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Salpian :: Salpian (n.) Alt. of Salpi.

Divi-divi :: Divi-divi (n.) A small tree of tropical America (Caesalpinia coriaria), whose legumes contain a large proportion of tannic and gallic acid, and are used by tanners and dyers..

Salp :: Salp (n.) Any species of Salpa, or of the family Salpidae..

Flamboyer :: Flamboyer (n.) A name given in the East and West Indies to certain trees with brilliant blossoms, probably species of Caesalpinia..

Poinciana :: Poinciana (n.) A prickly tropical shrub (Caesalpinia, formerly Poinciana, pulcherrima), with bipinnate leaves, and racemes of showy orange-red flowers with long crimson filaments..

Thaliacea :: Thaliacea (n. pl.) A division of Tunicata comprising the free-swimming species, such as Salpa and Doliolum..

Transalpine :: Transalpine (n.) A native or inhabitant of a country beyond the Alps, that is, out of Italy..

Gaul :: Gaul (n.) The Anglicized form of Gallia, which in the time of the Romans included France and Upper Italy (Transalpine and Cisalpine Gaul)..

Transalpine :: Transalpine (a.) Being on the farther side of the Alps in regard to Rome, that is, on the north or west side of the Alps; of or pertaining to the region or the people beyond the Alps; as, transalpine Gaul; -- opposed to cisalpine..

Salpa :: Salpa (n.) A genus of transparent, tubular, free-swimming oceanic tunicates found abundantly in all the warmer latitudes. See Illustration in Appendix..

Flower-fence :: Flower-fence (n.) A tropical leguminous bush (Poinciana, / Caesalpinia, pulcherrima) with prickly branches, and showy yellow or red flowers; -- so named from its having been sometimes used for hedges in the West Indies..

Sculpin :: Sculpin (n.) A large cottoid market fish of California (Scorpaenichthys marmoratus); -- called also bighead, cabezon, scorpion, salpa..

Salpid :: Salpid (n.) A salpa.

Salpas :: Salpas (pl. ) of Salp.

Salpinx :: Salpinx (n.) The Eustachian tube, or the Fallopian tube..

Brazil Wood :: Brazil wood () A very heavy wood of a reddish color, imported from Brazil and other tropical countries, for cabinet-work, and for dyeing. The best is the heartwood of Caesalpinia echinata, a leguminous tree; but other trees also yield it. An inferior sort comes from Jamaica, the timber of C. Braziliensis and C. crista. This is often distinguished as Braziletto , but the better kind is also frequently so named..

Brazil Wood :: Brazil wood () The wood of the oriental Caesalpinia Sapan; -- so called before the discovery of America.

Redwood :: Redwood (n.) An East Indian dyewood, obtained from Pterocarpus santalinus, Caesalpinia Sappan, and several other trees..

Cisalpine :: Cisalpine (a.) On the hither side of the Alps with reference to Rome, that is, on the south side of the Alps; -- opposed to transalpine..

Drill :: Drill (n.) A marine gastropod, of several species, which kills oysters and other bivalves by drilling holes through the shell. The most destructive kind is Urosalpinx cinerea..

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