virginia

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: Vir=gin=ia

CIDE DICTIONARY

virginia, n. 

 One of the States of the United States of America.  [1913 Webster]

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.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

virginia, n.
1 tobacco from Virginia.
2 a cigarette made of this.

Idiom

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.

Derivative

Virginian n. & adj.

Etymology

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