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| calamus |
any of various Asiatic climbing palms whose stems are used for wickerwork or canes; rattan. [1/3 definitions] |
| cardamom |
the seed of an Asiatic perennial or an East Indian plant, used medicinally and as a spice. [1/2 definitions] |
| Centella |
a small creeping plant used in herbal medicine, also called urban spadeleaf, gotu kola, or Asiatic pennywort. [1/2 definitions] |
| cochin |
one of a large Asiatic breed of domestic fowl with thickly feathered legs. |
| comma bacillus |
the comma-shaped bacterium that causes Asiatic cholera. |
| Coptic |
the Afro-Asiatic language of ancient Egypt now extinct except for ritual use in the Coptic Church. [1/3 definitions] |
| Cushitic |
a subgroup of the Afro-Asiatic family of languages, spoken in Ethiopia, Somalia, and other parts of eastern Africa. [1/2 definitions] |
| cymbidium |
any of various tropical Asiatic orchids that bear showy blossoms, usu. on long stalks. |
| epicanthus |
a fold of skin covering the inner corner of the eye, common in many Asiatic peoples, and also occurring in some abnormal conditions such as Down's syndrome. |
| Immigration Act of 1917 |
an exclusionary law passed by the U.S. Congress in 1917 that barred certain classes of people such as "idiots," "alcoholics," "epileptics," and "illiterates" from immigrating to the U.S. and also barred all immigrants coming from the so-called "Asiatic Barred Zone," which included much of Asia; also referred to as the Asiatic Barred Zone Act. |
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