DICT.TW Dictionary Taiwan
3.142.131.51

Search for:
[Show options]
[Pronunciation] [Help] [Database Info] [Server Info]

1 definition found

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Cape n.  A piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into the sea or a lake; a promontory; a headland.
 Cape buffalo Zool. a large and powerful buffalo of South Africa (Bubalus Caffer). It is said to be the most dangerous wild beast of Africa. See Buffalo, 2.
 Cape jasmine, Cape jessamine. See Jasmine.
 Cape pigeon Zool., a petrel (Daptium Capense) common off the Cape of Good Hope. It is about the size of a pigeon.
 Cape wine, wine made in South Africa [Eng.]
 The Cape, the Cape of Good Hope, in the general sense of the southern extremity of Africa. Also used of Cape Horn, and, in New England, of Cape Cod.