american : Idioms & Phrases

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african american

  • noun an American whose ancestors were born in Africa
    Afro-American; African American; African-American.
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african american english

  • noun a nonstandard form of American English characteristically spoken by African Americans in the United States
    Black Vernacular English; Black English Vernacular; Black Vernacular; African American English; AAVE; Ebonics; Black English.
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african american vernacular english

  • noun a nonstandard form of American English characteristically spoken by African Americans in the United States
    Black Vernacular English; Black English Vernacular; Black Vernacular; African American English; AAVE; Ebonics; Black English.
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african-american

  • noun an American whose ancestors were born in Africa
    Afro-American; African American; African-American.
  • adjective satellite pertaining to or characteristic of Americans of African ancestry
    African-American.
    • Afro-American culture
    • many black people preferred to be called African-American or Afro-American
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african-american music

  • noun music created by African-American musicians; early forms were songs that had a melodic line and a strong rhythmic beat with repeated choruses
    black music.
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afro-american

  • noun an American whose ancestors were born in Africa
    Afro-American; African American; African-American.
  • adjective satellite pertaining to or characteristic of Americans of African ancestry
    African-American.
    • Afro-American culture
    • many black people preferred to be called African-American or Afro-American
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american agave

  • noun widely cultivated American monocarpic plant with greenish-white flowers on a tall stalk; blooms only after ten to twenty years and then dies
    Agave americana.
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american alligator

  • noun large alligator of the southeastern United States
    Alligator mississipiensis.
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american aloe

  • noun tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament or for fiber
    century plant; agave.
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american angelica tree

  • noun small deciduous clump-forming tree or shrub of eastern United States
    Aralia spinosa; Hercules'-club; devil's walking stick.
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american antelope

  • noun fleet antelope-like ruminant of western North American plains with small branched horns
    Antilocapra americana; pronghorn; prongbuck; pronghorn antelope.
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american arborvitae

  • noun small evergreen of eastern North America having tiny scalelike leaves on flattened branchlets
    northern white cedar; Thuja occidentalis; white cedar.
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american arrowroot

  • noun white-flowered West Indian plant whose root yields arrowroot starch
    arrowroot; Maranta arundinaceae; obedience plant.
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american aspen

  • noun slender aspen native to North America
    American aspen; Populus tremuloides.
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american badger

  • noun a variety of badger native to America
    Taxidea taxus.
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american baptist convention

  • noun an association of Northern Baptists
    Northern Baptist Convention.
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american barberry

  • noun deciduous shrub of eastern North America whose leaves turn scarlet in autumn and having racemes of yellow flowers followed by ellipsoid glossy red berries
    Berberis canadensis.
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american basswood

  • noun large American shade tree with large dark green leaves and rounded crown
    American basswood; Tilia americana.
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american beech

  • noun North American forest tree with light green leaves and edible nuts
    white beech; red beech; Fagus grandifolia; Fagus americana.
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american bison

  • noun large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains
    American bison; buffalo; Bison bison.
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american bittern

  • noun a kind of bittern
    stake driver; Botaurus lentiginosus.
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american bittersweet

  • noun twining shrub of North America having yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds
    bittersweet; climbing bittersweet; waxwork; shrubby bittersweet; false bittersweet; staff vine; Celastrus scandens.
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american black bear

  • noun brown to black North American bear; smaller and less ferocious than the brown bear
    black bear; Euarctos americanus; Ursus americanus.
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american blight

  • noun primarily a bark feeder on aerial parts and roots of apple and other trees
    Eriosoma lanigerum; woolly apple aphid.
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american bog asphodel

  • noun of the eastern United States: New Jersey to South Carolina
    Narthecium americanum.
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american brooklime

  • noun plant of western North America and northeastern Asia having prostrate stems with dense racemes of pale violet to lilac flowers
    Veronica americana; brooklime.
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american buffalo

  • noun large shaggy-haired brown bison of North American plains
    American bison; buffalo; Bison bison.
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american bugbane

  • noun bugbane of the eastern United States having erect racemes of white flowers
    Cimicifuga americana; summer cohosh.
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american capital

  • noun the capital of the United States in the District of Columbia and a tourist mecca; George Washington commissioned Charles L'Enfant to lay out the city in 1791
    Washington D.C.; Washington; capital of the United States.
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american centaury

  • noun any of several pink-flowered marsh plant of the eastern United States resembling a true centaury
    Sabbatia stellaris; rose pink; bitter floom; Sabbatia Angularis; marsh pink.
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american chameleon

  • noun small arboreal tropical American insectivorous lizards with the ability to change skin color
    Anolis carolinensis; anole.
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american cheese

  • noun hard smooth-textured cheese; originally made in Cheddar in southwestern England
    Armerican cheddar; cheddar cheese; cheddar.
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american chestnut

  • noun large tree found from Maine to Alabama
    American chestnut; Castanea dentata.
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american civil war

  • noun civil war in the United States between the North and the South; 1861-1865
    United States Civil War; War between the States.
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american cockroach

  • noun large reddish brown free-flying cockroach originally from southern United States but now widely distributed
    Periplaneta americana.
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american columbo

  • noun any of various tall perennial herbs constituting the genus Frasera; widely distributed in warm dry upland areas of California, Oregon, and Washington
    American columbo; deer's-ear; columbo; deer's-ears; pyramid plant.
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american coot

  • noun a coot found in North America
    water hen; Fulica americana; marsh hen; mud hen.
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american copper

  • noun common copper butterfly of central and eastern North America
    Lycaena hypophlaeas.
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american crab apple

  • noun medium-sized tree of the eastern United States having pink blossoms and small yellow fruit
    garland crab; Malus coronaria.
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american cranberry

  • noun trailing red-fruited plant
    large cranberry; Vaccinium macrocarpon.
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american cranberry bush

  • noun deciduous North American shrub or small tree having three-lobed leaves and red berries
    Viburnum trilobum; cranberry bush; highbush cranberry; cranberry tree.
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american crayfish

  • noun common large crayfishes of eastern North America
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american creeper

  • noun a common creeper in North America with a down-curved bill
    Certhia americana; brown creeper.
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american cress

  • noun of southwestern Europe; cultivated in Florida
    Barbarea verna; early winter cress; American cress; Belle Isle cress; Barbarea praecox; land cress.
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american crow

  • noun common crow of North America
    Corvus brachyrhyncos.
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american dewberry

  • noun of eastern North America
    Northern dewberry; Rubus flagellaris.
  • noun North American dewberry
    Rubus canadensis.
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american dog tick

  • noun common tick that can transmit Rocky Mountain spotted fever and tularemia
    wood tick; Dermacentor variabilis.
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american dog violet

  • noun violet of eastern North America having pale violet to white flowers
    Viola conspersa.
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american dogwood

  • noun common North American shrub with reddish purple twigs and white flowers
    Cornus stolonifera; red osier dogwood; redbrush; red dogwood; red osier.
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american dream

  • noun the widespread aspiration of Americans to live better than their parents did
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american dwarf birch

  • noun small shrub of colder parts of North America and Greenland
    Betula glandulosa; Newfoundland dwarf birch.
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american eagle

  • noun a large eagle of North America that has a white head and dark wings and body
    Haliaeetus leucocephalus; bald eagle.
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american egret

  • noun a common egret of the genus Egretta found in America; it is a variety of the Old World white egret Casmerodius albus
    great white heron; Egretta albus.
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american elder

  • noun common elder of central and eastern North America bearing purple-black berries; fruit used in wines and jellies
    black elderberry; sweet elder; Sambucus canadensis.
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american elk

  • noun large North American deer with large much-branched antlers in the male
    elk; Cervus elaphus canadensis; wapiti.
  • noun common deer of temperate Europe and Asia
    red deer; elk; Cervus elaphus; wapiti.
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american elm

  • noun large ornamental tree with graceful gradually spreading branches common in eastern North America
    rock elm; Ulmus americana; water elm; white elm.
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american english

  • noun the English language as used in the United States
    American; American English.
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american falls

  • noun a part of Niagara Falls in western New York (north of Buffalo)
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american featherfoil

  • noun a featherfoil of the eastern United States with submerged spongy inflated flower stalks and white flowers
    water gillyflower; Hottonia inflata.
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american federalist party

  • noun a major political party in the United States in the early 19th century; founded by Alexander Hamilton; favored a strong centralized government
    Federalist Party; Federal Party.
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american federation of labor

  • noun a federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955
    AFL.
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american federation of labor and congress of industrial organizations

  • noun the largest federation of North American labor unions; formed in 1955
    AFL-CIO.
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american feverfew

  • noun stout perennial herb of the eastern United States with whitish flowers; leaves traditionally used by Catawba Indians to treat burns
    Parthenium integrifolium; wild quinine; prairie dock.
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american flag

  • noun the national flag of the United States of America
    Old Glory; Star-Spangled Banner; Stars and Stripes.
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american flagfish

  • noun a fish with a dark-blue back and whitish sides with red stripes; found in swamps and streams of Florida
    Jordanella floridae; flagfish.
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american fly honeysuckle

  • noun erect deciduous North American shrub with yellow-white flowers
    Lonicera canadensis; fly honeysuckle.
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american flying squirrel

  • noun New World flying squirrels
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american football

  • noun a game played by two teams of 11 players on a rectangular field 100 yards long; teams try to get possession of the ball and advance it across the opponents goal line in a series of (running or passing) plays
    American football.
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american football game

  • noun a game played by two teams of 11 players on a rectangular field 100 yards long; teams try to get possession of the ball and advance it across the opponents goal line in a series of (running or passing) plays
    American football.
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american foxhound

  • noun an American breed of foxhounds used for hunting both in packs and individually
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american frogbit

  • noun American plant with roundish heart-shaped or kidney-shaped leaves; usually rooted in muddy bottoms of ponds and ditches
    Limnodium spongia.
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american gallinule

  • noun American purple gallinule
    Porphyrula martinica.
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american gentian

  • noun any of various tall perennial herbs constituting the genus Frasera; widely distributed in warm dry upland areas of California, Oregon, and Washington
    American columbo; deer's-ear; columbo; deer's-ears; pyramid plant.
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american germander

  • noun subshrub with serrate leaves and cream-colored to pink or purple flowers in spikelike racemes; North America
    wood sage; Teucrium canadense.
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american ginseng

  • noun North American woodland herb similar to and used as substitute for the Chinese ginseng
    sang; Panax quinquefolius.
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american gray birch

  • noun medium-sized birch of eastern North America having white or pale grey bark and valueless wood; occurs often as a second-growth forest tree
    gray birch; grey birch; American gray birch; Betula populifolia.
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american green toad

  • noun small green or yellow-green toad with small black bars and stripes
    Bufo debilis.
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american grey birch

  • noun medium-sized birch of eastern North America having white or pale grey bark and valueless wood; occurs often as a second-growth forest tree
    gray birch; grey birch; American gray birch; Betula populifolia.
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american hackberry

  • noun large deciduous shade tree of southern United States with small deep purple berries
    Celtis occidentalis.
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american harvest mouse

  • noun any of several small greyish New World mice inhabiting e.g. grain fields
    harvest mouse.
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american hazel

  • noun nut-bearing shrub of eastern North America
    Corylus americana.
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american hellebore

  • noun North American plant having large leaves and yellowish green flowers growing in racemes; yields a toxic alkaloid used medicinally
    white hellebore; Indian poke; Veratrum viride; bugbane.
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american holly

  • noun an evergreen tree
    Christmas holly.
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american hop

  • noun native American plant sometimes confused with the European hop
    Humulus americanus.
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american hornbeam

  • noun tree or large shrub with grey bark and blue-green leaves that turn red-orange in autumn
    Carpinus caroliniana.
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american indian

  • noun a member of the race of people living in America when Europeans arrived
    Indian; Red Indian.
  • noun any of the languages spoken by Amerindians
    Indian; American Indian; Amerindian language; Amerind.
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american indian day

  • noun US: the 4th Friday in September
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American ivy

  • noun common North American vine with compound leaves and bluish-black berrylike fruit
    Parthenocissus quinquefolia; woodbine; Virginia creeper.
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  • . See Virginia creeper.
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american kestrel

  • noun small North American falcon
    sparrow hawk; kestrel; Falco sparverius.
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american labor party

  • noun a former political party in the United States; formed in 1936 in New York when labor and liberals bolted the Democratic Party
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american lady crab

  • noun brightly spotted crab of sandy beaches of the Atlantic coast of the United States
    lady crab; Ovalipes ocellatus; calico crab.
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american language

  • noun the English language as used in the United States
    American; American English.
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american larch

  • noun medium-sized larch of Canada and northern United States including Alaska having a broad conic crown and rust-brown scaly bark
    Larix laricina; black larch; tamarack.
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american laurel

  • noun a North American evergreen shrub having glossy leaves and white or rose-colored flowers
    Kalmia latifolia; mountain laurel; wood laurel; calico bush.
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american legion

  • noun the largest organization of United States war veterans
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american leishmaniasis

  • noun a form of leishmaniasis endemic in Mexico and Central American and South America; sores are limited to the skin and mucosa
    nasopharyngeal leishmaniasis; mucocutaneous leishmaniasis; leishmaniasis americana; New World leishmaniasis.
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american licorice

  • noun North American plant similar to true licorice and having a root with similar properties
    American licorice; wild liquorice; Glycyrrhiza lepidota; wild licorice.
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american lime

  • noun large American shade tree with large dark green leaves and rounded crown
    American basswood; Tilia americana.
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american liquorice

  • noun North American plant similar to true licorice and having a root with similar properties
    American licorice; wild liquorice; Glycyrrhiza lepidota; wild licorice.
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american lobster

  • noun flesh of cold-water lobsters having large tender claws; caught from Maine to the Carolinas
    Northern lobster; Maine lobster.
  • noun lobster of Atlantic coast of America
    Homarus americanus; Northern lobster; Maine lobster.
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american lotus

  • noun water lily of eastern North America having pale yellow blossoms and edible globular nutlike seeds
    water chinquapin; yanquapin; Nelumbo lutea.
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american magpie

  • noun a magpie of Rocky Mountains in North America
    Pica pica hudsonia.
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american maidenhair fern

  • noun hardy palmately branched North American fern with divergent recurved branches borne on lustrous dark reddish stipes
    five-fingered maidenhair fern; Adiantum pedatum.
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american marten

  • noun valued for its fur
    Martes americana; American marten.
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american mastodon

  • noun mastodon of North America; in some classifications considered a mammoth rather than a mastodon
    American mastodon; Mammut americanum.
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american mastodont

  • noun mastodon of North America; in some classifications considered a mammoth rather than a mastodon
    American mastodon; Mammut americanum.
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american merganser

  • noun common North American diving duck considered a variety of the European goosander
    Mergus merganser americanus.
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american mink

  • noun usually rich dark brown
    Mustela vison.
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american mistletoe

  • noun the traditional mistletoe of Christmas in America: grows on deciduous trees and can severely weaken the host plant
    Phoradendron flavescens; Phoradendron serotinum.
  • noun small herb with scalelike leaves on reddish-brown stems and berrylike fruits; parasitic on spruce and larch trees
    Arceuthobium pusillum.
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american mountain ash

  • noun a variety of mountain ash
    Sorbus americana.
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american oil palm

  • noun palm of Central and South America
    Elaeis oleifera.
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american olive

  • noun small tree of southern United States having panicles of dull white flowers followed by dark purple fruits
    devilwood; Osmanthus americanus.
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american organ

  • noun a free-reed instrument in which air is drawn in through reeds by suction bellows
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american oriole

  • noun American songbird; male is black and orange or yellow
    oriole; New World oriole.
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american parasol

  • noun an agaric with a pallid cap and a stalk that is enlarged near the base
    Lepiota americana.
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american parsley fern

  • noun rock-inhabiting fern of northern North America growing in massive tufts and having fronds resembling parsley
    Cryptogramma acrostichoides; American parsley fern.
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American Party

  • noun a former political party in the United States; active in the 1850s to keep power out of the hands of immigrants and Roman Catholics
    Know-Nothing Party.
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  • (U. S. Politics), a party, about 1854, which opposed the influence of foreign-born citizens, and those supposed to owe allegiance to a foreign power.
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american pasqueflower

  • noun short hairy perennial with early spring blue-violet or lilac flowers; North America and Siberia
    wild crocus; Eastern pasque flower; blue tulip; Pulsatilla patens; American pasqueflower; prairie anemone; Anemone ludoviciana; lion's beard.
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american pennyroyal

  • noun erect hairy branching American herb having purple-blue flowers; yields an essential oil used as an insect repellent and sometimes in folk medicine
    pennyroyal; Hedeoma pulegioides.
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american persimmon

  • noun medium-sized tree of dry woodlands in the southern and eastern United States bearing yellow or orange very astringent fruit that is edible when fully ripe
    possumwood; Diospyros virginiana.
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american pit bull terrier

  • noun American breed of muscular terriers with a short close-lying stiff coat
    American pit bull terrier; pit bull terrier; Staffordshire terrier.
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american plaice

  • noun large American food fish
    Hippoglossoides platessoides.
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american plan

  • noun a hotel plan that includes three meals daily
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american plane

  • noun very large spreading plane tree of eastern and central North America to Mexico
    buttonwood; Platanus occidentalis; American plane.
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american pulsatilla

  • noun short hairy perennial with early spring blue-violet or lilac flowers; North America and Siberia
    wild crocus; Eastern pasque flower; blue tulip; Pulsatilla patens; American pasqueflower; prairie anemone; Anemone ludoviciana; lion's beard.
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american quaking aspen

  • noun slender aspen native to North America
    American aspen; Populus tremuloides.
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american raspberry

  • noun red raspberry of North America
    Rubus strigosus; Rubus idaeus strigosus.
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american rattlebox

  • noun tropical American annual herb having an inflated pod in which the ripe seeds rattle
    Crotalaria sagitallis.
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american red elder

  • noun common North American shrub or small tree
    Sambucus pubens; red-berried elder; stinking elder.
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american red plum

  • noun wild plum trees of eastern and central North America having red-orange fruit with yellow flesh
    goose plum; Prunus americana; August plum.
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american red squirrel

  • noun of northern United States and Canada
    Tamiasciurus hudsonicus; Sciurus hudsonicus; spruce squirrel; red squirrel.
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american redstart

  • noun flycatching warbler of eastern North America the male having bright orange on sides and wings and tail
    redstart; Setophaga ruticilla.
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american revised version

  • noun a revised version of the King James Version
    American Revised Version.
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american revolution

  • noun the revolution of the American Colonies against Great Britain; 1775-1783
    American Revolution; American War of Independence; American Revolutionary War.
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american revolutionary leader

  • noun a nationalist leader in the American Revolution and in the creation of the United States
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american revolutionary war

  • noun the revolution of the American Colonies against Great Britain; 1775-1783
    American Revolution; American War of Independence; American Revolutionary War.
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american robin

  • noun large American thrush having a rust-red breast and abdomen
    robin; Turdus migratorius.
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american rock brake

  • noun rock-inhabiting fern of northern North America growing in massive tufts and having fronds resembling parsley
    Cryptogramma acrostichoides; American parsley fern.
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american sable

  • noun valued for its fur
    Martes americana; American marten.
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american saddle horse

  • noun a high-stepping horse originating in Kentucky
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american samoa

  • noun a United States territory on the eastern part of the island of Samoa
    AS; Eastern Samoa.
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american shrew mole

  • noun greyish-black shrew mole of the United States and Canada
    Neurotrichus gibbsii.
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american sign language

  • noun the sign language used in the United States
    ASL.
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american smelt

  • noun common smelt of eastern North America and Alaska
    rainbow smelt.
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american smokewood

  • noun shrubby tree of southern United States having large plumes of feathery flowers resembling puffs of smoke
    Cotinus americanus; chittamwood; Cotinus obovatus.
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american smooth dogfish

  • noun found along the Atlantic coast of the Americas
    Mustelus canis.
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american spicebush

  • noun deciduous shrub of the eastern United States having highly aromatic leaves and bark and yellow flowers followed by scarlet or yellow berries
    spicebush; spice bush; Lindera benzoin; Benjamin bush; Benzoin odoriferum.
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american spikenard

  • noun unarmed woody rhizomatous perennial plant distinguished from wild sarsaparilla by more aromatic roots and panicled umbels; southeastern North America to Mexico
    life-of-man; Aralia racemosa; petty morel.
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american staffordshire terrier

  • noun American breed of muscular terriers with a short close-lying stiff coat
    American pit bull terrier; pit bull terrier; Staffordshire terrier.
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american standard code for information interchange

  • noun (computer science) a code for information exchange between computers made by different companies; a string of 7 binary digits represents each character; used in most microcomputers
    ASCII.
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american standard version

  • noun a revised version of the King James Version
    American Revised Version.
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american star grass

  • noun perennial star grass of North America
    Hypoxis hirsuta.
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american state

  • noun one of the 50 states of the United States
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american stock exchange

  • noun a stock exchange in New York
    AMEX; Curb.
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american sweet chestnut

  • noun large tree found from Maine to Alabama
    American chestnut; Castanea dentata.
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american sweet gum

  • noun a North American tree of the genus Liquidambar having prickly spherical fruit clusters and fragrant sap
    sweet gum; Liquidambar styraciflua; red gum; sweet gum tree; bilsted.
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american sycamore

  • noun very large spreading plane tree of eastern and central North America to Mexico
    buttonwood; Platanus occidentalis; American plane.
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american toad

  • noun common toad of America
    Bufo americanus.
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american turkey oak

  • noun small slow-growing deciduous shrubby tree of dry sandy barrens of southeastern United States having leaves with bristle-tipped lobes resembling turkey's toes
    turkey oak; Quercus laevis.
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american twinflower

  • noun similar to the twinflower of northern Europe and Asia
    Linnaea borealis americana.
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american virgin islands

  • noun more than 130 southeastern Virgin Islands; a dependent territory of the United States
    United States Virgin Islands; VI.
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american wall fern

  • noun chiefly lithophytic or epiphytic fern of North America and east Asia
    rock polypody; rock brake; Polypodium virgianum.
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american war of independence

  • noun the revolution of the American Colonies against Great Britain; 1775-1783
    American Revolution; American War of Independence; American Revolutionary War.
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american water ouzel

  • noun a water ouzel of western North America
    Cinclus mexicanus.
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american water shrew

  • noun water shrew of North America
    Sorex palustris.
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american water spaniel

  • noun breed of medium-sized spaniels originating in America having chocolate or liver-colored curly coat
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american watercress

  • noun mat-forming perennial found in cold springs of the eastern United States
    Cardamine rotundifolia; mountain watercress.
  • noun of southwestern Europe; cultivated in Florida
    Barbarea verna; early winter cress; American cress; Belle Isle cress; Barbarea praecox; land cress.
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american white birch

  • noun small American birch with peeling white bark often worked into e.g. baskets or toy canoes
    Betula papyrifera; canoe birch; Betula cordifolia; paperbark birch; paper birch.
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american white oak

  • noun large slow-growing deciduous tree of the eastern United States having stout spreading branches and leaves with usually 7 rounded lobes; yields strong and durable hard wood
    Quercus alba.
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american white pine

  • noun tall-growing pine of eastern North America; bark is brown with longitudinal fissures when mature; valued as a timber tree
    weymouth pine; eastern white pine; Pinus strobus.
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american widgeon

  • noun a widgeon the male of which has a white crown
    Anas americana; baldpate.
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american wistaria

  • noun an eastern United States native resembling the cultivated Japanese wisteria having pale purple-lilac flowers
    Wisteria frutescens; American wistaria.
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american wisteria

  • noun an eastern United States native resembling the cultivated Japanese wisteria having pale purple-lilac flowers
    Wisteria frutescens; American wistaria.
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american woodcock

  • noun small long-billed woodcock; prized as a game bird
    woodcock snipe; Philohela minor.
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american wormseed

  • noun rank-smelling tropical American pigweed
    Spanish tea; Chenopodium ambrosioides; wormseed; Mexican tea.
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american-indian language

  • noun any of the languages spoken by Amerindians
    Indian; American Indian; Amerindian language; Amerind.
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anglo-american

  • noun an American who was born in Britain or one whose ancestors were British
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anti-american

  • noun a person who is opposed to the United States and its policies
  • adjective opposed to the United States and its policies
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An`ti-A*mer"i*can adjective
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  1. Opposed to the Americans, their aims, or interests, or to the genius of American institutions. Marshall.
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asian american

  • noun an American who is of Asian descent
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black american

  • noun an American whose ancestors were born in Africa
    Afro-American; African American; African-American.
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central american

  • noun a native or inhabitant of Central America
  • adjective of or relating to or characteristic of Central America or its people or languages
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central american country

  • noun any one of the countries occupying Central America; these countries (except for Belize and Costa Rica) are characterized by low per capita income and unstable governments
    Central American country.
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central american nation

  • noun any one of the countries occupying Central America; these countries (except for Belize and Costa Rica) are characterized by low per capita income and unstable governments
    Central American country.
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central american strap fern

  • noun fern with shorter and narrower leaves than Florida strap fern; Florida to West Indies and Mexico and south to Argentina
    Campyloneurum augustifolium; narrow-leaved strap fern.
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common american shad

  • noun shad of Atlantic coast of North America; naturalized to Pacific coast
    Alosa sapidissima.
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franco-american

  • noun an American who was born in France or whose ancestors were French
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german american

  • noun an American who was born in Germany or whose ancestors were German
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german-american

  • adjective of or relating to or characteristic of German Americans
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hispanic american

  • noun an American whose first language is Spanish
    Hispanic; Hispanic American.
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latin american

  • noun a native of Latin America
    Latino.
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latin-american

  • adjective of or relating to the countries of Latin America or their people
    • Latin-American countries
    • Latin-American music
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mexican-american

  • noun a Mexican (or person of Mexican descent) living in the United States
    Mexicano.
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modified american plan

  • noun a hotel plan that includes breakfast and dinner (but not lunch)
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native american

  • noun any member of the peoples living in North or South America before the Europeans arrived
    Amerindian.
  • adjective of or pertaining to American Indians or their culture or languages
    Indian; Amerind; Amerindic.
    • Native American religions
    • Indian arrowheads
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Native american Party

  • (U. S. Politics), a party of principles similar to those of the American party. It arose about 1843, but soon died out.
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north american

  • noun a native or inhabitant of North America
  • adjective of or pertaining to or characteristic of the continent or countries of North America or their peoples
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north american country

  • noun any country on the North American continent
    North American country.
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north american free trade agreement

  • noun an agreement for free trade between the United States and Canada and Mexico; became effective in 1994 for ten years
    NAFTA.
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north american nation

  • noun any country on the North American continent
    North American country.
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organization of american states

  • noun an association including most countries in the western hemisphere; created in 1948 to promote military and economic and social and cultural cooperation
    OAS.
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paleo-american

  • noun a member of the Paleo-American peoples who were the earliest human inhabitants of North America and South America during the late Pleistocene epoch
    Paleo-Indian; Paleo-Amerind.
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paleo-american culture

  • noun the prehistoric culture of the earliest human inhabitants of North America and South America
    Paleo-Indian culture; Paleo-Amerind culture.
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pan american day

  • noun a day celebrating political and economic unity among American countries
    April 14.
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pan american union

  • noun the administrative agency of the Organization of American States
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pan-american

Pan`-A*mer"i*can adjective
Etymology
See Pan-.
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  1. Of or pertaining to both North and South America.
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pro-american

  • adjective supporting the United States and its policies
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south american

  • noun a native or inhabitant of South America
  • adjective of or pertaining to or characteristic of the continent or countries of South America or their peoples
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south american bullfrog

  • noun large toothed frog of South America and Central America resembling the bullfrog
    crapaud; Leptodactylus pentadactylus.
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south american country

  • noun any one of the countries occupying the South American continent
    South American country.
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south american indian

  • noun a member of a native Indian group in South America
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south american nation

  • noun any one of the countries occupying the South American continent
    South American country.
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south american poison toad

  • noun a South American toad
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south american sea lion

  • noun of the southern coast of South America
    Otaria Byronia.
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south american staghorn

  • noun fern of Peru and Bolivia
    Platycerium andinum.
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spanish american

  • noun an American whose first language is Spanish
    Hispanic; Hispanic American.
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spanish-american war

  • noun a war between the United States and Spain in 1898
    Spanish War.
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un-american

  • adjective satellite considered contrary to the best interests of the United States
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war of american independence

  • noun the revolution of the American Colonies against Great Britain; 1775-1783
    American Revolution; American War of Independence; American Revolutionary War.
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