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Alkekengi
noun · 78% connection
An herbaceous plant of the nightshade family (Physalis alkekengi) and its fruit, which is a well flavored berry, the size of a cherry,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: west, indian, island, giving, name.
Allspice
noun · 78% connection
The berry of the pimento (Eugenia pimenta), a tree of the West Indies; a spice of a mildly pungent taste, and agreeably aromatic; Jama…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: west, indian, island, giving, name.
Appellative
noun · 78% connection
A common name, in distinction from a proper name. A common name, or appellative, stands for a whole class, genus, or species of beings…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: west, indian, island, giving, name.
Atoll
noun · 78% connection
A coral island or islands, consisting of a belt of coral reef, partly submerged, surrounding a central lagoon or depression; a lagoon…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: west, indian, island, giving, name.
Bully tree
unknown · 78% connection
The name of several West Indian trees of the order Sapotaceae, as Dipholis nigra and species of Sapota and Mimusops. Most of them yiel…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: west, indian, island, giving, name.
Candytuft
noun · 78% connection
An annual plant of the genus Iberis, cultivated in gardens. The name was originally given to the I. umbellata, first, discovered in th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: west, indian, island, giving, name.
Cherry
noun · 78% connection
The wild cherry; as, Prunus serotina (wild black cherry), valued for its timber; P. Virginiana (choke cherry), an American shrub which…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: west, indian, island, giving, name.
Conch
noun · 78% connection
A name applied to various marine univalve shells; esp. to those of the genus Strombus, which are of large size. S. gigas is the large…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: west, indian, island, giving, name.
Coromandel
noun · 78% connection
The west coast, or a portion of the west coast, of the Bay of Bengal.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: west, indian, island, giving, name.
Dolly Varden
unknown · 78% connection
A character in Dickens's novel "Barnaby Rudge," a beautiful, lively, and coquettish girl who wore a cherry-colored mantle and cherry-c…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: west, indian, island, giving, name.
Enisled
p. a. · 78% connection
Placed alone or apart, as if on an island; severed, as an island.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: west, indian, island, giving, name.
Fit
noun · 78% connection
A sudden and violent attack of a disorder; a stroke of disease, as of epilepsy or apoplexy, which produces convulsions or unconsciousn…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: west, indian, island, giving, name.
Gossypium
noun · 78% connection
A genus of plants which yield the cotton of the arts. The species are much confused. G. herbaceum is the name given to the common cott…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: west, indian, island, giving, name.
Grugru palm
unknown · 78% connection
A West Indian name for several kinds of palm. See Macaw tree, under Macaw.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: west, indian, island, giving, name.
Indian
adjective · 78% connection
Made of maize or Indian corn; as, Indian corn, Indian meal, Indian bread, and the like.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: west, indian, island, giving, name.
Insular
adjective · 78% connection
Of or pertaining to an island; of the nature, or possessing the characteristics, of an island; as, an insular climate, fauna, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: west, indian, island, giving, name.
Ironsmith
noun · 78% connection
An East Indian barbet (Megalaima faber), inhabiting the Island of Hainan. The name alludes to its note, which resembles the sounds mad…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: west, indian, island, giving, name.
Island
noun · 78% connection
Anything regarded as resembling an island; as, an island of ice.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: west, indian, island, giving, name.
