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Bluefish :: Bluefish (n.) A West Indian fish (Platyglossus radiatus), of the family Labridae..

Hogfish :: Hogfish (n.) A large West Indian and Florida food fish (Lachnolaemus).

Lignum Rhodium :: Lignum rhodium () The fragrant wood of several shrubs and trees, especially of species of Rhodorhiza from the Canary Islands, and of the West Indian Amyris balsamifera..

Frangipanni :: Frangipanni (n.) A perfume derived from, or imitating the odor of, the flower of the red jasmine, a West Indian tree of the genus Plumeria..

Galliwasp :: Galliwasp (n.) A West Indian lizard (Celestus occiduus), about a foot long, imagined by the natives to be venomous..

Cuckold :: Cuckold (n.) A West Indian plectognath fish (Ostracion triqueter).

Cascarilla :: Cascarilla (n.) A euphorbiaceous West Indian shrub (Croton Eleutheria); also, its aromatic bark..

Zebrawood :: Zebrawood (n.) The wood of a small West Indian myrtaceous tree (Eugenia fragrans).

Bitterwood :: Bitterwood (n.) A West Indian tree (Picraena excelsa) from the wood of which the bitter drug Jamaica quassia is obtained.

Arrowroot :: Arrowroot (n.) A west Indian plant of the genus Maranta, esp. M. arundinacea, now cultivated in many hot countries. It said that the Indians used the roots to neutralize the venom in wounds made by poisoned arrows..

Conch :: Conch (n.) A name applied to various marine univalve shells; esp. to those of the genus Strombus, which are of large size. S. gigas is the large pink West Indian conch. The large king, queen, and cameo conchs are of the genus Cassis. See Cameo..

Solenodon :: Solenodon (n.) Either one of two species of singular West Indian insectivores, allied to the tenrec. One species (Solendon paradoxus), native of St. Domingo, is called also agouta; the other (S. Cubanus), found in Cuba, is called almique..

West Indian :: West Indian () Belonging or relating to the West Indies.

Yacca :: Yacca (n.) A West Indian name for two large timber trees (Podocarpus coriaceus, and P. Purdicanus) of the Yew family. The wood, which is much used, is pale brownish with darker streaks..

Utia :: Utia (n.) Any species of large West Indian rodents of the genus Capromys, or Utia. In general appearance and habits they resemble rats, but they are as large as rabbits..

Grugru Palm :: Grugru palm () A West Indian name for several kinds of palm. See Macaw tree, under Macaw..

Bully Tree :: Bully tree () The name of several West Indian trees of the order Sapotaceae, as Dipholis nigra and species of Sapota and Mimusops. Most of them yield a substance closely resembling gutta-percha..

Redwithe :: Redwithe (n.) A west Indian climbing shrub (Combretum Jacquini) with slender reddish branchlets.

Shagbark :: Shagbark (n.) The West Indian Pithecolobium micradenium, a legiminous tree with a red coiled-up pod..

Pimpillo :: Pimpillo (n.) A West Indian name for the prickly pear (Opuntia); -- called also pimploes.

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