east
central part of the North Carolina [syn: Raleigh,
capital of North Carolina] |
capital of south carolina
(wn) | capital of South Carolina
n 1: capital and largest city in South Carolina; located in
central South Carolina [syn: Columbia, {capital of South
Carolina}] |
carolina allspice
(wn) | Carolina allspice
n 1: hardy shrub of southeastern United States having clove-
scented wood and fragrant red-brown flowers [syn: {Carolina
allspice}, strawberry shrub, strawberry bush, {sweet
shrub}, Calycanthus floridus] |
carolina buckthorn
(wn) | Carolina buckthorn
n 1: deciduous shrub of eastern and central United States having
black berrylike fruit; golden-yellow in autumn [syn:
Carolina buckthorn, indian cherry, {Rhamnus
carolinianus}] |
carolina chickadee
(wn) | Carolina chickadee
n 1: southern United States chickadee similar to the blackcap
but smaller [syn: Carolina chickadee, {Parus
carolinensis}] |
carolina hemlock
(wn) | Carolina hemlock
n 1: medium-sized evergreen of southeastern United States having
spreading branches and widely diverging cone scales [syn:
Carolina hemlock, Tsuga caroliniana] |
carolina jasmine
(wn) | Carolina jasmine
n 1: poisonous woody evergreen vine of southeastern United
States having fragrant yellow funnel-shaped flowers [syn:
yellow jasmine, yellow jessamine, Carolina jasmine,
evening trumpet flower, Gelsemium sempervirens] |
carolina lupine
(wn) | Carolina lupine
n 1: eastern United States bush pea [syn: Carolina lupine,
Thermopsis villosa] |
carolina moonseed
(wn) | Carolina moonseed
n 1: woody vine of southeastern United States resembling the
common moonseed but having red fruits [syn: {Carolina
moonseed}, Cocculus carolinus] |
carolina parakeet
(wn) | Carolina parakeet
n 1: extinct parakeet whose range extended far into the United
States [syn: Carolina parakeet, {Conuropsis
carolinensis}] |
carolina pond fern
(wn) | Carolina pond fern
n 1: small free-floating aquatic fern from the eastern United
States to tropical America; naturalized in western and
southern Europe [syn: mosquito fern, floating fern,
Carolina pond fern, Azolla caroliniana] |
carolina spring beauty
(wn) | Carolina spring beauty
n 1: similar to Claytonia virginica but having usually pink
flowers; eastern North America [syn: {Carolina spring
beauty}, Claytonia caroliniana] |
carolina wren
(wn) | Carolina wren
n 1: large United States wren with a musical call [syn:
Carolina wren, Thryothorus ludovicianus] |
carolinas
(wn) | Carolinas
n 1: the area of the states of North Carolina and South Carolina
[syn: Carolina, Carolinas] |
halesia carolina
(wn) | Halesia carolina
n 1: medium-sized tree of West Virginia to Florida and Texas
[syn: silver-bell tree, silverbell tree, {snowdrop
tree}, opossum wood, Halesia carolina, {Halesia
tetraptera}] |
nina from carolina
(wn) | Nina from Carolina
n 1: the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one [syn:
nine, 9, IX, niner, Nina from Carolina, ennead] |
north carolina
(wn) | North Carolina
n 1: a state in southeastern United States; one of the original
13 colonies [syn: North Carolina, Old North State, {Tar
Heel State}, NC]
2: one of the British colonies that formed the United States |
south carolina
(wn) | South Carolina
n 1: one of the British colonies that formed the United States
2: a state in the Deep South; one of the original 13 colonies
[syn: South Carolina, Palmetto State, SC] |
university of north carolina
(wn) | University of North Carolina
n 1: a university in Chapel Hill, North Carolina |
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