VIRGINIA


Meaning of VIRGINIA in English

n.1 tobacco from Virginia.

2 a cigarette made of this.

Phrases and idioms:

Virginia creeper a N. American vine, Parthenocissus quinquefolia, cultivated for ornament. Virginia reel US a country dance. Virginia (or Virginian) stock a cruciferous plant, Malcolmia maritima, with white or pink flowers.

Derivatives:

Virginian n. & adj.

Etymology: Virginia in US, orig. the first English settlement (1607), f. Virgin Queen

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.