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   Pan American Day
         n 1: a day celebrating political and economic unity among
               American countries [syn: {Pan American Day}, {April 14}]

English Dictionary: Poa nemoralis by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Pan American Union
n
  1. the administrative agency of the Organization of American States
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Panama redwood
n
  1. hard heavy red wood of a quira tree [syn: Panama redwood, quira]
  2. large erect shrub of Colombia having large odd-pinnate leaves with large leaflets and axillary racemes of fragrant yellow flowers
    Synonym(s): Panama redwood tree, Panama redwood, Platymiscium pinnatum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Panama redwood tree
n
  1. large erect shrub of Colombia having large odd-pinnate leaves with large leaflets and axillary racemes of fragrant yellow flowers
    Synonym(s): Panama redwood tree, Panama redwood, Platymiscium pinnatum
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pine marten
n
  1. dark brown marten of northern Eurasian coniferous forests
    Synonym(s): pine marten, Martes martes
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Poa nemoralis
n
  1. slender European grass of shady places; grown also in northeastern America and temperate Asia
    Synonym(s): wood meadowgrass, Poa nemoralis, Agrostis alba
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bird of paradise \Bird" of par"a*dise\ (Zo[94]l.)
      The name of several very beautiful birds of the genus
      {Paradisea} and allied genera, inhabiting New Guinea and the
      adjacent islands. The males have brilliant colors, elegant
      plumes, and often remarkable tail feathers.
  
      Note: The {Great emerald} ({Paradisea apoda}) and the {Lesser
               emerald} ({P. minor}) furnish many of the plumes used
               as ornaments by ladies; the Red is {P. rubra [or]
               sanguinea}; the Golden is {Parotia aurea [or]
               sexsetacea}; the King is {Cincinnurus regius}. The name
               is also applied to the longer-billed birds of another
               related group ({Epimachin[91]}) from the same region.
               The Twelve-wired ({Seleucides alba}) is one of these.
               See {Paradise bird}, and Note under {Apod}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pan-American \Pan`-A*mer"i*can\, a. [See {Pan-}.]
      Of or pertaining to both North and South America.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pan-American Congress \Pan-American Congress\
      Any of several meetings of delegates from various American
      states; esp.:
      (a) One held in 1889-90 in the United States, at which all
            the independent states except Santo Domingo were
            represented and of which the practical result was the
            establishment of the Bureau of American Republics for the
            promotion of trade relations.
      (b) One held in Mexico in 1901-1902.
      (c) One held at Rio de Janeiro in 1906.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pan-Americanism \Pan-A*mer"i*can*ism\, n.
      The principle or advocacy of a political alliance or union of
      all the states of America.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Penninerved \Pen"ni*nerved`\, a. [L. penna feather + E. nerve.]
      Pinnately veined or nerved.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pine \Pine\, n. [AS. p[c6]n, L. pinus.]
      1. (Bot.) Any tree of the coniferous genus {Pinus}. See
            {Pinus}.
  
      Note: There are about twenty-eight species in the United
               States, of which the {white pine} ({P. Strobus}), the
               {Georgia pine} ({P. australis}), the {red pine} ({P.
               resinosa}), and the great West Coast {sugar pine} ({P.
               Lambertiana}) are among the most valuable. The {Scotch
               pine} or {fir}, also called {Norway} or {Riga pine}
               ({Pinus sylvestris}), is the only British species. The
               {nut pine} is any pine tree, or species of pine, which
               bears large edible seeds. See {Pinon}. The spruces,
               firs, larches, and true cedars, though formerly
               considered pines, are now commonly assigned to other
               genera.
  
      2. The wood of the pine tree.
  
      3. A pineapple.
  
      {Ground pine}. (Bot.) See under {Ground}.
  
      {Norfolk Island pine} (Bot.), a beautiful coniferous tree,
            the {Araucaria excelsa}.
  
      {Pine barren}, a tract of infertile land which is covered
            with pines. [Southern U.S.]
  
      {Pine borer} (Zo[94]l.), any beetle whose larv[91] bore into
            pine trees.
  
      {Pine finch}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Pinefinch}, in the Vocabulary.
           
  
      {Pine grosbeak} (Zo[94]l.), a large grosbeak ({Pinicola
            enucleator}), which inhabits the northern parts of both
            hemispheres. The adult male is more or less tinged with
            red.
  
      {Pine lizard} (Zo[94]l.), a small, very active, mottled gray
            lizard ({Sceloporus undulatus}), native of the Middle
            States; -- called also {swift}, {brown scorpion}, and
            {alligator}.
  
      {Pine marten}. (Zo[94]l.)
            (a) A European weasel ({Mustela martes}), called also
                  {sweet marten}, and {yellow-breasted marten}.
            (b) The American sable. See {Sable}.
  
      {Pine moth} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of small
            tortricid moths of the genus {Retinia}, whose larv[91]
            burrow in the ends of the branchlets of pine trees, often
            doing great damage.
  
      {Pine mouse} (Zo[94]l.), an American wild mouse ({Arvicola
            pinetorum}), native of the Middle States. It lives in pine
            forests.
  
      {Pine needle} (Bot.), one of the slender needle-shaped leaves
            of a pine tree. See {Pinus}.
  
      {Pine-needle wool}. See {Pine wool} (below).
  
      {Pine oil}, an oil resembling turpentine, obtained from fir
            and pine trees, and used in making varnishes and colors.
           
  
      {Pine snake} (Zo[94]l.), a large harmless North American
            snake ({Pituophis melanoleucus}). It is whitish, covered
            with brown blotches having black margins. Called also
            {bull snake}. The Western pine snake ({P. Sayi}) is
            chestnut-brown, mottled with black and orange.
  
      {Pine tree} (Bot.), a tree of the genus {Pinus}; pine.
  
      {Pine-tree money}, money coined in Massachusetts in the
            seventeenth century, and so called from its bearing a
            figure of a pine tree.
  
      {Pine weevil} (Zo[94]l.), any one of numerous species of
            weevils whose larv[91] bore in the wood of pine trees.
            Several species are known in both Europe and America,
            belonging to the genera {Pissodes}, {Hylobius}, etc.
  
      {Pine wool}, a fiber obtained from pine needles by steaming
            them. It is prepared on a large scale in some of the
            Southern United States, and has many uses in the economic
            arts; -- called also {pine-needle wool}, and {pine-wood
            wool}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pinion \Pin"ion\, n. [OF. pignon a pen, F., gable, pinion (in
      sense 5); cf. Sp. pi[a4]on pinion; fr. L. pinna pinnacle,
      feather, wing. See {Pin} a peg, and cf. {Pen} a feather,
      {Pennat}, {Pennon}.]
      1. A feather; a quill. --Shak.
  
      2. A wing, literal or figurative.
  
                     Swift on his sooty pinions flits the gnome. --Pope.
  
      3. The joint of bird's wing most remote from the body.
            --Johnson.
  
      4. A fetter for the arm. --Ainsworth.
  
      5. (Mech.) A cogwheel with a small number of teeth, or
            leaves, adapted to engage with a larger wheel, or rack
            (see {Rack}); esp., such a wheel having its leaves formed
            of the substance of the arbor or spindle which is its
            axis.
  
      {Lantern pinion}. See under {Lantern}.
  
      {Pinion wire}, wire fluted longitudinally, for making the
            pinions of clocks and watches. It is formed by being drawn
            through holes of the shape required for the leaves or
            teeth of the pinions.
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