Birdsnest

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bird's nest \Bird's" nest`\, or Bird's-nest \Bird's-nest\, n.
     1. The nest in which a bird lays eggs and hatches her young.
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     2. (Cookery) The nest of a small swallow ({Collocalia
        nidifica} and several allied species), of China and the


        neighboring countries, which is mixed with soups.
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     Note: The nests are found in caverns and fissures of cliffs
           on rocky coasts, and are composed in part of alg[ae].
           They are of the size of a goose egg, and in substance
           resemble isinglass. See Illust. under {Edible}.
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     3. (Bot.) An orchideous plant with matted roots, of the genus
        {Neottia} ({Neottia nidus-avis}).
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     {Bird's-nest pudding}, a pudding containing apples whose
        cores have been replaced by sugar.
  
     {Yellow bird's nest}, a plant, the {Monotropa hypopitys}.
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From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Birdsnest, VA
    Zip code(s): 23307