n. A denomination of weight, containing 100, 112, or 120 pounds avoirdupois, according to differing laws or customs. By the legal standard of England it is 112 pounds. In most of the United States, both in practice and by law, it is 100 pounds avoirdupois, the corresponding ton of 2, 000 pounds, sometimes called the short ton, being the legal ton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Bot.) The red poppy (Papaver Rhoeas). Dr. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Zool.) A European thrush (Turdus iliacus). Its under wing coverts are orange red. Called also
n. (Bot.) A west Indian climbing shrub (Combretum Jacquini) with slender reddish branchlets. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Bot.)
☞ The redwood of Andaman is Pterocarpus dalbergioides; that of some parts of tropical America, several species of Erythoxylum; that of Brazil, the species of Humirium. [ 1913 Webster ]