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1. Absaroka, n. View full entry 1812
...= Crow1....
2. achiote, n. View full entry 1648
...A tropical American shrub, Bixa orellana (family Bixaceae), bearing bright red fruit containing red seeds from which a dye is obtained (see sense 2)....
3. Adirondack, n. and adj. View full entry 1699
...A member of the Algonquin people formerly living along the Ottawa River and its tributaries, in Ontario and Quebec. Also occas. with the and pl. concord: this people...
4. Ahousaht, adj. and n. View full entry 1791
...Of, belonging to, or designating the Ahousaht, the principal group of Nuu-chah-nulth (see Nuu-chah-nulth) living around Clayoquot Sound on the west coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada....
5. Anasazi, n. and adj. View full entry 1936
...Archaeol. A member of the Basket Maker people, or of their successors the early Pueblo people, of the uplands of northern Arizona, New Mexico, southern Utah, and Colorado, together considered as...
6. anatta | anatto, n. View full entry 1667
...An orange-red dye, procured in Central America from the waxy pulp surrounding the seeds of the Bixa orellana; used in dyeing, and for colouring cheese....
7. Animikie, n. View full entry 1873
...A series of rocks of the Canadian Shield of early Proterozoic age, rich in iron ore; the period of time during which these were deposited. Usu. attrib....
8. Arapaima, n. View full entry 1840
...A genus of fishes of the family Osteoglossidæ, remarkable for their size; (with lower-case initial) a fish of this genus....
9. Arracacha, n. View full entry 1823
...A genus of umbelliferous plants, with tuberous roots, found in the north of South America, of which one species (A. esculenta) is a staple article of food with the inhabitants....
10. atamasco lily, n. View full entry 1743
...A plant, Zephyranthes atamasco, of the south-eastern U.S., bearing a single lily-like flower....
11. Athapascan | Athapaskan, adj. and n. View full entry 1846
...Of or relating to a widely spread people of North American Indians or their language....
12. atlatl, n. View full entry 1871
...A throwing-stick used by North American Indians and Inuits....
13. atole, n. View full entry 1716
...A kind of corn or other meal; gruel or porridge made of this....
14. axolotl, n. View full entry 1786
...A batrachian reptile (Siredon pisciforme, family Proteidæ) found in Mexican lakes, resembling the salamander in appearance, but, like all the Proteidæ, retaining throughout life the gills of its...
15. banak, n. View full entry 1921
...A hardwood tree of the genus Virola grown esp. in central America; also its timber....
16. Bella Coola, n. View full entry 1834
...A member of a grouping of four North American Indian peoples of the central British Columbia coast, Canada, having a common culture and language and now consolidated at the mouth of the...
17. Beothuk, n. and adj. View full entry 1828
...(A member of) an Indian people of Newfoundland, said to be extinct by 1827....
18. bixa, n. View full entry 1879
...A genus of small trees, natives of tropical America, from the fruits of one species of which (B. orellana) the dye anatta is prepared....
19. busk, n.4 View full entry 1736
...The Green Corn Ceremony of the Creek people, held before the new maize crop is first eaten. Cf. green corn ceremonygreen corn....
20. cagui, n. View full entry 1753
...A name of two Brazilian monkeys of the genus Hapale....
