Canada--prophetes.ai

Canada¹
  (ˈkænədə)
  The name of a country in N. America.
  1. Used attrib. in the names of various commercial products, animals, and plants, as Canada agaric, Canada goose, Canada stag, etc.; esp. C. balsam, a pale balsam or resin derived from Abies balsamea, and A. canadensis, used in medicine, and as a transparent gum for mounting microscopic objects; C. rice, an aquatic grass (Hydropyrum esculentum), whose seeds feed great flocks of water-fowl, and are also used as food by the natives; C. tea, the leaves of Gaultheria procumbens, used to flavour tea, or as a substitute for it; Mountain Tea; C. turpentine = Canada balsam.

[1624 Capt. Smith Virginia vi. 205, I had..called it New England, yet so long he [Thomas Hunt] and his Consorts drowned that name with the Eccho of Cannaday.]

1840 Gosse Canadian Nat., The bark of the fir or balsam is covered with bladders full of a fluid resin..this is the *Canada-balsam of the apothecaries.

1861 Miss Pratt Flower. Pl. III. 284 *Canada Flea-bane..a dull-looking plant, with small heads of dingy flowers.

1772 Forster Hudson's Bay Birds in Phil. Trans. LXII. 414 The *Canada geese are very plentiful at Hudson's Bay. 1838 Penny Cycl. XI. 308/1 The Canada Goose generally builds its nest on the ground.

1842 Ibid. XXIII. 120/1 This [Surnia funerea] is the..*Canada Owl of Latham.

1869 T. Burroughs in Galaxy Mag. Aug., The tree or *Canada-sparrow.

1837 Penny Cycl. VIII. 359/1 The French in America call this beast [Cervus Wapiti] the *Canada Stag.

2. ellipt. for Canada goose. Chiefly N. Amer.

1871 W. N. Lewis Poultry Bk. 90 The America Wild Goose is identical with the Canada. 1922 H. Bigelow Scatter-gun Sk. 109 The old Canada came down in a heap. 1955 W. G. Hardy Alberta Golden Jubilee Anthol. 378 Then it was mostly drakes you saw, or Canadas that had lost their mates. 1965 Water Prey & Game Birds N. Amer. (Nat. Geogr. Soc.) 138 Our local geese are Canadas — large honkers, brown with black necks and white cheeks. 1980 Outdoor Life (Northeast ed.) Oct. 84/2 Our huge population of Canadas is due to several factors.