(n) often having many yellow-green orchids with white pouches growing along streams and seeps of southwestern Oregon and northern California, Syn. Cypripedium californicum
(n) a self-report personality inventory originally derived from the MMPI; consists of several hundred yes-no questions and yields scores on a number of scales including dominance and self acceptance and self control and socialization and achievement etc., Syn. CPI
(n) marsh or bog herb having solitary pendulous yellow-green flowers and somewhat twisted pitchers with broad wings below, Syn. Darlingtonia californica
(n) semi-evergreen Japanese shrub having malodorous flowers; used extensively for hedges because more likely to stay green that common privet, Syn. Ligustrum ovalifolium
(n) lofty evergreen of United States coastal foothills from Oregon to Big Sur; it flourishes in wet, rainy, foggy habitats, Syn. coast redwood, Sequoia sempervirens
(n) very small tree similar to Rocky mountain pinon but having a single needle per fascicle; similar to Parry's pinyon in range, Syn. Pinus californiarum
(n) tall tree of Baja California having deciduous bark and large alternate palmately lobed leaves and ball-shaped clusters of flowers, Syn. Platanus racemosa
(n) highly variable often shrubby evergreen oak of coastal zone of western North America having small thick usually spiny-toothed dark-green leaves, Syn. California live oak, Quercus agrifolia
(n) any of several handsome evergreen shrubs of California and northern Mexico having downy lobed leaves and showy yellow flowers, Syn. California beauty, flannel bush
(n) tall branching subshrub of California and Mexico often cultivated for its silvery-blue foliage and large fragrant white flowers, Syn. California tree poppy, Romneya coulteri
(n) small or medium irregularly branched tree of the Pacific coast of North America; yields fine hard close-grained wood, Syn. California yew, western yew, Taxus brevifolia
(n) a city in north central California 75 miles to the northeast of San Francisco on the Sacramento River; capital of California, Syn. capital of California
(n) low-growing shrub with spreading branches and flowers in loose heads; desert regions of western United States (California to Utah), Syn. Erigonum fasciculatum, California buckwheat
(Zool.) a large vulture (Gymnogyps californianus), also called California vulture. In the late 20th century it is classed as an endangered species. The California condor used to number in the thousands and ranged along the entire west coast of the United States. By 1982 only 21 to 24 individuals could be identified in the wild. A breeding program was instituted, and by 1996 over 50 birds were alive in captivity. As of 1997, fewer than ten of the bred birds had been reintroduced into the wild. [ PJC ]
[加州技术学院 / 加州技術學院, Jiā zhōu jì shù xué yuànㄐㄧㄚ ㄓㄡ ㄐㄧˋ ㄕㄨˋ ㄒㄩㄝˊ ㄩㄢˋ] California Institute of Technology (Caltech); also written 加州理工學院|加州理工学院, See Also: 加州理工學院, 加州理工学院
[东太平洋隆起 / 東太平洋隆起, Dōng Tài píng yáng lóng qǐㄉㄨㄥ ㄊㄞˋ ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄧㄤˊ ㄌㄨㄥˊ ㄑㄧˇ] East Pacific rise (a mid-oceanic ridge stretching from California down to Antarctica)
[圣安地列斯断层 / 聖安地列斯斷層, Shèng Ān de liè sī duàn céngㄕㄥˋ ㄢ ㄉㄜ˙ ㄌㄧㄝˋ ㄙ ㄉㄨㄢˋ ㄘㄥˊ] San Andreas fault, California; also written 聖安德列斯斷層|圣安德列斯断层, See Also: 聖安德列斯斷層, 圣安德列斯断层
[阿诺・施瓦辛格 / 阿諾・施瓦辛格, Ā nuò· Shī wǎ xīn géㄚ ㄋㄨㄛˋ· ㄕ ㄨㄚˇ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄍㄜˊ] Arnold Schwarzenegger (1947-), US actor and politician, governor of California since 2003; also written 阿諾德·施瓦辛格|阿诺德·施瓦辛格, See Also: 阿諾德, 施瓦辛格, 阿诺德
[阿诺德・施瓦辛格 / 阿諾德・施瓦辛格, Ā nuò dé· Shī wǎ xīn géㄚ ㄋㄨㄛˋ ㄉㄜˊ· ㄕ ㄨㄚˇ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄍㄜˊ] Arnold Schwarzenegger (1947-), US actor and politician, governor of California since 2003
[iero-te-rusa-jonfisshu ; iero-te-rusa-janfisshu] (n) yellowtail surgeonfish (Prionurus punctatus, species of Eastern Central Pacific tang found in reefs from the Gulf of California to El Salvador)
[garibarudei] (n) Garibaldi damselfish (Hypsypops rubicundus, damselfish found from Monterey Bay California to Guadalupe Island Baja California); official state marine fish of California