Plant-cane

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• Cane

  CANE[CANAE] ...

  Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography

• Cane

  ·vt To beat with a cane. II. Cane ·noun A lance or dart made of cane. III. Cane ·vt To make or fur...

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• Cane

  A tall sedgy plant with a hollow stem, growing in moist places. In Isa. 43:24; Jer. 6:20, the Hebrew...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• cane

  To lay Cane upon Abel; to beat any one with a cane or stick. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• cane

  The rattan (Calamus rudentum), is extensively used in the East for rigging, rope, and cables. The la...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Cane

  [Reed] ...

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• Plant

  ·noun The sole of the foot. II. Plant ·noun A plan; an artifice; a swindle; a trick. III. Plant ·n...

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• plant

  The place in the house of the fence where stolen goods are secreted. Any place where stolen goods ar...

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• plant

  v. tr. and n. common in Australiafor to hide, and for the thing hidden away. As remarkedin the quot...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• plant

  A stock of tools, &c. Also, the fixtures, machinery, &c., required to carry on a business. ...

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• cane-grass

  n. i.q. bamboo-grass (q.v.). ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• lawyer-cane

  Lawyer-Palm, andLawyer-Vine See lawyer. ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• cane-brake

  A thicket of canes. They abound in the low lands of Louisiana and Mississippi. ...

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• Air plant

  ·- A plant deriving its sustenance from the air alone; an <<Aerophyte>>. ...

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• Dove plant

  ·- A Central American orchid (Peristeria elata), having a flower stem five or six feet high, with nu...

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• Flax-plant

  ·noun A plant in new Zealand (Phormium tenax), allied to the lilies and aloes. The leaves are two in...

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• Host plant

  ·add. ·- A plant which aids, shelters, or protects another plant in its growth, as those which are u...

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• Ice plant

  ·- A plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum), sprinkled with pellucid, watery vesicles, which glisten ...

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• Plant-eating

  ·adj Eating, or subsisting on, plants; as, a plant-eating beetle. ...

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• Telegraph plant

  ·add. ·- An East Indian tick trefoil (Meibomia gyrans), whose lateral leaflets jerk up and down like...

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• Water plant

  ·- A plant that grows in water; an aquatic plant. ...

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• Wind-plant

  ·noun A <<Windflower>>. ...

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• butterfly-plant

  n. a small flowering plant, Utricularia dichotoma, Lab., N.O. Leutibularina. ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• caustic-plant

  or Caustic-Vine ,n. Sarcostemma australis, R. Br., N.O.Asclepiadea. Cattle and sheep are poisoned ...

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• coffee plant

  or Coffee Berry n. namegiven in Tasmania to the Tasmanian Native Holly (q.v.). ...

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• guitar plant

  a Tasmanian shrub, Lomatiatinctoria, R. Br., N.O. Proteaceae. ...

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• honey-plant

  n. name given in Tasmania to Richea scoparia Hook., N.O. Epacris. ...

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• ice-plant

  n. Tasmanian name for Tetragoniaimplexicoma, Hook., N.O. Ficoideae, B. Fl. Variousspecies of Tetrag...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• ink-plant

  n. another name for the «toot,» a New Zealand shrub, Coriaria thymifolia, N.O.Coriarieae. Called In...

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• jelly-plant

  a sea-weed, Eucheuma speciosum,J. Agardh, N.O. Algae. 1889. J. H. Maiden, `Useful Native Plants,' p...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• milk-plant

  n. i.q. Caustic Creeper (q.v.). ...

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• officer plant

  n. another name for Christmas-Bush (q.v.), so called «because of its brightred appearance.» (Maiden...

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• pea-plant

  n. The term is applied sometimes toany one of various Australian plants of the N.O. Leguminosae. ...

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• plant-caterpillar

  n. name given in Australasiato species of caterpillars which are attacked by spores ofcertain fungi...

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• trigger-plant

  n. i.q. Hairtrigger (q.v.) plant; called also Jack-in-a-box. ...

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• bird-catching plant

  n. a New Zealand shrub ortree, Pisonia brunoniana, Endl., N.O. Nyctagineae; Maori name, Parapara. ...

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