bryan | (n) United States lawyer and politician who advocated free silver and prosecuted John Scopes (1925) for teaching evolution in a Tennessee high school (1860-1925), Syn. Boy Orator of the Platte, William Jennings Bryan, Great Commoner |
bryan | (n) a town of east central Texas |
bryanthus | (n) procumbent Old World mat-forming evergreen shrub with racemes of pinkish-white flowers |
genus bryanthus | (n) a genus allied to and once included in genus Phyllodoce |
mesembryanthemum | (n) South African annual or biennial plants having flowers that open only in bright sunlight, Syn. genus Mesembryanthemum |
brummell | (n) English dandy who was a fashion leader during the Regency (1778-1840), Syn. George Bryan Brummell, Beau Brummell |
donkin | (n) English engineer who developed a method of preserving food by sterilizing it with heat and sealing it inside a steel container--the first tin can (1768-1855), Syn. Bryan Donkin |
ford | (n) son of Henry Ford (1893-1943), Syn. Edsel Bryant Ford |
hottentot fig | (n) low-growing South African succulent plant having a capsular fruit containing edible pulp, Syn. Carpobrotus edulis, sour fig, Mesembryanthemum edule, Hottentot's fig |
ice plant | (n) Old World annual widely naturalized in warm regions having white flowers and fleshy foliage covered with hairs that resemble ice, Syn. icicle plant, Mesembryanthemum crystallinum |
mountain heath | (n) small shrub with tiny evergreen leaves and pink or purple flowers; Alpine summits and high ground in Asia and Europe and United States, Syn. Bryanthus taxifolius, Phyllodoce caerulea |