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A poisonous umbelliferous plant; in England, the Cicuta virosa; in the United States, the Cicuta maculata and the Archemora rigida. See Water hemlock.

an adventurous class of herders and drovers on the plains of the Western and Southwestern United States.

lichos; also, the plant itself. Many varieties are cultivated in the southern part of the United States.

eris) having yellow blossoms and appearing in early spring. It is often cultivated in the United States.

A low rhamnaceous shrub (Karwinskia humboldtiana) of the southwestern United States and Mexico. Its berries are said to be poisonous to the coyote.

An etheostomoid fish of the southern United States (Hadropterus nigrofasciatus).

A nickname to designate a poor white in some parts of the Southern United States. Bartlett.

two pieces lengthwise, to enable it to pass a narrow place, the two parts being afterward united and rehooped.

rnamental shrub (Lagerströmia Indica) from the East Indies, often planted in the Southern United States. Its foliage is like that of the myrtle, and the flower has wavy crisped petals. -- Oriental crape. See Canton crape.

A kind of fresh-water bass of the genus Pomoxys, found in the rivers of the Southern United States and Mississippi valley. There are several species. [Written also croppie.]

A contraction of two vowels (as the final and initial vowels of united words) into one long vowel, or into a dipthong; synæresis; as, cogo for coago.

United or fastened by a dovetailed joint.

s fish, (Zoöl.), a peculiar, long, thin, marine fish (Trichirus lepturus) of the southern United States and West Indies; -- called also saber fish, silver eel, and, improperly, swordfish.

An evergreen shrub or small tree (Ilex cassine) of the southern United States, bearing red drupes and having soft, white, close- grained wood; -- called also dahoon holly.

t of the tropics, being prepared like potatoes, and has been introduced into the Southern United States.

thdraw from the center or place of concentration; to divide and distribute (what has been united or concentrated); -- esp. said of authority, or the administration of public affairs.

th flowers the graves of the Union soldiers and sailors, who fell in the Civil War in the United States; Memorial Day. [U.S.]

aristocratic. The Democratic party, the name of one of the chief political parties in the United States.

usually accompanied with rain and often destructive, common in the prairie regions of the United States.

ion from sea; - - often followed by upon or on; as, to make a descent upon the enemy. The United Provinces . . . ordered public prayer to God, when they feared that the French and English fleets would make a descent upon their coasts. Jortin.