canada : Idioms & Phrases

• noun common summer-flowering woodland herb of Labrador to Colorado
  Anemone Canadensis.
  

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• noun yellow transparent exudate of the balsam fir; used as a transparent cement in optical devices (especially in microscopy) and as a mounting medium
  
• noun medium-sized fir of northeastern North America; leaves smell of balsam when crushed; much used for pulpwood and Christmas trees
  balm of Gilead; balsam fir; Abies balsamea.
  

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• . See under Balsam.

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• noun North American bulbous plant
  meadow leek; rose leek; Allium canadense.
  

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• noun deciduous low-growing perennial of Canada and eastern and central United States
  Asarum canadense; black snakeroot.
  

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• noun common greyish-brown wild goose of North America with a loud, trumpeting call
  Branta canadensis; honker; Canadian goose.
  

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• . (Zoöl.) See Whisky Jack.

Webster 1913

• noun a jay of northern North America with black-capped head and no crest; noted for boldness in thievery
  Perisoreus canadensis; grey jay; whisker jack; gray jay; camp robber.
  

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• noun common lily of the eastern United States having nodding yellow or reddish flowers spotted with brown
  Lilium canadense; wild yellow lily; wild meadow lily; meadow lily.
  

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• noun of northern North America
  Lynx canadensis.
  

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• . (Zoöl.) See Lynx.

Webster 1913

• noun a woody vine of eastern North America having large oval leaves and small white flowers and purple to blue-black fruits
  common moonseed; yellow parilla; Menispermum canadense.
  

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• noun small tree native to northeastern North America having oblong orange-red fruit
  Prunus nigra.
  

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• noun porcupine of northeastern North America with barbed spines concealed in the coarse fur; often gnaws buildings for salt and grease
  Erethizon dorsatum.
  

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• (Zoöl.) See Porcupine, and Urson.

Webster 1913

• (Bot.) See under Rick.

Webster 1913

• (Zoöl.), the cedar bird.

Webster 1913

• noun European thistle naturalized in United States and Canada where it is a pernicious weed
  creeping thistle; Cirsium arvense.
  

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• noun tall North American perennial with heart-shaped leaves and white flowers with purple streaks
  tall white violet; Viola canadensis; white violet.
  

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• noun North American wild rye
  Elymus canadensis.
  

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• noun the capital of Canada (located in southeastern Ontario across the Ottawa river from Quebec)
  Canadian capital; Ottawa.
  

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• noun an agency of the Canadian government that unifies the intelligence units of Canadian law enforcement agencies
  CISC.
  

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• noun an agency of the Canadian government that provides litigation and legal advice and opinions to the government
  DoJC.
  

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