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  • bat
    [W Car.; cf. Irel. bat moth EDD] n. a large, dark moth of the family Noctuidae: When one of them
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  • baste
    /beys/ [cf. 1811 DVT to beat] v. to beat (a person): 1918 He startin' lickin' his broder ... bastin' his broder
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  • bastard torch wood
    [cf. TORCH WOOD] n. a shrub, Ocotea coriacea: 1920 (Britton 143). = BLACK TORCH, SWEET TORCHWOOD (Exuma)
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  • bastard stopper
      [cf. STOPPER] n. a tree, Petitia domingensis: 1920 (Britton 373). = FOWL BERRY, PEPPER BERRY (Black)
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  • bastard sago palm
    /bástad séya pahm/ n. a tree, Cycas revoluta: 1889 Bastard sago palm ... common in gardens . . . Pith furnishes
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  • bastard pigeon plum
    n. a tree, Coccoloba swartzii, with small black fruit resembling pigeon plums: 1977 (Patterson 43). (Black)
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  • bastard lignum vitae
    [DJE, W3 different sp.] n. a tree, Badiera domingensis: 1889 (Gardner 365). (Exuma, Inagua)
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  • bastard crabwood
    n. a tree, Savia bahamensis: 1905 (Shattuck 257). = JOE-WOOD (Black)
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  • bastard buttonwood
    n. a tree, Laguncularia racemosa: 1910 (Northrop 171). (Black)
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  • bastard
    OED applied to things resembling, but not identical with, the species that legitimately bears the name] attributive n. a tree
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