crested myna Acridotheres tristis | dark brown crested bird of southeastern Asia |
southern spadefoot Scaphiopus multiplicatus | this spadefoot toad lives in the southwestern United States |
coucal | Old World ground-living cuckoo having a long dagger-like hind claw |
pheasant coucal pheasant cuckoo Centropus phasianinus | Australian bird with a tail like a pheasant |
tree swift crested swift | birds of southeast Asia and East Indies differing from true swifts in having upright crests and nesting in trees |
crested screamer | distinguished from the horned screamer by a feathery crest on the back of the head |
crested cariama seriema Cariama cristata | Brazilian Cariama, sole representative of the genus Cariama |
great crested grebe Podiceps cristatus | large Old World grebe with black ear tufts |
rock hopper crested penguin | small penguin of the Falkland Islands and New Zealand |
southern cabbage butterfly Pieris protodice | common North American form of cabbage butterfly |
southern bog lemming Synaptomys cooperi | of low bogs and meadows of northeastern and central United States and southern Canada |
southern flying squirrel Glaucomys volans | small large-eyed nocturnal flying squirrel of eastern United States |
Madagascar cat ring-tailed lemur Lemur catta | small lemur having its tail barred with black |
scup southern porgy southern scup Stenotomus aculeatus | porgy of southern Atlantic coastal waters of North America |
southern flounder Paralichthys lethostigmus | flounder of southern United States |
Southern Tai | a branch of the Tai languages |
Southern Baptist Convention | an association of Southern Baptists |
southern hemisphere | the hemisphere to the south of the equator |
Madagascar | an island in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa, the th largest island in the world |
Madagascar Republic of Madagascar Malagasy Republic | a republic on the island of Madagascar, achieved independence from France in |
Antananarivo capital of Madagascar | the capital and largest city of Madagascar |
Zimbabwe Republic of Zimbabwe Rhodesia Southern Rhodesia | a landlocked republic in south central Africa formerly called Rhodesia, achieved independence from the United Kingdom in |
Southern Cross Crux Crux Australis | a small conspicuous constellation in the southern hemisphere in the Milky Way near Centaurus |
Triangulum Australe Southern Triangle | a small bright constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere near Circinus and Apus |
Southern Baptist | a member of the Southern Baptist Convention |
aurora australis southern lights | the aurora of the southern hemisphere |
El Nino southern oscillation | a more intense El Nino that occurs every few years when the welling up of cold nutrientich water does not occur, kills plankton and fish and affects weather patterns |
longleaf pine pitch pine southern yellow pine Georgia pine Pinus palustris | large three-needled pine of southeastern United States having very long needles and gnarled twisted limbs, bark is red-brown deeply ridged, an important timber tree |
southern white cedar coast white cedar Atlantic white cedar white cypress white cedar Chamaecyparis thyoides | slow-growing medium-sized cedar of east coast of the United States, resembles American arborvitae |
southern red cedar Juniperus silicicola | juniper of swampy coastal regions of southeastern United States, similar to eastern red cedar |
bald cypress swamp cypress pond bald cypress southern cypress Taxodium distichum | common cypress of southeastern United States having trunk expanded at base, found in coastal swamps and flooding river bottoms |
southern magnolia evergreen magnolia large-flowering magnolia bull bay Magnolia grandiflora | evergreen tree of southern United States having large stiff glossy leaves and huge white sweet-smelling flowers |
southern spatterdock Nuphar sagittifolium | of flowing waters of the southeastern United States, may form obstructive mats in streams |
periwinkle rose periwinkle Madagascar periwinkle old maid Cape periwinkle red periwinkle cayenne jasmine Catharanthus roseus Vinca rosea | commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers |
southern aster | a variety of aster |
southern harebell Campanula divaricata | bellflower of southeastern United States (Maryland to Georgia) having pale blue flowers |
crested coral root Hexalectris spicata | orchid with yellowish-brown flowers with dark veins, southeastern Arizona to the eastern United States |
crested wheatgrass crested wheat grass fairway crested wheat grass Agropyron cristatum | Eurasian grass grown in United States great plains area for forage and erosion control |
southern beech evergreen beech | any of various beeches of the southern hemisphere having small usually evergreen leaves |
southern red oak swamp red oak turkey oak Quercus falcata | large round-topped deciduous tree with spreading branches having narrow falcate leaves with deeply sinuate lobes and wood similar to that of northern red oaks, New Jersey to Illinois and southward |
southern live oak Quercus virginiana | medium-sized evergreen native to eastern North America to the east coast of Mexico, often cultivated as shade tree for it wide-spreading crown, extremely hard tough durable wood once used in shipbuilding |
governor's plum governor plum Madagascar plum ramontchi batoko palm Flacourtia indica | small shrubby tree of Madagascar cultivated in tropical regions as a hedge plant and for its deep red acid fruits resembling small plums |
southern blue flag Iris virginica | similar to blue flag, the eastern United States |
Southern crab apple flowering crab Malus angustifolia | small tree or shrub of southeastern United States, cultivated as an ornamental for its roseolored blossoms |
Southern dewberry Rubus trivialis | of southern North America |
arrow wood southern arrow wood Viburnum dentatum | deciduous shrub of eastern North America having blue-black berries and tough pliant wood formerly used to make arrows |
southern buckthorn shittimwood shittim mock orange Bumelia lycioides | shrubby thorny deciduous tree of southeastern United States with white flowers and small black drupaceous fruit |
pepper common pepper black pepper white pepper Madagascar pepper Piper nigrum | climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe, southern India and Sri Lanka, naturalized in northern Burma and Assam |
common maidenhair Venushair Venus'-hair fern southern maidenhair Venus maidenhair Adiantum capillus-veneris | delicate maidenhair fern with slender shining black leaf stalks, cosmopolitan |
broad beech fern southern beech fern Phegopteris hexagonoptera Dryopteris hexagonoptera Thelypteris hexagonoptera | beech fern of North American woodlands having strawolored stripes |