n. an ancient country is southwest Asia on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean.
Syn. -- Palestine, Holy Land. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. A descendant of Canaan, the son of Ham, and grandson of Noah. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A Native or inhabitant of the land of Canaan, esp. a member of any of the tribes who inhabited Canaan at the time of the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From an Aramaic word signifying “zeal.” ] A zealot. “Simon the Canaanite.” Matt. x. 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This was the “Simon called Zelotes” (Luke vi. 15), i.e., Simon the zealot. Kitto. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Canaan or the Canaanites. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A genus of birds including the spruce grouse Canachites canadensis.
Syn. -- genus Canachites. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A country in North America, bordering the United States on the north. It is a federation which includes English-speaking provinces and the French-speaking Province of Quebec. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

Canada balsam. See under Balsam. --
Canada goose. (Zool.) See Wild goose. --
Canada jay. See Whisky Jack. --
Canada lynx. (Zool.) See Lynx. --
Canada lily. (Bot.) a plant of eastern North America (Lilium canadense) having yellow or orange flowers with dark spots; called also meadow lily. RHUD --
Canada porcupine (Zool.) See Porcupine, and Urson. --
Canada rice (Bot.) See under Rick. --
Canada robin (Zool.), the cedar bird. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Sp. ] 1. A small cañon; a narrow valley or glen; also, but less frequently, an open valley. [ Local, Western U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A dry riverbed. [ PJC ]

a. Of or pertaining to Canada. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Canada. [ 1913 Webster ]

Canadian period (Geol.), A subdivision of the American Lower Silurian system embracing the calciferous, Quebec, and Chazy epochs. This period immediately follows the primordial or Cambrian period, and is by many geologists regarded as the beginning of the Silurian age, See the Diagram, under Geology. --
Canadian goose, an erroneous variant of Canada goose. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a deciduous or semi-evergreen tree (Cassia fistula) having scented sepia to yellow flowers in drooping racemes and pods whose pulp is used medicinally; it grows in tropical Asia, Central and South America, and Australia.
Syn. -- golden shower tree, drumstick tree, purging cassia, pudding pipe tree, canafistola. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F. canaille (cf. It. canaglia), prop. and orig. a pack of dogs, fr. L. Canis dog. ] 1. The lowest class of people; the rabble; the vulgar. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Shorts or inferior flour. [ Canadian ] [ 1913 Webster ]