african : Idioms & Phrases

• noun an American whose ancestors were born in Africa
  Black American; Afro-American; African American.
  

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• noun a nonstandard form of American English characteristically spoken by African Americans in the United States
  Black Vernacular English; Black English Vernacular; Black Vernacular; African American English; AAVE; Ebonics; Black English.
  

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• noun a nonstandard form of American English characteristically spoken by African Americans in the United States
  Black Vernacular English; Black English Vernacular; Black Vernacular; African American English; AAVE; Ebonics; Black English.
  

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• noun bowstring hemp of South Africa
  Sansevieria guineensis; African bowstring hemp.
  

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• noun a chameleon found in Africa
  Chamaeleo chamaeleon.
  

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• noun a tongueless frog native to Africa; established in the United States as result of release of laboratory and aquarium animals
  Xenopus laevis.
  

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• noun small widely distributed arboreal snake of southern Africa banded in black and orange
  Aspidelaps lubricus.
  

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• noun any one of the countries occupying the African continent
  African country.
  

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• noun a dangerous crocodile widely distributed in Africa
  Nile crocodile; Crocodylus niloticus.
  

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• noun shrub of southwestern Mediterranean region having yellow daisylike flowers
  Lonas annua; Lonas inodora; yellow ageratum.
  
• noun African or Asiatic herbs with daisylike flowers
  
• noun any of several plants of the genus Arctotis having daisylike flowers
  

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• noun an elephant native to Africa having enormous flapping ears and ivory tusks
  Loxodonta africana.
  

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• noun commonly domesticated grey parrot with red-and-black tail and white face; native to equatorial Africa
  Psittacus erithacus; African gray.
  

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• noun common savannah monkey with greenish-grey back and yellow tail
  Cercopithecus aethiops sabaeus; green monkey.
  

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• noun commonly domesticated grey parrot with red-and-black tail and white face; native to equatorial Africa
  Psittacus erithacus; African gray.
  

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• noun bowstring hemp of South Africa
  Sansevieria guineensis; African bowstring hemp.
  
• noun large shrub of South Africa having many conspicuously hairy branches with large hairy leaves and clusters of conspicuous white flowers
  Sparmannia africana.
  

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• a fiber prerared from the leaves of the Sanseviera Guineensis, a plant found in Africa and India.

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• noun woolly-stemmed biennial arborescent shrub of tropical Africa and southern Asia having silvery-white prickly branches, clusters of blue or white flowers, and bright red berries resembling holly berries
  Solanum giganteum.
  

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• noun a powerful doglike mammal of southern and eastern Africa that hunts in large packs; now rare in settled area
  Lycaon pictus; Cape hunting dog; hyena dog.
  

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• noun African plant with bright green evergreen leaves and umbels of many usually deep violet-blue flowers
  African lily; African tulip; Agapanthus africanus.
  

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• noun perennial South African grass having densely clumped flimsy stems; introduced into United States especially for erosion control
  weeping love grass; Eragrostis curvula.
  

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• noun African tree having hard heavy odorless wood
  

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• noun a stout branching annual with large yellow to orange flower heads; Mexico and Central America
  Tagetes erecta; Aztec marigold; big marigold.
  

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• a tropical American plant (Tagetes erecta).

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• noun East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient
  corakan; Eleusine coracana; ragee; finger millet; ragi; kurakkan; coracan.
  

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• noun destroys crocodile eggs
  Varanus niloticus.
  

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• noun any one of the countries occupying the African continent
  African country.
  

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• a timber furnished by Oldfieldia Africana, used in ship building.

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• noun oil palm of Africa
  Elaeis guineensis.
  

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• noun small shrubby African tree with hard wood used as a dyewood yielding a red dye
  camwood; Baphia nitida.
  

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• noun African tree having rather lightweight cedar-scented wood varying in color from pink to reddish brown
  cedar mahogany; Entandrophragma cylindricum; sapele mahogany.
  

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• noun the leaves of the shrub Catha edulis which are chewed like tobacco or used to make tea; has the effect of a euphoric stimulant
  qat; quat; cat; kat; Arabian tea; khat.
  
  • in Yemen kat is used daily by 85% of adults

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• noun African plant with bright green evergreen leaves and umbels of many usually deep violet-blue flowers
  African lily; African tulip; Agapanthus africanus.
  

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• noun tropical African plant cultivated as a houseplant for its violet or white or pink flowers
  Saintpaulia ionantha.
  

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• noun tropical African timber tree with wood that resembles mahogany
  Lovoa klaineana.
  

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• noun a wild ass of Africa
  Equus asinus.
  

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• noun South African tree or shrub having a rounded crown
  cape yellowwood; Podocarpus elongatus.
  

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• noun an American whose ancestors were born in Africa
  Black American; Afro-American; African American.
  
• adjective satellite pertaining to or characteristic of Americans of African ancestry
  Afro-American.
  
  • Afro-American culture
  • many black people preferred to be called African-American or Afro-American

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• a United States citizen of African descent

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• noun music created by African-American musicians; early forms were songs that had a melodic line and a strong rhythmic beat with repeated choruses
  black music.
  

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• noun an African who is Black
  

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• noun African plant with bright green evergreen leaves and umbels of many usually deep violet-blue flowers
  African lily; African tulip; Agapanthus africanus.
  

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• noun bushy perennial of South Africa with white or violet flowers; in its native region often clothes entire valley sides in a sheet of color
  Arctotis stoechadifolia; Arctotis venusta.
  

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• noun a landlocked country in central Africa; formerly under French control; became independent in 1960
  Central Africa.
  

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• noun the basic unit of money in the Central African Republic
  

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• adjective of or relating to or located in East Africa
  

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• noun tropical African timber tree with fragrant wood
  Juniperus procera.
  

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• adjective of or relating to northern Africa
  

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• noun a native or inhabitant of South Africa
  
• adjective of or pertaining to or characteristic of South Africa or its people
  

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• noun an official language of the Republic of South Africa; closely related to Dutch and Flemish
  Taal; Afrikaans.
  

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• noun monetary unit in South Africa
  

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• noun erect or shrubby tree of Africa having ridged dark grey bark and rigid glossy medium to long leaves
  Podocarpus latifolius.
  

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• noun a group of languages spoken in the extreme western part of West Africa
  
• adjective of or relating to the countries or cultures or people of West Africa
  

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