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Creative; imaginative. [R.] "The formful brain." Thomson.

r; a nurse. Dryden. -- Foster earth, earth by which a plant is nourished, though not its native soil. J. Philips. -- Foster father, a man who takes the place of a father in caring for a child. Bacon. -- Foster land. (a) Land allotted for the maintenance of any one. [Obs.] (b) One's adopted country. -- Foster lean E…

A plant of the genus Mirabilis. There are about half a dozen species, natives of the warmer parts of America. The common four- o'clock is M. Jalapa. Its flowers are white, yellow, and red, and open toward sunset, or earlier in cloudy weather; hence the name. It is also called marvel of Peru, and afternoon lady.…

A native or inhabitant of Western Europe; a European; -- a term used in the Levant.

A native or one of the people of France.

A native or inhabitant of Friesland; also, the language spoken in Friesland. See Friesic, n.

ping flowers, with four sepals, four petals, eight stamens, and a single pistil. They are natives of Mexico and South America. Double-flowered varieties are now common in cultivation.

A native of Terra del Fuego.

A native or inhabitant of Cadiz.

Of or pertaining to Galatia or its inhabitants. -- A native or inhabitant of Galatia, in Asia Minor; a descendant of the Gauls who settled in Asia Minor.

A native of Galicia in Spain; -- called also Gallegan.

A native or inhabitant of Galilee, the northern province of Palestine under the Romans.

A native or inhabitant of Galicia, in Spain; a Galician.

A West Indian lizard (Celestus occiduus), about a foot long, imagined by the natives to be venomous.

; fashion or manner, as of speech. You thought, because he could not speak English in the native garb, he could not therefore handle an English cudgel. Shak.

A native of Gascony; a boaster; a bully. See Gasconade.

On of the native inhabitants of the pampas, of Spanish-American descent. They live mostly by rearing cattle.

A native or inhabitant of Gaul.

The original native name for the ancient Ethiopic language or people. See Ethiopic.

A genus of climbing plants. The yellow (false) jasmine (Gelsemium sempervirens) is a native of the Southern United States. It has showy and deliciously fragrant flowers.