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banana
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n 1: any of several tropical and subtropical treelike herbs of
the genus Musa having a terminal crown of large entire
leaves and usually bearing hanging clusters of elongated
fruits [syn: banana, banana tree]
2: elongated crescent-shaped yellow fruit with soft sweet flesh
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cabana
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n 1: a small tent used as a dressing room beside the sea or a
swimming pool
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darner
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n 1: a person who mends by darning
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gymkhana
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n 1: a meet at which riders and horses display a range of skills
and aptitudes
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iguana
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n 1: large herbivorous tropical American arboreal lizards with a
spiny crest along the back; used as human food in Central
America and South America [syn: common iguana, iguana,
Iguana iguana]
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liana
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n 1: a woody climbing usually tropical plant
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marijuana
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n 1: a strong-smelling plant from whose dried leaves a number of
euphoriant and hallucinogenic drugs are prepared [syn:
marijuana, marihuana, ganja, Cannabis sativa]
2: the most commonly used illicit drug; considered a soft drug,
it consists of the dried leaves of the hemp plant; smoked or
chewed for euphoric effect [syn: cannabis, marijuana,
marihuana, ganja]
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nirvana
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n 1: (Hinduism and Buddhism) the beatitude that transcends the
cycle of reincarnation; characterized by the extinction of
desire and suffering and individual consciousness [syn:
nirvana, enlightenment]
2: any place of complete bliss and delight and peace [syn:
Eden, paradise, nirvana, heaven, promised land,
Shangri-la]
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sauna
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n 1: a Finnish steam bath; steam is produced by pouring water
over heated rocks [syn: sauna, sweat room]
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sultana
0
n 1: pale yellow seedless grape used for raisins and wine
2: dried seedless grape [syn: seedless raisin, sultana]
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sana
0
n 1: the capital and largest city of Yemen; on the central
plateau [syn: Sana, Sanaa, Sana'a]
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parana
0
n 1: a South American river; tributary of Rio de la Plata [syn:
Parana, Parana River]
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ana
0
n 1: mother of the ancient Irish gods; sometimes identified with
Danu
2: a collection of anecdotes about a person or place
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lantana
0
n 1: a flowering shrub
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susanna
0
n 1: an Apocryphal book consisting of text added to the Book of
Daniel [syn: Susanna, Book of Susanna]
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americana
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n 1: any artifact (such as books or furniture or art) that is
distinctive of America
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afrikaner
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adj 1: belonging or relating to white people of South Africa
whose ancestors were Dutch or to their language; "an
Afrikaans couple"; "Afrikaner support" [syn: Afrikaans,
Afrikaner]
n 1: a white native of Cape Province who is a descendant of
Dutch settlers and who speaks Afrikaans [syn: Afrikaner,
Afrikander, Boer]
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botswana
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n 1: a landlocked republic in south-central Africa that became
independent from British control in the 1960s [syn:
Botswana, Republic of Botswana]
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guiana
0
n 1: a geographical region of northeastern South America
including Guyana and Surinam
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madonna
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n 1: the mother of Jesus; Christians refer to her as the Virgin
Mary; she is especially honored by Roman Catholics [syn:
Mary, Virgin Mary, The Virgin, Blessed Virgin,
Madonna]
2: United States pop singer and sex symbol during the 1980s
(born in 1958) [syn: Madonna, Madonna Louise Ciccone]
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tijuana
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n 1: a Mexican city just to the south of San Diego on the Lower
California peninsula; popular among American tourists for
racetracks and bullfights
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mahayana
0
n 1: a major school of Buddhism teaching social concern and
universal salvation; China; Japan; Tibet; Nepal; Korea;
Mongolia
2: one of two great schools of Buddhist doctrine emphasizing a
common search for universal salvation especially through
faith alone; the dominant religion of China and Tibet and
Japan [syn: Mahayana, Mahayana Buddhism]
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sebastiana
0
n 1: Mexican spurges [syn: Sebastiana, genus Sebastiana]
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dana
0
n 1: Celtic goddess who was the mother of the Tuatha De Danann;
identified with the Welsh Don [syn: Danu, Dana]
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nicotiana
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n 1: American and Asiatic aromatic herbs and shrubs with viscid
foliage [syn: Nicotiana, genus Nicotiana]
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ljubljana
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n 1: the capital of Slovenia
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toscana
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n 1: a region in central Italy [syn: Tuscany, Toscana]
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victoriana
0
n 1: collection of materials of or characteristic of the
Victorian era
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varna
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n 1: a port city in northeastern Bulgaria on the Black Sea
2: (Hinduism) the name for the original social division of Vedic
people into four groups (which are subdivided into thousands
of jatis)
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bwana
0
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ikebana
0
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kana
0
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katakana
0
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nana
0
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lana
0
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briana
0
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fontana
0
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pizana
0
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quintana
0
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retana
0
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rexana
0
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rohana
0
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rosanna
0
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roxana
0
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roxanna
0
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santana
0
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solana
0
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stevana
0
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susannah
0
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christiana
0
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gloriana
0
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mariana
0
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oriana
0
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tatiana
0
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akana
0
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alanna
0
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mana
0
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nona
0
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wanna
0
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aulana
0
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biana
0
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caronna
0
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ivana
0
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benihana
0
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bonadonna
0
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curtana
0
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ipecacuanha
0
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siciliana
0
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nagana
0
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zenana
0
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africana
0
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varsoviana
0
-
marner
0