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Zambo \Zam"bo\, n.; pl. Zambos. [See Sambo.] The child of a mulatto and a negro; also, the child of an Indian and a negro; colloquially or humorously, a negro; a sambo. [1913 Webster]See also: Zambos Sambo more...
Zamia \Za"mi*a\, n. [L. zamia a kind of fir cone, from Gr. ?, ?, hurt, damage. See Plin. xvi. 44.] (Bot.) A genus of cycadaceous plants, having the appearance of low palms, but with exogenous wood. See Coontie, and Illust. of Strobile. [1913 Webster]See also: Coontie Strobile more...
Zamindar \Zam`in*dar"\, n. [Hind. zem[imac]nd[=a]r, zam[imac]nd[=a]r, a landholder, Per. zam[imac]nd[=a]r; zam[imac]n land d[=a]r holding.] A landowner; also, a collector of land revenue; now, usually, a kind of feudatory recognized as an actual proprietor so long as he pays to the government a certain fixed revenue. [Written also zemindar.] [India] [1913 Webster] ZamindarySee also: zemindar more...
Zamindary \Zam"in*da*ry\, Zamindari \Zam"in*da*ri\, n. The jurisdiction of a zamindar; the land possessed by a zamindar. [Written also zemindary, zemindari.] [1913 Webster]See also: zemindary zemindari more...
Zamindary \Zam"in*da*ry\, Zamindari \Zam"in*da*ri\, n. The jurisdiction of a zamindar; the land possessed by a zamindar. [Written also zemindary, zemindari.] [1913 Webster]See also: zemindary zemindari more...
Zamite \Za"mite\, n. (Paleon.) A fossil cycad of the genus Zamia. [1913 Webster]See also: Zamia more...
Zamouse \Za*mouse"\, n. [From a native name.] (Zool.) A West African buffalo (Bubalus brachyceros) having short horns depressed at the base, and large ears fringed internally with three rows of long hairs. It is destitute of a dewlap. Called also short-horned buffalo, and bush cow. [1913 Webster]See also: Bubalus brachyceros short-horned buffalo bush cow more...