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  • red hog
    [cf. RED adj. 2 and US Black "honkie, hoggie white man ... cf. Wolof honq red, pink, and frequent use of this color to
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  • red head
    [DJE, idem; from its bright red flower] n. a plant: 1889 Asclepias curassavia (Gardner 392). 1971 A. tuberosa (Rabley 11).
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  • red grits
    [Gul. idem (Parsons 1923: 132); cf. RED adj. 1] n. coarsely ground guinea-corn meal. = GUINEA-CORN GRITS, ISLAND GRITS, NATIVE
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  • red-fin needlefish
    n. a fish, Strongylura notata: 1968 (Böhlke 116). (San Sal.)
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  • red-eye Suzy
    [from its black with red spots] n. a tree, Abrus precatorius. = BLACK-EYED, BEAD VINE, MACABEE, (WILD) LICORICE, SUSAN TREE
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  • red cotton
    [from the reddish-brown color of its fibers] n. a variety of cotton plant (Gossypium sp.): 189 (Gardner 367). = HARBOUR
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  • red coney
    [cf. CONEY (FISH)] n. a fish (sp?): 1928 Slippery Dicks and Red Coneys (Curry 70). (Gen.)
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  • red cassava
    [cf. W Car. red-stick cassava, Sra. redi tiki kasaba WST; = WHITE (STICK) CASSAVA (cf. RED adj. 1)] n. a
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  • red cassava
    [cf. W Car. red-stick cassava, Sra. redi tiki kasaba WST; = WHITE (STICK) CASSAVA (cf. RED adj. 1)] n. a
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  • red bill
    n. a bird, the oyster catcher (Haematopus palliatus). (Acklins)
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