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  • wild watermelon
    [from the appearance of its fruit] n. a climbing plant, Passiflora cuprea, a kind of passion flower: 1910 (Northrop 169). =
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  • wild tobacco
    n. 1. [W Car. (Pluchea sp.) "from the shape of the leaf" DJEj a plant, Pluchea odorata: 1920 (Britton 445). =
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  • wild thyme
    [DJE different sp.] n. a plant, Rhachicallis americana: 1910 (Northrop 184). = HOG BUSH, SALT-WATER BUSH, SANDFLY BUSH (Inagua)
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  • wild thyme
    [DJE different sp.] n. a plant, Rhachicallis americana: 1910 (Northrop 184). = HOG BUSH, SALT-WATER BUSH, SANDFLY BUSH (Inagua)
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  • wild tamarind
    /wayl tambran/ [DJE different sp.] n. a tree, Lysiloma sp.: 1905 Lysiloma (Wild Tamarind) (Shattuck 202). 1920 Lysiloma bahamensis (Britton
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  • wild star-apple
    [Car. DJE] n. a tree, Chrysophyl­lum oliviforme: 1889 (Gardner 390). = OLIVE PLUM, SAFFRON cf. DAMSON PLUM (Exuma, Inagua)
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  • wild spice
    n. the allspice tree, Pimenta dioica. = SWEET SPICE cf. SPICE TREE (Nassau, San Sal.)
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  • wild sisal
    n. a plant, Furcraea macrophylla: 1920 (Britton 77). (Black)
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  • wild sapodilla, wild dilly
    [cf. DILLY sapodilla) n, a tree or its fruit: 1905 Wild sapodilla. . .Mimu­sops sieberi (Shattuck 222). 1910 M. dissecta, M. floridana
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  • wild salve
    n. a shrub, Helicteres semitriloba: 1920 (Britton 276). (Black)
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