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  • fan rake
    [from its shape] n. a factory-made lawn rake as opposed to a BUSH RAKE. =AMERICAN RAKE (Mayag.)
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  • fanner grass
    [its connection with FANNER is unclear] n. a variety of fine grass (sp?). (Andros, San Sal.)
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  • fanner, fenno
    /fána, féna/ [Gul. idem (Gonzales 1922:300), Krio idem KED; US dial. idem WSC, OED] n. a round, shallow basket used
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  • fan
    n. [OED, anything spread out in the shape of a fan] a large fishing net. (Eleu.) —v. [OED idem] to
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  • family wood
    [see quot.] n. a tree, Coccolobis krugii: 1905 Family wood. . forms small areas without admixture with other plants (Shattuck
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  • Family Islands
    [from the idea that all the Bahamian islands form a single family] n. a term adopted since independence in 1973
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  • fambly, family
    n. 1. [cf. Car. fambly, Kilo fambul KED; US dial. famhly ADD family: 1918 For de fambly to get somet'ing to eat
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  • false pear
    [as opposed to the NATURAL PEAR or avocado] n. the North American pear, Pyrus sp, = BARTLETT (Andros, Eleu.)
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  • false hog gum
    [DJE idem ] n. a shrub, Rhus metopium, with acrid juice: 1889 (Gardner 374). = DOCTOR'S GUM (Exuma)
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  • false boxwood
    [W3 different sp.] n. a tree, Gyminda latifolia, with edible berries: 1977 (Pat­terson 89). (Inagua, Andros)
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