AFRIC
Af"ric, a.
Defn: African.
— n.
Defn: Africa. [Poetic]
AFRICAN
Af"ri*can, a. Etym: [L. Africus, Africanus, fr. Afer African.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to Africa. African hemp, a fiber prerared from
the leaves of the Sanseviera Guineensis, a plant found in Africa and
India.
— African marigold, a tropical American plant (Tagetes erecta).
— African oak or African teak, a timber furnished by Oldfieldia
Africana, used in ship building. African violet African-American, a
United States citizen of African descent.
AFRICAN
Af"ri*can, n.
Defn: A native of Africa; also one ethnologically belonging to an
African race.
AFRICANDER
Af`ri*can"der, n.
Defn: One born in Africa, the offspring of a white father and a "colored" mother. Also, and now commonly in Southern Africa, a native born of European settlers.
AFRICANISM
Af"ri*can*ism, n.