cuban : Idioms & Phrases
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cuban bast
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noun erect forest tree of Cuba and Jamaica having variably hairy leaves and orange-yellow or orange-red flowers; yields a moderately dense timber for cabinetwork and gunstocks
Hibiscus elatus; mahoe; majagua; mahagua; blue mahoe.
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cuban capital
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noun the capital and largest city of Cuba; located in western Cuba; one of the oldest cities in the Americas
capital of Cuba; Havana.
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cuban heel
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noun a broad heel of medium height on women's shoes
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cuban itch
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noun a mild form of smallpox caused by a less virulent form of the virus
milk pox; pseudovariola; West Indian smallpox; Kaffir pox; pseudosmallpox; variola minor; white pox; alastrim.
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cuban mahogany
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noun mahogany tree of West Indies
true mahogany; Dominican mahogany; Swietinia mahogani.
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cuban monetary unit
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noun monetary unit in Cuba
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cuban peso
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noun the basic unit of money in Cuba; equal to 100 centavos
peso.
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cuban revolution
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noun the revolution led by Fidel Castro and a small band of guerrilla fighters against a corrupt dictatorship in Cuba; 1956-1959
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cuban sandwich
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noun a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States
wedge; bomber; hero; sub; hero sandwich; poor boy; submarine; zep; grinder; torpedo; hoagie; Italian sandwich; hoagy; submarine sandwich.
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cuban spinach
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noun succulent herb sometimes grown as a salad or pot herb; grows on dunes and waste ground of Pacific coast of North America
Montia perfoliata; winter purslane; miner's lettuce.
