western : Idioms & Phrases

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capital of western samoa

  • noun the capital of Western Samoa
    Apia.
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country and western

  • noun a simple style of folk music heard mostly in the southern United States; usually played on stringed instruments
    C and W; country music.
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spaghetti western

  • noun a low-budget Western movie produced by a European (especially an Italian) film company
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western australia

  • noun a state containing the western third of Australia
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western australia coral pea

  • noun vigorous climber of the forests of western Australia; grown for their dense racemes of attractive bright rose-purple flowers
    Hardenbergia comnptoniana.
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western ax

  • noun an ax that has cutting edges on both sides of the head
    double-bitted ax; Western ax; double-bitted axe.
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western axe

  • noun an ax that has cutting edges on both sides of the head
    double-bitted ax; Western ax; double-bitted axe.
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western balsam poplar

  • noun cottonwood of western North America with dark green leaves shining above and rusty or silvery beneath
    Populus trichocarpa; black cottonwood.
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western big-eared bat

  • noun bat of western North America having extremely large ears
    Plecotus townsendi.
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western birch

  • noun birch of western United States resembling the paper birch but having brownish bark
    Betula fontinalis; mountain birch; swamp birch; Western birch; water birch.
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western black-legged tick

  • noun a tick that feeds on dusky-footed wood rat and bites humans; principal vector for Lyme disease in western United States especially northern California
    Ixodes pacificus.
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western blackberry

  • noun American blackberry with oblong black fruit
    Rubus ursinus; western blackberry.
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western blind snake

  • noun burrows among roots of shrubs and beneath rocks in desert and rocky hillside areas and beach sand of western United States
    Leptotyphlops humilis.
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western box turtle

  • noun primarily a prairie turtle of western United States and northern Mexico
    Terrapene ornata.
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western buttercup

  • noun perennial of western North America
    Ranunculus occidentalis.
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western chimpanzee

  • noun masked or pale-faced chimpanzees of western Africa; distantly related to the eastern and central chimpanzees; possibly a distinct species
    Pan troglodytes verus.
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western chokecherry

  • noun chokecherry of western United States
    Prunus demissa; Prunus virginiana demissa.
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Western Church

  • noun the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy
    Roman Catholic; Roman Church; Roman Catholic Church; Church of Rome.
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  • . See Latin Church, under Latin.
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western civilization

  • noun the modern culture of western Europe and North America
    Western civilization.
    • when Ghandi was asked what he thought of Western civilization he said he thought it would be a good idea
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western coral snake

  • noun ranges from Central America to southwestern United States
    Micruroides euryxanthus.
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western crab apple

  • noun wild crab apple of western United States with fragrant pink flowers
    Iowa crab; prairie crab; Iowa crab apple; Malus ioensis.
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western culture

  • noun the modern culture of western Europe and North America
    Western civilization.
    • when Ghandi was asked what he thought of Western civilization he said he thought it would be a good idea
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western dewberry

  • noun American blackberry with oblong black fruit
    Rubus ursinus; western blackberry.
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western diamondback

  • noun largest and most dangerous North American snake; of southwestern United States and Mexico
    Crotalus atrox; Western diamondback.
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western diamondback rattlesnake

  • noun largest and most dangerous North American snake; of southwestern United States and Mexico
    Crotalus atrox; Western diamondback.
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Western empire

  • noun the western part after the Roman Empire was divided in 395; it lasted only until 476
    Western Empire.
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  • (Hist.), the western portion of the Roman empire, as divided, by the will of Theodosius the Great, between his sons Honorius and Arcadius, a. d. 395.
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western fence lizard

  • noun common western lizard; seen on logs or rocks
    blue-belly; swift; Sceloporus occidentalis.
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western gray squirrel

  • noun large grey squirrel of far western areas of United States
    Sciurus griseus; western gray squirrel.
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western grey squirrel

  • noun large grey squirrel of far western areas of United States
    Sciurus griseus; western gray squirrel.
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western hemisphere

  • noun the hemisphere that includes North America and South America
    occident; New World.
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western hemlock

  • noun tall evergreen of western North America; commercially important timber tree
    Pacific hemlock; Tsuga heterophylla; west coast hemlock.
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western holly fern

  • noun North American fern
    Polystichum scopulinum.
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western honey mesquite

  • noun thorny deep-rooted drought-resistant shrub native to southwestern United States and Mexico bearing pods rich in sugar and important as livestock feed; tends to form extensive thickets
    Prosopis glandulosa; honey mesquite.
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western islands

  • noun a group of more than 500 islands off the western coast of Scotland
    Hebridean Islands; Hebridean Isles; Western Islands; Hebrides.
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western isles

  • noun a group of more than 500 islands off the western coast of Scotland
    Hebridean Islands; Hebridean Isles; Western Islands; Hebrides.
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western kingbird

  • noun a kingbird seen in western United States; head and back are pale grey and the breast is yellowish and the tail is black
    Arkansas kingbird.
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western ladies' tresses

  • noun similar to Spiranthes romanzoffiana; States
    Spiranthes porrifolia.
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western larch

  • noun tall larch of western North America have pale green sharply pointed leaves and oblong cones; an important timber tree
    Larix occidentalis; Oregon larch; western larch.
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western lowland gorilla

  • noun a kind of gorilla
    Gorilla gorilla gorilla.
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western malayo-polynesian

  • noun a western subfamily of Malayo-Polynesian languages
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western meadowlark

  • noun a meadowlark of western North America
    Sturnella neglecta.
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western mountain ash

  • noun an ash of the western coast of North America
    Sorbus sitchensis.
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western mugwort

  • noun perennial cottony-white herb of southwestern United States
    Artemisia ludoviciana; prairie sage; white sage; cudweed; Artemisia gnaphalodes.
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western narrow-mouthed toad

  • noun small secretive toad with smooth tough skin of central and western North America
    Gastrophryne olivacea.
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western omelet

  • noun a firm omelet that has diced ham and peppers and onions
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western paper birch

  • noun birch of western United States resembling the paper birch but having brownish bark
    Betula fontinalis; mountain birch; swamp birch; Western birch; water birch.
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western pasqueflower

  • noun of western North America
    Pulsatilla occidentalis; Anemone occidentalis.
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western pipistrel

  • noun of western North America
    SPipistrellus hesperus.
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western poison oak

  • noun poisonous shrub of the Pacific coast of North America that causes a rash on contact
    Toxicodendron diversilobum; Rhus diversiloba.
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western poppy

  • noun showy annual of California with red flowers
    Papaver californicum.
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western prince's pine

  • noun Eurasian herb with white or pinkish flowers in a terminal corymb
    Chimaphila umbellata; love-in-winter; Chimaphila corymbosa.
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western ragweed

  • noun coarse perennial ragweed with creeping roots of dry barren lands of southwestern United States and Mexico
    Ambrosia psilostachya; perennial ragweed.
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western rattlesnake

  • noun widely distributed between the Mississippi and the Rockies
    prairie rattlesnake; Crotalus viridis; prairie rattler.
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western red cedar

  • noun large valuable arborvitae of northwestern United States
    red cedar; canoe cedar; Thuja plicata.
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western red-backed salamander

  • noun salamander of the Pacific coast of North America
    Plethodon vehiculum.
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western redbud

  • noun shrub of western United States having pink or crimson flowers; often forms thickets
    California redbud; Cercis occidentalis.
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western ribbon snake

  • noun yellow- or reddish-striped snake of temperate woodlands and grasslands to tropics
    Thamnophis proximus.
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western roman empire

  • noun the western part after the Roman Empire was divided in 395; it lasted only until 476
    Western Empire.
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western saddle

  • noun an ornamented saddle used by cowboys; has a high horn to hold the lariat
    stock saddle.
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western sahara

  • noun an area in northwestern Africa with rich phosphate deposits; under Moroccan control since 1992
    Spanish Sahara.
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western samoa

  • noun a constitutional monarchy on the western part of the islands of Samoa in the South Pacific
    Samoa i Sisifo; Samoa; Independent State of Samoa.
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western samoan monetary unit

  • noun monetary unit in Western Samoa
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western sand cherry

  • noun dwarf ornamental shrub of western United States having large black to red and yellow sweet edible fruit
    Prunus besseyi; Rocky Mountains cherry.
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western sandwich

  • noun a sandwich made from a western omelet
    western.
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western saxifrage

  • noun saxifrage having loose clusters of white flowers on hairy stems growing from a cluster of basal leaves; moist slopes of western North America
    Saxifraga occidentalis.
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western silvery aster

  • noun a variety of aster
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western skink

  • noun found in western North American grasslands and open woodlands
    Eumeces skiltonianus.
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western spadefoot

  • noun this spadefoot toad live in California
    Scaphiopus hammondii.
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western tamarack

  • noun tall larch of western North America have pale green sharply pointed leaves and oblong cones; an important timber tree
    Larix occidentalis; Oregon larch; western larch.
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western tanager

  • noun of western North America; male is black and yellow and orange-red
    Piranga ludoviciana.
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western toad

  • noun of a great variety of habitats from southern Alaska to Baja California west of the Rockies
    Bufo boreas.
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western united states

  • noun the region of the United States lying to the west of the Mississippi River
    West.
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western wall flower

  • noun biennial or short-lived perennial prairie rocket having orange-yellow flowers; western North America to Minnesota and Kansas; sometimes placed in genus Cheiranthus
    Erysimum arkansanum; Cheiranthus asperus; Erysimum asperum.
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western wheatgrass

  • noun valuable forage grass of western United States
    bluestem wheatgrass; Agropyron smithii.
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western whiptail

  • noun active lizard having a network of dusky dark markings; of semiarid areas from Oregon and Idaho to Baja California
    Cnemidophorus tigris.
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western white pine

  • noun tall pine of western North America with stout blue-green needles; bark is grey-brown with rectangular plates when mature
    Pinus monticola; silver pine; mountain pine.
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western wood pewee

  • noun small flycatcher of western North America
    Contopus sordidulus.
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western yellow pine

  • noun common and widely distributed tall timber pine of western North America having dark green needles in bunches of 2 to 5 and thick bark with dark brown plates when mature
    Pinus ponderosa; ponderosa pine; ponderosa; bull pine.
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western yew

  • noun small or medium irregularly branched tree of the Pacific coast of North America; yields fine hard close-grained wood
    Pacific yew; California yew; Taxus brevifolia.
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