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   white dead nettle
         n 1: European dead nettle with white flowers [syn: {white dead
               nettle}, {Lamium album}]

English Dictionary: white-headed stilt by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
white titi
n
  1. shrub or small tree of southeastern United States to West Indies and Brazil; grown for the slender racemes of white flowers and orange and crimson foliage
    Synonym(s): cyrilla, leatherwood, white titi, Cyrilla racemiflora
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
white-headed stilt
n
  1. stilt of the southwest Pacific including Australia and New Zealand having mostly white plumage but with black wings and nape of neck
    Synonym(s): white-headed stilt, Himantopus himantopus leucocephalus
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Titi \Ti"ti\, n. [Orig. uncert.]
      1. A tree of the southern United States ({Cliftonia
            monophylla}) having glossy leaves and racemes of fragrant
            white flowers succeeded by one-seeded drupes; -- called
            also {black titi}, {buckwheat tree}, and {ironwood}.
  
      2. Any related tree of the genus {Cyrilla}, often disting. as
            {white titi}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   White-eye \White"-eye`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      Any one of several species of small Old World singing of the
      genus {Zosterops}, as {Zosterops palpebrosus} of India, and
      {Z. c[oe]rulescens} of Australia. The eyes are encircled by a
      ring of white feathers, whence the name. Called also {bush
      creeper}, and {white-eyed tit}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Snow \Snow\, n. [OE. snow, snaw, AS. sn[be]w; akin to D. sneeuw,
      OS. & OHG. sn[emac]o, G. schnee, Icel. sn[ae]r, snj[omac]r,
      snaj[be]r, Sw. sn[94], Dan. snee, Goth. snaiws, Lith.
      sn[89]gas, Russ. snieg', Ir. & Gael. sneachd, W. nyf, L. nix,
      nivis, Gr. acc. ni`fa, also AS. sn[c6]wan to snow, G.
      schneien, OHG. sn[c6]wan, Lith. snigti, L. ningit it snows,
      Gr. ni`fei, Zend snizh to snow; cf. Skr. snih to be wet or
      sticky. [root]172.]
      1. Watery particles congealed into white or transparent
            crystals or flakes in the air, and falling to the earth,
            exhibiting a great variety of very beautiful and perfect
            forms.
  
      Note: Snow is often used to form compounds, most of which are
               of obvious meaning; as, snow-capped, snow-clad,
               snow-cold, snow-crowned, snow-crust, snow-fed,
               snow-haired, snowlike, snow-mantled, snow-nodding,
               snow-wrought, and the like.
  
      2. Fig.: Something white like snow, as the white color
            (argent) in heraldry; something which falls in, or as in,
            flakes.
  
                     The field of snow with eagle of black therein.
                                                                              --Chaucer.
  
      {Red snow}. See under {Red}.
  
      {Snow bunting}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Snowbird}, 1.
  
      {Snow cock} (Zo[94]l.), the snow pheasant.
  
      {Snow flea} (Zo[94]l.), a small black leaping poduran
            ({Achorutes nivicola}) often found in winter on the snow
            in vast numbers.
  
      {Snow flood}, a flood from melted snow.
  
      {Snow flower} (Bot.), the fringe tree.
  
      {Snow fly}, [or] {Snow insect} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several
            species of neuropterous insects of the genus {Boreus}. The
            male has rudimentary wings; the female is wingless. These
            insects sometimes appear creeping and leaping on the snow
            in great numbers.
  
      {Snow gnat} (Zo[94]l.), any wingless dipterous insect of the
            genus {Chionea} found running on snow in winter.
  
      {Snow goose} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of arctic
            geese of the genus {Chen}. The common snow goose ({Chen
            hyperborea}), common in the Western United States in
            winter, is white, with the tips of the wings black and
            legs and bill red. Called also {white brant}, {wavey}, and
            {Texas goose}. The blue, or blue-winged, snow goose ({C.
            c[d2]rulescens}) is varied with grayish brown and bluish
            gray, with the wing quills black and the head and upper
            part of the neck white. Called also {white head},
            {white-headed goose}, and {bald brant}.
  
      {Snow leopard} (Zool.), the ounce.
  
      {Snow line}, lowest limit of perpetual snow. In the Alps this
            is at an altitude of 9,000 feet, in the Andes, at the
            equator, 16,000 feet.
  
      {Snow mouse} (Zo[94]l.), a European vole ({Arvicola nivalis})
            which inhabits the Alps and other high mountains.
  
      {Snow pheasant} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of
            large, handsome gallinaceous birds of the genus
            {Tetraogallus}, native of the lofty mountains of Asia. The
            Himalayn snow pheasant ({T. Himalayensis}) in the
            best-known species. Called also {snow cock}, and {snow
            chukor}.
  
      {Snow partridge}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Partridge}.
  
      {Snow pigeon} (Zo[94]l.), a pigeon ({Columba leuconota})
            native of the Himalaya mountains. Its back, neck, and rump
            are white, the top of the head and the ear coverts are
            black.
  
      {Snow plant} (Bot.), a fleshy parasitic herb ({Sarcodes
            sanguinea}) growing in the coniferous forests of
            California. It is all of a bright red color, and is fabled
            to grow from the snow, through which it sometimes shoots
            up.
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