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  • white gaulin
    [W Car.; cf. GAULIN heron] n. the snowy heron or white egret (Egretta thula): 1972 (Paterson 28). = WHITE BIRD
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  • white flamingo
    [W Car.] n. a variety of flamingo with white plumage. (Black)
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  • white elder
    n. a plant, Sambucus intermedia, used medicinally: 1978 White elder. . is perhaps the most popular plant used as a
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  • white crab
    [DJE idem; from its light-gray shell] n. a land crab, Cardisorna guanhumi, considered a delicacy: 1978 (Campbell 47). = WHITEY
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  • white catnip
    [from the color of its flowers] n. 1. catnip (Nepeta cataria) as opposed to BLUE CATNIP (Nepeta coerulea): 1889 (Gardner
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  • white cane
    [Car.; from its whitish skin] n. a variety of sugar cane, Saccharum sp. (Black)
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  • white bob
    [cf. (Mandinka?) toubob European, in Alex Haley's Roots (seen on Bah. television)] n. a white person (youth slang). (San Sal.)
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  • white bird
    [DAR different sp.; from its plumage] n. the white egret, Egretta thula: 1918 B'o' White-Bud (Parsons 110). = WHITE GAULIN
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  • white bell
    [from the color and shape of its flowers] n. an ornamental shrub, Datura sp.: 1978 White bell ... The leaves
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  • white beefwood
    [DJE idem (S. chrysophylloides); from its grayish bark] n. a tree, Schoepfla obovata: 1920 (Britton 111). (Gen.)
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