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Canella

A genus of trees of the order Canellaceae, growing in the West Indies.

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Bark 76% connected

To strip the bark from; to peel.

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Ageratum noun · 78% connection

rhizomatous plant of central and southeastern United States and West Indies having large showy heads of clear blue flowers; sometimes…

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Agouty noun · 78% connection

A rodent of the genus Dasyprocta, about the size of a rabbit, peculiar to South America and the West Indies. The most common species i…

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Ailantus noun · 78% connection

A genus of beautiful trees, natives of the East Indies. The tree imperfectly di/cious, and the staminate or male plant is very offensi…

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Anemia adiantifolia noun · 78% connection

fern of Florida and West Indies and Central America with rhizome densely clad in grown hairs

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Basket fern noun · 78% connection

tropical American fern cultivated for its finely divided greyish-green foliage; West Indies and southern Mexico to Peru and Brazil

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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…

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Cero noun · 78% connection

A large and valuable fish of the Mackerel family, of the genus Scomberomorus. Two species are found in the West Indies and less common…

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Cinchona noun · 78% connection

A genus of trees growing naturally on the Andes in Peru and adjacent countries, but now cultivated in the East Indies, producing a med…

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Copaiva noun · 78% connection

A more or less viscid, yellowish liquid, the bitter oleoresin of several species of Copaifera, a genus of trees growing in South Ameri…

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Dipterocarpus noun · 78% connection

A genus of trees found in the East Indies, some species of which produce a fragrant resin, other species wood oil. The fruit has two l…

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Fiddlewood noun · 78% connection

The wood of several West Indian trees, mostly of the genus Citharexylum.

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Flamboyer noun · 78% connection

A name given in the East and West Indies to certain trees with brilliant blossoms, probably species of Caesalpinia.

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Fustic noun · 78% connection

The wood of the Maclura tinctoria, a tree growing in the West Indies, used in dyeing yellow; -- called also old fustic.

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Ginger noun · 78% connection

A plant of the genus Zingiber, of the East and West Indies. The species most known is Z. officinale.

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Gumbo noun · 78% connection

tall coarse annual of Old World tropics widely cultivated in southern United States and West Indies for its long mucilaginous green po…

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Horseman noun · 78% connection

A land crab of the genus Ocypoda, living on the coast of Brazil and the West Indies, noted for running very swiftly.

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Indian adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to India proper; also to the East Indies, or, sometimes, to the West Indies.

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Indies n. pl. · 78% connection

A name designating the East Indies, also the West Indies.

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