n. [ Syriac abbā father. See Abbot. ] Father; religious superior; -- in the Syriac, Coptic, and Ethiopic churches, a title given to the bishops, and by the bishops to the patriarch. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. (Geography) The capital city of Ethiopia. Population (2000) = 2, 200, 186. [ PJC ]

‖n. [ Sp. algarroba, fr. Ar. al-kharr&unr_;bah. Cf. Carob. ] (Bot.) (a) The Carob, a leguminous tree of the Mediterranean region; also, its edible beans or pods, called St. John's bread. (b) The Honey mesquite (Prosopis juliflora), a small tree found from California to Buenos Ayres; also, its sweet, pulpy pods. A valuable gum, resembling gum arabic, is collected from the tree in Texas and Mexico. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion. Same as amoeba. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n.; pl. L. Amœbæ E. Amœbas [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; change. ] (Zool.) A rhizopod common in fresh water, capable of undergoing many changes of form at will. Same as ameba. See Rhizopoda. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Written also aroba and arba. ] [ Ar. or Turk. 'arabah: cf. Russ. arba. ] A wagon or cart, usually heavy and without springs, and often covered. [ Oriental ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The araba of the Turks has its sides of latticework to admit the air Balfour (Cyc. of India). [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ Tupi. ] 1. Goa powder. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. A fabaceous tree of Brazil (Centrolobium robustum) having handsomely striped wood; -- called also zebrawood. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ Sp. and Pg., from Ar. arrub, ar-rubu, a fourth part. ] 1. A Spanish weight used in Mexico and South America = 25.36 lbs. avoir.; also, an old Portuguese weight, used in Brazil = 32.38 lbs. avoir. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A Spanish liquid measure for wine = 3.54 imp. gallons, and for oil = 2.78 imp. gallons. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Cf. OF. baer to open the mouth, F. bayer. ] To kiss. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] A kind of plum cake. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ n., . [ Native name. ] (Bot.) The nut of the Brazilian tree Myristica Bicuhyba, which yields a medicinal balsam used for rheumatism. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖ [ It., prop. “good stuff.” ] A showy wanton; a courtesan. Shak [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Ar. ka'bah, lit., a square building, fr. ka'b cube. ] The small and nearly cubical stone building, toward which all Muslims must pray. [ Written also kaaba. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The Caaba is situated in Mecca, a city of Arabia, and contains a famous black stone said to have been brought from heaven. Before the time of Mohammed, the Caaba was an idolatrous temple, but it has since been the chief sanctuary and object of pilgrimage of the Muslim world. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a West Indian tree (Calophyllum calaba) having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice.
Syn. -- Santa Maria tree. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ from kalumb, its native name in Mozambique. ] (Med.) The root of a plant (Jateorrhiza Calumba, and probably Cocculus palmatus), indigenous in Mozambique. It has an unpleasantly bitter taste, and is used as a tonic and antiseptic. [ Written also colombo, columbo, and calombo. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

American calumba, the Frasera Carolinensis, also called American gentian. Its root has been used in medicine as bitter tonic in place of calumba. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A large evergreen shrub or small tree (Canella alba or Canella winterana) having white aromatic bark and leathery leaves and small purple to red flowers in terminal cymes. Its bark is called wild cinnamon.
Syn. -- wild cinnamon, white cinnamon tree, Canella winterana. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. (Bot.) The Brazilian wax palm. See Wax palm. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a winter melon having a yellowish rind; -- called also casaba melon. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. A well known light red variety of American grape. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A light-colored, sprightly American wine from the Catawba grape. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus of tropical American trees with palmately compound leaves and showy bell-like flowers.
Syn. -- genus Ceiba. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Med.) See Calumba. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. [ Sp. & Pg., fr. Brazil. cupaúba. ] (Med.) A more or less viscid, yellowish liquid, the bitter oleoresin of several species of Copaifera, a genus of trees growing in South America and the West Indies. It is stimulant and diuretic, and was formerly much used in affections of the mucous membranes. It is also used in varnishes and lacquers, and in cleaning oil paintings. -- called also balsam of copaiba, copaiba balsam, balsam capivi, and Jesuits' resin. [ Written also capivi. ] [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. [ Prob. fr. the Spanish explorer Francisco Hernández de Córdoba. ] The monetary unit of Nicaragua, equivalent to the United States gold dollar. It is divided into 100 centavos. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ Native name. ] (Zool.) A large, white, South American duck, of the genus Cascoroba, resembling a swan. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. 1. a country on the island of Cuba. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. the largest island in the West Indies. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ Singhalese dāgoba. ] A dome-shaped structure built over relics of Buddha or some Buddhist saint. [ East Indies ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. A viola da gamba. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Glebæ /plu>. [ L., a clod. ] (Bot.) The chambered sporogenous tissue forming the central mass of the sporophore in puff balls, stinkhorns, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. 1. A small evergreen tropical tree (Myrciaria cauliflora) native to Brazil and West Indies but introduced into southern U. S.; it is grown in Brazil for its edible tough-skinned purple grapelike fruit that grows all along the branches.
Syn. -- jaboticaba tree, Myrciaria cauliflora. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. The tough-skinned purple grapelike tropical fruit of the jaboticaba tree (Myrciaria cauliflora), grown in Brazil. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a loose cloak with a hood; worn in the Middle East and northern Africa. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n.; pl. jubæ [ L., a mane. ] 1. (Zool.) The mane of an animal. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) A loose panicle, the axis of which falls to pieces, as in certain grasses. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A dance developed by slaves in the U. S., having a lively tune and accompanied by a complex rhythmic clapping, and by slapping the thighs. [ PJC ]

Wild crap-shooters with a whoop and a call
Danced the juba in their gambling-hall. Vachel Lindsay (The Congo). [ PJC ]

prop. n. [ Ar. ka'bah, lit., a square building, fr. ka'b cube. ] The small and nearly cubical stone building, in the court of the Great Mosque at Mecca, toward which all Muslims must pray. It contains a sacred black stone, believed by Muslims to be one of the precious stones of paradise, and to have been brought to Abraham when he was contructing the Kaaba, by the Angel Gabriel. The Kaaba itself predates Mohammed, having been a pantheon which contained Arab idols, which were destroyed by Mohammed. [ Written also caaba, kaabeh and kaabah. ] [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

{ , n. (Zool.) Any one of several species of African antelopes of the genus Kobus, esp. the species Kobus sing-sing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A west African anthropoid ape (Troglodytes koolokamba, or Troglodytes Aubryi), allied to the chimpanzee and gorilla, and, in some respects, intermediate between them. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A tropical American feather palm (Acrocomia aculeata) having a swollen spiny trunk and edible nuts.
Syn. -- grugru, gri gri, grugru palm, Acrocomia aculeata. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n., 1. A popular dance music of Brazil, derived from the practices of the macumba religious cult. [ WordNet 1.6 ]

2. a Brazilian religious cult of African origin; combines voodoo elements with singing a chanting and dancing. [ WordNet 1.6 ]

n., darling; -- an Irish term of address expressing affection. [ Irish ] [ WordNet 1.6 ]

‖n. [ Pg. ] A musical istrument of percussion, consisting of bars yielding musical tones when struck. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ n. Also }. [ Ar. maçtabah a large stone bench. ] 1. In Muslim countries, a fixed seat, common in dwellings and in public places. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. (Egyptology) A type of tomb, of the time of the Memphite dynasties, comprising an oblong structure with sloping sides (sometimes containing a decorated chamber, sometimes of solid masonry), and connected with a mummy chamber in the rock beneath. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. See Mustaiba. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A close-grained, heavy wood of a brownish color, brought from Brazil, and used in turning, for making the handles of tools, and the like. [ Written also mostahiba. ] MaElrath. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Pg. peba. ] (Zool.) An armadillo (Tatusia novemcincta) which is found from Texas to Paraguay; -- called also tatouhou. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Piassava. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Saxhorn, and Tube. ] (Mus.) A powerful instrument of brass, curved somewhat like the Roman buccina, or tuba. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Succubae [ NL., fr. L. succubare to lie under; sub under + cubare to lie down; cf. L. succuba, succubo, one who lies under another. ] A female demon or fiend. See Succubus. [ 1913 Webster ]

Though seeming in shape a woman natural
Was a fiend of the kind that succubae some call. Mir. for Mag. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., trumpet. ] (Mus.) (a) An ancient trumpet. (b) A sax-tuba. See Sax-tuba. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A leguminous tree (Eperua falcata) of Demerara, with pinnate leaves and clusters of red flowers. The reddish brown wood is used for palings and shingles. J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants). [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Sp. ] (Bot.) An herb; a plant. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This word is much used in compound names of plants in Spanish; as, yerba buena [ Sp., a good herb ], a name applied in Spain to several kinds of mint (Mentha sativa, Mentha viridis, etc.), but in California universally applied to a common, sweet-scented labiate plant (Micromeria Douglasii). [ 1913 Webster ]

Yerba dol osa. [ Sp., herb of the she-bear. ] A kind of buckthorn (Rhamnus Californica). --
Yerba mansa. [ Sp., a mild herb, soft herb. ] A plant (Anemopsis Californica) with a pungent, aromatic rootstock, used medicinally by the Mexicans and the Indians. --
Yerba reuma. [ Cf. Sp. reuma rheum, rheumatism. ] A low California undershrub (Frankenia grandifolia). [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. (Mil.) An improvised stockade; especially, one made of thorn bushes, etc. [ Written also zareeba, and zeriba. ] [ Egypt ] [ 1913 Webster ]

“Ah, ” he moralizes, “what wonderful instinct on the part of this little creature to surround itself with a zareba like the troops after Osman Digma.” R. Jefferies. [ 1913 Webster ]