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| balsa |
a tree of tropical America, the wood of which is extremely light in weight. [1/2 definitions] |
| bay lynx |
the bobcat of North America. |
| Benjamin Franklin |
U.S. statesman, inventor, diplomat, postmaster, scientist, and author, considered one of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America (b. 1706--d. 1790). |
| bighorn |
a wild sheep found in the Rocky Mountains of North America, the male of which has large, curved horns. (See Rocky Mountain sheep.) |
| bison |
a hoofed, shaggy, cud-chewing mammal with a large head and forequarters, short curved horns, and a hump at the shoulders, found in North America; buffalo. [1/2 definitions] |
| bitterroot |
a plant found in western North America that bears showy pink or white flowers and has a fleshy edible root. |
| bittersweet |
a climbing, woody vine found in North America, bearing orange fruit that splits open when ripe to expose red-coated seeds. [1/5 definitions] |
| black duck |
a dark brown pond duck of northeastern North America. [1/2 definitions] |
| black raspberry |
a prickly shrub that grows in eastern North America and bears a dark purple berry. [1/2 definitions] |
| black walnut |
a tall tree of eastern North America that has dark, hard wood valued for making furniture and other durable wood products. [1/3 definitions] |
| blue jay |
a common jay of eastern North America, with a crest, a bright blue upper body and head, and distinctive white and black markings. |
| bobwhite |
a small brown and white quail of North America, so named for its call. |
| boneset |
any of various plants of eastern North America that bear broad, flat clusters of small white flowers, used in folk medicine for their supposed healing qualities; thoroughwort. |
| bowfin |
a primitive, carnivorous freshwater fish found in eastern North America that has a rounded tail and a long fin on its back. |
| bronco |
a wild or semi-tamed horse or pony of western North America. |
| brook trout |
a speckled freshwater trout of eastern North America; speckled trout. |
| buffalo |
colloquially, a bison of North America. [1/4 definitions] |
| butternut |
a deciduous tree of North America, related to the walnut. [1/2 definitions] |
| cacique |
in Spain and Latin America, a local political boss. [2/3 definitions] |
| cactus |
a leafless, fleshy-stemmed, often prickly plant that grows in hot, dry regions of America. |
| calla |
a marsh plant of northern Europe and North America. [1/2 definitions] |
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