NORTH AMERICAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does North American mean? 

• NORTH AMERICAN (noun)
  The noun NORTH AMERICAN has 1 sense:

1. a native or inhabitant of North America

  Familiarity information: NORTH AMERICAN used as a noun is very rare.

• NORTH AMERICAN (adjective)
  The adjective NORTH AMERICAN has 1 sense:

1. of or pertaining to or characteristic of the continent or countries of North America or their peoples

  Familiarity information: NORTH AMERICAN used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NORTH AMERICAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A native or inhabitant of North America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("North American" is a kind of...):

American (a native or inhabitant of a North American or Central American or South American country)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "North American"):

Bermudan; Bermudian (a native or inhabitant of Bermuda)

Canadian (a native or inhabitant of Canada)

Central American (a native or inhabitant of Central America)

Holonyms ("North American" is a member of...):

North America (a continent (the third largest) in the western hemisphere connected to South America by the Isthmus of Panama)

• NORTH AMERICAN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or pertaining to or characteristic of the continent or countries of North America or their peoples

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

North America (a continent (the third largest) in the western hemisphere connected to South America by the Isthmus of Panama)

 Context examples 

An eastern North American perennial herb.

(Black cohosh, NCI Dictionary)

A three-digit Numbering Plan Areas (NPAs) assigned to small divisions of the 19 North American countries included in the North American Numbering Plan.

(Area Code, NCI Thesaurus)

Scientists have discovered the first-ever fossil evidence of monkeys from the North American landmass: a 21-million-year-old specimen that changes our understanding of the biological history of the continent.

(First-ever fossil monkey found in North America, NSF)

An oil extracted from the seeds of the plant Oenothera biennis, a North American native biennial branching shrub with small yellow flowers.

(Evening Primrose Oil, NCI Thesaurus)

The bones and teeth of two—possibly related—Ice-Age infants, who were buried more than 11,000 years ago in central Alaska, constitute the youngest human remains ever found in the North American Arctic.

(Archaeologists discover remains of Ice-Age infants in Alaska, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

An orally available proprietary aqueous extract from the North American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius) dried root, primarily containing poly-furanosyl-pyranosyl-saccharides, with potential immunostimulating activity.

(North American Ginseng Extract AFX-2, NCI Thesaurus)

One of the oldest original early American pig strains, the Hampshire pig originated from the Old English breed and was imported to North American in the mid-1800s.

(Hampshire Pig, NCI Thesaurus)

An over-the-counter herbal remedy, extracted from North American herb purple coneflower belonging to the Family Asteraceae, with potential immunostimulating and anti-inflammatory activities.

(Echinacea Extract, NCI Thesaurus)

The study also revealed surprising traces of Australasian ancestry in ancient South American Native Americans but no Australasian genetic link was found in North American Native Americans.

(Ancient DNA analysis unlocks secrets of Ice Age tribes in the Americas, University of Cambridge)

A group of North American weedy herbs belonging to the genus Solidago (family Asteraceae) with potential chemopreventive activities.

(Goldenrod, NCI Thesaurus)