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| bowie | (n) United States pioneer and hero of the Texas revolt against Mexico; he shared command of the garrison that resisted the Mexican attack on the Alamo where he died (1796-1836), Syn. James Bowie, Jim Bowie |
| bowiea | (n) small genus of tropical African perennial bulbous herbs with deciduous twining stems; sometimes placed in family Hyacinthaceae, Syn. genus Bowiea |
| bowie knife | (n) a stout hunting knife with a single edge |
| climbing onion | (n) much-branched leafless twining South African herb cultivated as an ornamental for its bright green stems growing from large aboveground bulbs, Syn. Bowiea volubilis |
| Bowiea | n. a small genus of tropical African perennial bulbous herbs with deciduous twining stems; sometimes placed in family |
| Bowie knife | A knife with a strong blade from ten to fifteen inches long, and double-edged near the point; -- used as a hunting knife, and formerly as a weapon in the southwestern part of the United States. It was named from its inventor, |
