n. a common thorny tropical American tree (Pithecellobium dulce) having terminal racemes of yellow flowers followed by sickle-shaped or circinate edible pods and yielding good timber and a yellow dye and mucilaginous gum.
n. [ F.; of unknown origin. Cf. Cameo. ]
n. [ F. camail (cf. It. camaglio), fr. L. caput head + source of E. mail. ]
‖n. [ F. See Comrade. ] Comradeship and loyalty.
The spirit of camaraderie is strong among these riders of the plains. W. A. Fraser. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
‖n. [ Pg. ] Chamber; house; -- used in and See Legislature. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
‖n. [ NL. fr. Gr. &unr_; a vaulted chamber + &unr_; lizard. ] (Paleon.) A genus of gigantic American Jurassic dinosaurs, having large cavities in the bodies of the dorsal vertebræ. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ Sp., a small room. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. same as camass. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
n. same as camass.
n. [ American Indian name. ] (Bot.) any of several plants of the genus Camassia of North and South America, especially the blue-flowered liliaceous plant (Camassia esculenta) of northwestern America, the bulbs of which were collected for food by the Indians.
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n. [ Origin uncert. ] A small prairie in a forest; a small grassy plain among hills. [ Western U. S. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. a genus of scapose herbs of North and South America having large edible bulbs.
n. [ NL., fr. L. dulcis sweet + amarus bitter. ] (Bot.) A plant (Solanum Dulcamara). See Bittersweet, n., 3
n. (Chem.) A glucoside extracted from the bittersweet (Solanum Dulcamara), as a yellow amorphous substance. It probably occasions the compound taste. See Bittersweet, 3
n. [ F. jacamar, Braz. jacamarica; cf. Sp. jacamar. ] (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of tropical American birds of the genus
n. (Zool.) The hartbeest. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖prop. n. A divinity worshiped by the ancient Peruvians as the creator of the universe. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. pix, picis, pitch + amarus bitter. ] (Chem.) An oily liquid hydrocarbon extracted from the creosote of beechwood tar. It consists essentially of certain derivatives of pyrogallol. [ 1913 Webster ]