Advanced search

Content in Definitions starting with W

Page 9 out of 25 Pages

  • wild sage
    [DJE idem] n. a plant, Lantana sp.: 1889 Lantana crocea or L. involucrata (Gardner 398). cf. BIG SAGE, WHITE SAGE
    417 views
  • wild saffron
    n. a plant, Bumelia loranthifolia: 1920 (Britton 323). = MILKBERRY cf. SAFFRON (Exuma)
    407 views
  • wild pussley
     [cf. PUSSLEY] n. a plant (sp?). (Gen)
    416 views
  • wild pine, wild pineapple
    [cf. Car, wild pine idem DSE; from their resemblance to the PINE or pine­apple plant] n. epiphytic plants of the
    510 views
  • wild pigeon
    n. the white-crowned pigeon, Colum­ba leucocephala: 1972 (Paterson 85). = WHITE-HEAD 1 (Gen)
    414 views
  • wild pear
    [W Car. different sp.; from its fruit, which is shaped like and smells like the northern pear but is inedible] n. a
    412 views
  • wild orange
    [DJE, W3 different sp.] n. a pod-bearing tree, Capparis cynophallophora: 1977 (Patterson 33). (Black)
    356 views
  • wild onion
    [DAE different sp.; from its onion-like bulb] n. 1. a plant wich grows on trees: 1910 Tillandsia bulbosa ... "wild
    423 views
  • wild olive
    [W Car. various sp.] n. a tree: 1782 They have ... the Lucca olive, as well as the wild kind
    441 views
  • wild okra
    [DJE idem (H. abelmoschus); from its resemblance to okra (H. esculentus)] n. a shrub, Hibiscus brittonianus: 1977 (Patterson 15). (Black)
    458 views

one category up

Definitions starting with W

Subcategories