| carolina | (n) the area of the states of North Carolina and South Carolina, Syn. Carolinas |
| carolina allspice | (n) hardy shrub of southeastern United States having clove-scented wood and fragrant red-brown flowers, Syn. strawberry bush, Calycanthus floridus, sweet shrub, strawberry shrub |
| carolina buckthorn | (n) deciduous shrub of eastern and central United States having black berrylike fruit; golden-yellow in autumn, Syn. indian cherry, Rhamnus carolinianus |
| carolina chickadee | (n) southern United States chickadee similar to the blackcap but smaller, Syn. Parus carolinensis |
| carolina hemlock | (n) medium-sized evergreen of southeastern United States having spreading branches and widely diverging cone scales, Syn. Tsuga caroliniana |
| carolina lupine | (n) eastern United States bush pea, Syn. Thermopsis villosa |
| carolina moonseed | (n) woody vine of southeastern United States resembling the common moonseed but having red fruits, Syn. Cocculus carolinus |
| carolina parakeet | (n) extinct parakeet whose range extended far into the United States, Syn. Conuropsis carolinensis |
| carolina spring beauty | (n) similar to Claytonia virginica but having usually pink flowers; eastern North America, Syn. Claytonia caroliniana |
| carolina wren | (n) large United States wren with a musical call, Syn. Thryothorus ludovicianus |
| north carolina | (n) a state in southeastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies, Syn. NC, Old North State, Tar Heel State |
| north carolina | (n) one of the British colonies that formed the United States |
| south carolina | (n) one of the British colonies that formed the United States |
| south carolina | (n) a state in the Deep South; one of the original 13 colonies, Syn. SC, Palmetto State |
| university of north carolina | (n) a university in Chapel Hill, North Carolina |
| columbia | (n) capital and largest city in South Carolina; located in central South Carolina, Syn. capital of South Carolina |
| mosquito fern | (n) small free-floating aquatic fern from the eastern United States to tropical America; naturalized in western and southern Europe, Syn. floating fern, Azolla caroliniana, Carolina pond fern |
| nine | (n) the cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one, Syn. ennead, 9, niner, IX, Nina from Carolina |
| raleigh | (n) capital of the state of North Carolina; located in the east central part of the North Carolina, Syn. capital of North Carolina |
| silver-bell tree | (n) medium-sized tree of West Virginia to Florida and Texas, Syn. opossum wood, Halesia tetraptera, snowdrop tree, silverbell tree, Halesia carolina |
| yellow jasmine | (n) poisonous woody evergreen vine of southeastern United States having fragrant yellow funnel-shaped flowers, Syn. evening trumpet flower, Carolina jasmine, yellow jessamine, Gelsemium sempervirens |
