Canebrake

Canebrake

Canebrake is an English noun meaning an area of land with a thick dense growth of sugarcane, bamboo, or similar plant material.

There are five places in the United States named Canebrake:
*Canebrake in Lamar County, Mississippi
*Canebrake in Kern County, California
*Canebrake in Concordia Parish, Louisiana
*Canebrake in Rutherford County, Tennessee
*Canebrake in McDowell County, West Virginia
*Canebrake in Greenville County, South CarolinaIn addition, Cape Canaveral derives its name from "Cañaveral", the Spanish for canebrake.

*Canebrake is a species of rattlesnake found in the United States


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  • Canebrake — ist der Name mehrerer Orte in den Vereinigten Staaten: Canebrake (Kalifornien) Canebrake (Louisiana) Canebrake (Mississippi) Canebrake (South Carolina) Canebrake (Tennessee) Canebrake (West Virginia) Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklärung …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Canebrake — Cane brake (k[=a]n br[=a]k ), n. A thicket of canes. Ellicott. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • canebrake — ☆ canebrake [kān′brāk΄ ] n. [ CANE + BRAKE3] 1. a dense growth of cane plants 2. an area overgrown with canes …   English World dictionary

  • canebrake — noun A dense thicket of sugarcane, bamboo or similar plants. While roving carelessly from canebrake to canebrake, and admiring the rank growth of vegetation, and the variety of timber which marked the fertility of the soil …   Wiktionary

  • Canebrake Groundcreeper — Conservation status Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification …   Wikipedia

  • Canebrake, West Virginia — Canebrake is an unincorporated community located in McDowell County, West Virginia, USA. Canbrake was named for a thicket of canes in its vicinity. It has also been spelled Canebreak in its past. External links …   Wikipedia

  • canebrake rattlesnake — noun southern variety • Syn: ↑canebrake rattler, ↑Crotalus horridus atricaudatus • Hypernyms: ↑timber rattlesnake, ↑banded rattlesnake, ↑Crotalus horridus horridus * * * noun see …   Useful english dictionary

  • Canebrake Treefrogs — Taxobox name = Canebrake Treefrogs regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Amphibia ordo = Anura familia = Hylidae genus = Aplastodiscus genus authority = Lutz, 1950 subdivision ranks = Species subdivision = See text.Canebrake Treefrogs (… …   Wikipedia

  • canebrake rattler — noun southern variety • Syn: ↑canebrake rattlesnake, ↑Crotalus horridus atricaudatus • Hypernyms: ↑timber rattlesnake, ↑banded rattlesnake, ↑Crotalus horridus horridus * * * noun …   Useful english dictionary

  • canebrake groundcreeper — bambukinis dygliapaukštis statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Clibanornis dendrocolaptoides; Phacellodomus dendrocolaptoides angl. canebrake groundcreeper vok. Halsflecken Bündelnister, m rus. бамбуковая кустарниковая… …   Paukščių pavadinimų žodynas

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