| Definition/Meaning | Word/Phrase |
|---|
| strain of bees that originated in Brazil in the 1950s as a cross between an aggressive African bee and a honeybee; retains most of the traits of the African bee; now spread as far north as Texas |
Africanized bee
,
Africanized honey bee
,
Apis mellifera adansonii
,
Apis mellifera scutellata
,
killer bee
|
| cross-fertilization in plants |
allogamy
|
| brightest star in the Southern Cross |
Alpha Crucis
|
| cross surmounted by loop |
ankh
|
| Egyptian cross |
ankh
|
| small noninvasive cross-pollinating plant with white flowers; closely related to Arabidopsis thaliana |
Arabidopsis lyrata
|
| formerly a large constellation in the southern hemisphere between Canis Major and the Southern Cross; now divided into Carina and Pyxis and Puppis and Vela |
Argo
|
| (physics) a unit of nuclear cross section; the effective circular area that one particle presents to another as a target for an encounter |
b
,
barn
|
| second brightest star in the Southern Cross |
Beta Crucis
|
| athletic competition of cross-country skiing and rifle marksmanship |
biathlon
|
| competition involving cross-sountry skiing and rifle target-shooting |
biathlon
|
| woody flowering vine of southern United States; stems show a cross in transverse section |
Bignonia capreolata
,
cross vine
,
quarter-vine
,
quartervine
,
trumpet flower
|
| one species: cross vine |
Bignonia
,
genus Bignonia
|
| beam built up from boards; has a hollow rectangular cross section |
box beam
,
box girder
|
| large raspberry-flavored fruit; cross between blackberries and raspberries |
boysenberry
|
| structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc. |
bridge
,
span
|
| evergreen tree of West Indies and Central America having edible purple fruit star-shaped in cross section and dark green leaves with golden silky undersides |
caimito
,
Chrysophyllum cainito
,
star apple
|
| canal that connects Lake Okeechobee with the Caloosahatchee River in southern Florida to form part of the Cross-Florida Waterway |
Caloosahatchee Canal
|
| river in southern Florida that flows westerly to the Gulf of Mexico; forms the western end of the Cross-Florida Waterway |
Caloosahatchee
,
Caloosahatchee River
|
| Latin cross set on three steps |
Calvary cross
,
cross of Calvary
|
