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A West Indian tree (Turpinia occidentalis) of the family Staphyleaceæ.

A genus of American and East Indian trees, of which the best know species are the Catalpa bignonioides, a large, ornamental North American tree, with spotted white flowers and long cylindrical pods, and the C. speciosa, of the Mississipi valley; -- called also Indian bean.

; sing. Catawba. (Ethnol.) An appalachian tribe of Indians which originally inhabited the regions near the Catawba river and the head waters of the Santee.

A red clay from the Upper Missouri region, used by the Indians for their pipes.

An East Indian Weight of 11/3 pounds.

; sing Cayuga. (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians formerly inbabiting western New-York, forming part of the confederacy called the Five Nations.

An Indian pony. [Northw. U. S.]

A chief or petty king among some tribes of Indians in America.

A genus of East Indian serpents, allied to the pythons; the bokadam.

One of a class of lingual consonants in the East Indian languages. See Lingual, n.

The East Indian name for the large spiral shell of several species of sea conch much used in making bangles, esp. Turbinella pyrum. Called also chank chell.

An Appalachian tribe of Indians, formerly inhabiting the region about the head waters of the Tennessee River. They are now mostly settled in the Indian Territory, and have become one of the most civilized of the Indian Tribes.

A warlike tribe of indians, related to the blackfeet, formerly inhabiting the region of Wyoming, but now mostly on reservations in the Indian Territory. They are noted for their horsemanship.

coloring matter. extracted from the Bignonia Chica, used by some tribes of South American Indians to stain the skin.

A trible of North American Indians (Southern Appalachian) allied to the Choctaws. They formerly occupied the northern part of Alabama and Mississippi, but now live in the Indian Territory.

The Indian four-horned antelope (Tetraceros quadricornis).

nial species of Dianthus (D. Chiensis) having variously colored single or double flowers; Indian pink. -- China root (Med.), the rootstock of a species of Smilax (S. China, from the East Indies; -- formerly much esteemed for the purposes that sarsaparilla is now used for. Also the galanga root (from Alpinia Gallanga a…

One of a tribe of North American Indians now living in the state of Washington, noted for the custom of flattening their skulls. Chinooks also called Flathead Indians.

A tribe of Indians formerly inhabiting the northern and weastern shores of Lake Superior; -- called also Objibways.

The embryo or the growing bud of a plant; a shoot; a sprout; as, the chits of Indian corn or of potatoes.