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  • bay tansy
    (Black); bay tanjy (Exuma) [cf. US tansy different sp. W3] n. a seashore vine, Ambrosia hispida: 1920 (Britton 432). =
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  • bay string
    [cf. STRING] n. a strip of bay grass (Eragrostis sp.) used to tie together conch, fish, etc. for sale. (Gen.)
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  • Bay Street Boys
    [from the name of Nassau's main commercial street] n. politically powerful white
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  • bay-side
    [Vir. idem (Roy 1974); US shore of a bay DAE] n. seashore; beach: 1966 Moray come up on the bay-side
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  • bay rush
    n. a seashore plant, Zamia angustifolia or Z. pumila: 1889 Bay rush . . . pith furnishes starch fit for
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  • bay plum
    n. a seashore shrub bearing black fruit, probably the COCO PLUM, Chrysobalanus icaco (San Sal.). (Black) ◊ Gardner (1889:389) identifies
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  • bay marigold
    n. a seashore plant, Borrichia arborescens, with yellow flowers: 1920 (Britton 450). = SEA BUSH (San Sal.)
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  • bay hop
    [from resemblance to hops; by folk etym. from hop v. since children use the vine as a skipping rope] n.
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  • bay geranium
     bay gerina /bey jaríyna/ (Black); bay gerinia (Exuma) n. a seashore vine, Ambrosia hispida: 1920 (Britton 432). = BAY TANSY,
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  • bay crab
    bay crab n. a small white sand crab, Sesarnia ricordi? (Black)
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