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  • white spinach
    [from its light-colored leaves, which resemble SPINACH I n. a plant, Basella alba: 1889 (Gardner 402). = INDIAN SPINACH (Black)
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  • white-skin cassava
    [cf. Car, white cassada idem DIE; from its light color] n. a plant, sweet cassava (Manihot sp.) or its edible
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  • white-shield coot
    [from the white frontal shield over its beak] n. a bird, the American coot (Fulica americana): 1972 (Paterson 53). (Eleu.)
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  • white sage
    [DIE idem (L. camara); cf. SAGE] n. a plant, Lantana involucrata: 1977 (Patterson 120). = BIG SAGE, WILD (WHITE) SAGE.
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  • white roach
    [cf. Car, white cockroach idem DJE] n. a derogatory name for a Negroid albino. (Eleu.)
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  • white pussley
    [from its white flowers and resem-blance to PUSSLEY purslane] n. a shrub, Heliotropiurn inaguense: 1920 (Britton 364). (Black)
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  • white on rice
    See STICK LIKE WHITE ON RICE.
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  • white malt
    [cf. DAE white marl idem; by hypercorrection] n. chalky mud deposits on the sea floor. cf. SEA RUT (Andros)
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  • white land
    [cf. Scots idem, land which is not moss or peat CSD] n. land near the sea, consisting mainly of coral
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  • white-head
    n. 1. [from its plumage] the white-crowned pigeon, Columba leucocephala: 1972 (Paterson 83). = WILD PIGEON (Black) 2. [DJE idem,
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