Nouns

• western larch — Noun – English ～ tall larch of western North America have pale green sharply pointed leaves and oblong cones; an important timber tree
• western chimpanzee — Noun – English ～ masked or pale-faced chimpanzees of western Africa; distantly related to the eastern and central chimpanzees; possibly a distinct species
• western red-backed salamander — Noun – English ～ salamander of the Pacific coast of North America
• Western Sahara — Noun – English ～ an area in northwestern Africa with rich phosphate deposits; under Moroccan control since 1992
• western kingbird — Noun – English ～ a kingbird seen in western United States; head and back are pale grey and the breast is yellowish and the tail is black
• western redbud — Noun – English ～ shrub of western United States having pink or crimson flowers; often forms thickets
• western big-eared bat — Noun – English ～ bat of western North America having extremely large ears
• western hemisphere — Noun – English ～ the hemisphere that includes North America and South America
• Western balsam poplar — Noun – English ～ cottonwood of western North America with dark green leaves shining above and rusty or silvery beneath
• western blind snake — Noun – English ～ burrows among roots of shrubs and beneath rocks in desert and rocky hillside areas and beach sand of western United States
• Western Australia coral pea — Noun – English ～ vigorous climber of the forests of western Australia; grown for their dense racemes of attractive bright rose-purple flowers
• Western Samoa — Noun – English ～ a constitutional monarchy on the western part of the islands of Samoa in the South Pacific
• Western ribbon snake — Noun – English ～ yellow- or reddish-striped snake of temperate woodlands and grasslands to tropics
• western hemlock — Noun – English ～ tall evergreen of western North America; commercially important timber tree
• western dewberry — Noun – English ～ American blackberry with oblong black fruit
• western holly fern — Noun – English ～ North American fern
• Western Roman Empire — Noun – English ～ the western part after the Roman Empire was divided in 395; it lasted only until 476
• Western diamondback rattlesnake — Noun – English ～ largest and most dangerous North American snake; of southwestern United States and Mexico
• western red cedar — Noun – English ～ large valuable arborvitae of northwestern United States
• Western civilization — Noun – English ～ the modern culture of western Europe and North America; "when Ghandi was asked what he thought of Western civilization he said he thought it would be a good idea"

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