Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases Usually Regarded as Peculiar to the United States |
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... plants , trees , and fruits of the United States , as well as of those which enter into our com- merce . These , being familiar words of our language , seem as worthy of being noted and explained as others . For valuable contributions ...
... plants , trees , and fruits of the United States , as well as of those which enter into our com- merce . These , being familiar words of our language , seem as worthy of being noted and explained as others . For valuable contributions ...
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... plants ; as , persimmon , chincapin , pecan , tuckahoe , maize , kinnikinnik , tobacco ; particularly preparations of them for food , as samp , hominy , succotash , supawn from Indian corn ; and from the cassava plant , mandioca and ...
... plants ; as , persimmon , chincapin , pecan , tuckahoe , maize , kinnikinnik , tobacco ; particularly preparations of them for food , as samp , hominy , succotash , supawn from Indian corn ; and from the cassava plant , mandioca and ...
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... plant growing extensively in the vicinity of Salt Lake , and held in great esteem as a styptic in hemorrhages , and as a general astringent . ALUM - ROOT . ( Henchera americana . ) A plant so called from its astrin- gency . TO ...
... plant growing extensively in the vicinity of Salt Lake , and held in great esteem as a styptic in hemorrhages , and as a general astringent . ALUM - ROOT . ( Henchera americana . ) A plant so called from its astrin- gency . TO ...
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... plant , so called from the shape of its leaf . ARROW WOOD . ( Viburnum dentatum . ) It is from the long and straight stems of this shrub that the Indians between the Mississippi and the Pacific make their arrows . ARROYO . ( Span ...
... plant , so called from the shape of its leaf . ARROW WOOD . ( Viburnum dentatum . ) It is from the long and straight stems of this shrub that the Indians between the Mississippi and the Pacific make their arrows . ARROYO . ( Span ...
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... seeds ( fruit ) adhere to the clothes . The term is also applied to a species of Desmodium whose pods break at the joints ; the latter is sometimes called Beggar - Lice . BEECH - DROPS . A term applied to various plants BEA - BEG 27.
... seeds ( fruit ) adhere to the clothes . The term is also applied to a species of Desmodium whose pods break at the joints ; the latter is sometimes called Beggar - Lice . BEECH - DROPS . A term applied to various plants BEA - BEG 27.
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