VIRGINIA


Meaning of VIRGINIA in English

n. 1 tobacco from Virginia. 2 a cigarette made of this. 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. Virginian n. & adj.

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

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