Thesaurus: virginia

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1. n. One of the States of the United States of America.
2. a. Of or pertaining to the State of Virginia.
3. One of the States of the United States of America. -- a. Of or pertaining to the State of Virginia. Virginia cowslip (Bot.), the American lungwort (Mertensia Virginica). -- Virginia creeper (Bot.), a common ornamental North American woody vine (Ampelopsis quinquefolia), climbing extensively by means of tendrils; -- called also woodbine, and American ivy. [U.S.] -- Virginia fence. See Worm fence, under Fence. -- Virginia nightingale (Zoöl.), the cardinal bird. See under Cardinal. -- Virginia quail (Zoöl.), the bobwhite. -- Virginia reel, an old English contradance; -- so called in the United States. Bartlett. -- Virginia stock. (Bot.) See Mahon stock.
4. One of the States of the United States of America.-- a.
5. n. a state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War n. one of the British colonies that formed the United States n. a town in northeastern Minnesota in the heart of the Mesabi Range