See Also: african(medicine)
pan-African(dictionary)
African(dictionary)
Pan-African movement(encyclopedia)
South African War(encyclopedia)
African 1, adjective(dictionary)
African 2, noun(dictionary)
African American(dictionary)
trypanosomiasis, african(medicine)
Constantine the African(encyclopedia)

African (iou)



African noun & adjective.
[Old English (only pl.) Africanas from Latin Africanus (Cicero), from Africa use as noun of fem. (sc. terra land) of Africus, from Afri pl. (sing. Afer) ancient people of N. Africa: see -AN.]
A. noun.
1. A black native or inhabitant of the continent of Africa. OE.
b. Hist. An American of African origin or descent. E18.
2. A white inhabitant of Africa. E19.
B. adjective. Of or pertaining to Africa; belonging to or characteristic of the African people or (Hist.) of African Americans. M16.
African American an American of African origin or descent; of or pertaining to such people. African blackwood = MPINGO. African cypress: see CYPRESS noun1 1b. African daisy a yellow-flowered plant of the composite family, Lonas annua, which is native to the Mediterranean region and N. Africa and is a naturalized weed elsewhere. African ELEPHANT. African Eve hypothesis: see EVE noun1. African hemp = SPARMANNIA. African mahogany (the wood of) a W. African tree, Khaya senegalensis (family Meliaceae). African peach: see PEACH noun1 2. African pepper: see PEPPER noun. African POMPANO. African SWINE fever. African TEAK. African violet = SAINTPAULIA. African walnut (the wood, resembling mahogany, of) a tropical African tree, Lovoa trichilioides (family Meliaceae).
? See also South African s.v. SOUTH.
Afri'cana noun pl. publications or other items concerning or associated with Africa E20.
Africanism noun an African mode of speech, idiom, etc.; African character; African nationalism: M17.
Africanist noun & adjective (a) noun a specialist in things African; an African nationalist; (b) adjective of or pertaining to Africanists or Africanism: L19.
Afri'canity noun = Africanness M20.
Africanize verb trans. make African in character; spec. (a) place under the control of native African people; (b) hybridize (honeybees) with a stock of African origin to give an unusually aggressive strain: E19.
Africanness [-n-n-] noun the quality or condition of being African M20.