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1. aa, n.2 View full entry 1859
...A kind of volcanic lava with a rough, jagged surface covered with loose clinkers. Freq. attrib., esp. in aa lava. Contrasted with pahoehoe....
2. agar-agar, n. View full entry 1769
...Any of various red algae from which agar may be extracted (cf. agarophyte); esp. any of several South-East Asian seaweeds of the genera Gracilaria and ...
3. akeake, n. View full entry 1841
...Any of several shrubs or small trees sometimes used for their hard timber, esp. the hop-bush, Dodonaea viscosa (family Sapindaceae), and any of several olearias (family...
4. amok, n. and adv. View full entry 1663
...A name for: a frenzied Malay. (Found first in Portuguese form amouco, amuco.)...
5. anoa, n. View full entry 1845
...An animal of the genus of the same name; a small wild ox of Sulawesi....
6. babirusa, n. View full entry 1673
...A long-legged wild pig, Babyrousa babyrussa, endemic to Sulawesi and neighbouring islands, the male of which has upper canine teeth that grow upwards through the snout as horn-like curving tusks....
7. banteng | banting, n. View full entry 1817
...A species of wild ox; = tsine...
8. banxring, n. View full entry 1824
...A genus of small insectivorous animals (Tupaia) approaching the squirrel in appearance and arboreal habits, found in Java, Sumatra, and adjoining islands; properly the name belongs only to the Javanese...
9. biddy-biddy, n. View full entry 1866
...The New Zealand name for the troublesome burr of the piripiri. Also attrib....
10. bilimbi, n. View full entry 1790
...A tree (Averrhoa Bilimbi, family Oxalidaceæ), growing in India and Sri Lanka, which yields a juice used as a native cure for skin-diseases; (also) the fruit of this...
11. binturong, n. View full entry 1822
...A prehensile-tailed civet, Arctictis binturong, found in southern Asia....
12. buri, n. View full entry 1890
...The talipot palm. Also attrib....
13. Cajan, n. View full entry 1693
...A genus of plants, Cajanus (family Leguminosæ), and esp. the species C. Indicus, a shrub native to the East Indies, but now naturalized in Africa, tropical...
14. cajuput, n. View full entry 1832
...one or more species of Melaleuca (family Myrtaceæ), esp. M. minor (Cajuputi), and M. leucodendron, natives of the Eastern Archipelago and New...
15. cassowary, n. View full entry 1611
...A genus of large cursorial birds, related to the Ostrich, inhabiting the islands in the Indian Archipelago as far as New Guinea. They stand about five feet high; the wings are of...
16. cockabully, n. View full entry 1896
...A small blunt-nosed freshwater fish in New Zealand....
17. cockatoo, n. View full entry 1634
...The name of numerous beautiful birds of the parrot kind, esp. the genus Cacatua, inhabiting Australia and the East Indian Islands, distinguished by a crest or tuft of...
18. cocum, n.1 View full entry c1865
...An East Indian tree Garcinia purpurea related to the Mangosteen. cocum butter or oil: a greenish-yellow solid oil obtained from the seeds of this tree....
19. cogon, n. View full entry 1839
...More fully cogon grass. A tall perennial rhizomatous grass, Imperata cylindrica, native to southwest Asia and found worldwide as an invasive weed....
20. cootie, n.2 View full entry 1917
...A body louse....
