university of west virginia | (n) a university in Morgantown, West Virginia |
virginia | (n) a state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War, Syn. Old Dominion, VA, Old Dominion State |
virginia | (n) one of the British colonies that formed the United States |
virginia | (n) a town in northeastern Minnesota in the heart of the Mesabi Range |
virginia beach | (n) the largest city in Virginia; long overshadowed by Norfolk but growing rapidly since 1970; with 28 miles of public beaches tourism is a major factor in the economy; site of three United States Navy bases |
virginia bluebell | (n) smooth erect herb of eastern North America having entire leaves and showy blue flowers that are pink in bud, Syn. Virginia cowslip, Mertensia virginica |
virginia chain fern | (n) North American fern, Syn. Woodwardia virginica |
virginia creeper | (n) common North American vine with compound leaves and bluish-black berrylike fruit, Syn. Parthenocissus quinquefolia, American ivy, woodbine |
virginia crownbeard | (n) tall perennial herb having clusters of white flowers; the eastern United States, Syn. frostweed, frost-weed, Verbesina virginica |
virginia deer | (n) common North American deer; tail has a white underside, Syn. white tail, white-tailed deer, whitetail, whitetail deer, Odocoileus Virginianus |
virginia ham | (n) a lean hickory-smoked ham; has dark red meat |
virginia mallow | (n) tall handsome perennial herb of southeastern United States having maplelike leaves and white flowers, Syn. Sida hermaphrodita |
virginian | (n) a native or resident of Virginia |
virginian stock | (n) erect branching herb cultivated for its loose racemes of fragrant white or pink or red or lilac flowers; native to sands and sea cliffs of southwestern Greece and southern Albania, Syn. Malcolmia maritima, Virginia stock |
virginian witch hazel | (n) common shrub of eastern North America having small yellow flowers after the leaves have fallen, Syn. Hamamelis virginiana |
virginia oyster | (n) common edible oyster of Atlantic coast of North America |
virginia reel | (n) an American country dance which starts with the couples facing each other in two lines, Syn. reel |
virginia snakeroot | (n) birthwort of the eastern United States woodlands, Syn. Aristolochia serpentaria, Virginia serpentaria, Virginia serpentary |
virginia spring beauty | (n) small cormous perennial grown for its low rosette of succulent foliage and racemes of pink-tinged white flowers; eastern North America, Syn. Claytonia virginica |
virginia strawberry | (n) North American wild strawberry with sweet scarlet fruit; a source of many cultivated strawberries, Syn. scarlet strawberry, Fragaria virginiana |
virginia thimbleweed | (n) thimbleweed of central and eastern North America, Syn. Anemone virginiana |
virginia waterleaf | (n) showy perennial herb with white flowers; leaves sometimes used as edible greens in southeastern United States, Syn. Indian salad, John's cabbage, shawny, Hydrophyllum virginianum, Shawnee salad |
west virginia | (n) a state in east central United States, Syn. WV, Mountain State |
west virginian | (n) a native or resident of West Virginia |
american persimmon | (n) medium-sized tree of dry woodlands in the southern and eastern United States bearing yellow or orange very astringent fruit that is edible when fully ripe, Syn. possumwood, Diospyros virginiana |
apple rust | (n) rust fungus causing rust spots on apples and pears etc, Syn. cedar-apple rust, Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae |
basil mint | (n) perennial herb of the eastern United States having inconspicuous greenish flowers and narrow leaves that are very aromatic when bruised, Syn. Pycnanthemum virginianum |
bennet | (n) avens of Virginia having pale or greenish yellow flowers, Syn. Geum virginianum, white avens |
butterfly pea | (n) large-flowered weakly twining or prostrate vine of New Jersey to tropical eastern North America, sometimes cultivated for its purple and white flowers, Syn. Centrosema virginianum |
catgut | (n) perennial subshrub of eastern North America having downy leaves yellowish and rose flowers and; source of rotenone, Syn. Tephrosia virginiana, wild sweet pea, goat's rue |
charleston | (n) state capital of West Virginia in the central part of the state on the Kanawha river, Syn. capital of West Virginia |
chokecherry | (n) a common wild cherry of eastern North America having small bitter black berries favored by birds, Syn. chokecherry tree, Prunus virginiana |
common opossum | (n) omnivorous opossum of the eastern United States; noted for feigning death when in danger; esteemed as food in some areas; considered same species as the crab-eating opossum of South America, Syn. Didelphis virginiana, Didelphis marsupialis |
eastern hop hornbeam | (n) medium-sized hop hornbeam of eastern North America, Syn. ironwood tree, ironwood, Ostrya virginiana |
eastern red cedar | (n) small juniper found east of Rocky Mountains having a conic crown, brown bark that peels in shreds, and small sharp needles, Syn. red juniper, Juniperus virginiana, red cedar |
false dragonhead | (n) North American plant having a spike of two-lipped pink or white flowers, Syn. obedient plant, false dragon head, Physostegia virginiana |
great horned owl | (n) brown North American horned owl, Syn. Bubo virginianus |
marsh st-john's wort | (n) perennial marsh herb with pink to mauve flowers; southeastern United States, Syn. Hypericum virginianum |
northern bobwhite | (n) a favorite game bird of eastern and central United States, Syn. Colinus virginianus |
rattlesnake fern | (n) American fern whose clustered sporangia resemble a snake's rattle, Syn. Botrychium virginianum |
richmond | (n) capital of the state of Virginia located in the east central part of the state; was capital of the Confederacy during the American Civil War, Syn. capital of Virginia |
rogers | (n) United States dancer and film actress who partnered with Fred Astaire (1911-1995), Syn. Virginia McMath, Virginia Katherine McMath, Ginger Rogers |
scrub pine | (n) common small shrubby pine of the eastern United States having straggling often twisted or branches and short needles in bunches of 2, Syn. Jersey pine, Pinus virginiana, Virginia pine |
southern live oak | (n) medium-sized evergreen native to eastern North America to the east coast of Mexico; often cultivated as shade tree for it wide-spreading crown; extremely hard tough durable wood once used in shipbuilding, Syn. Quercus virginiana |
staghorn sumac | (n) deciduous shrubby tree or eastern North America with compound leaves that turn brilliant red in fall and dense panicles of greenish yellow flowers followed by crimson acidic berries, Syn. velvet sumac, Virginian sumac, vinegar tree, Rhus typhina |
sweet bay | (n) shrub or small tree having rather small fragrant white flowers; abundant in southeastern United States, Syn. swamp laurel, Magnolia virginiana, swamp bay |
virgin's bower | (n) common climber of eastern North America that sprawls over other plants and bears numerous panicles of small creamy white flowers, Syn. old man's beard, devil's darning needle, Clematis virginiana |
wade | (n) English tennis player who won many women's singles titles (born in 1945), Syn. Virginia Wade |
western chokecherry | (n) chokecherry of western United States, Syn. Prunus virginiana demissa, Prunus demissa |
woolf | (n) English author whose work used such techniques as stream of consciousness and the interior monologue; prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1882-1941), Syn. Virginia Woolf, Adeline Virginia Stephen Woolf |