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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 |
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, |