java : Idioms & Phrases

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Java cat

  • (Zoöl.), the musang.
Webster 1913

java finch

  • noun small finch-like Indonesian weaverbird that frequents rice fields
    Java finch; ricebird; Padda oryzivora.
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java man

  • noun fossil remains found in Java; formerly called Pithecanthropus erectus
    Trinil man.
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java olives

  • noun large tree of Old World tropics having foul-smelling orange-red blossoms followed by red pods enclosing oil-rich seeds sometimes used as food
    Sterculia foetida; kalumpang.
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java pepper

  • noun tropical southeast Asian shrubby vine bearing spicy berrylike fruits
    cubeb vine; cubeb; Piper cubeba.
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Java sparrow

  • noun small finch-like Indonesian weaverbird that frequents rice fields
    Java finch; ricebird; Padda oryzivora.
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  • (Zoöl.), a species of finch (Padda oryzivora), native of Java, but very commonly kept as a cage bird; called also ricebird, and paddy bird. In the male the upper parts are glaucous gray, the head and tail black, the under parts delicate rose, and the cheeks white. The bill is large and red. A white variety is also kept as a cage bird.
Webster 1913