(botany) Any of the plants of the genus Brunfelsia.
filibuster
filibuster
noun
(US politics) A member of a legislative body causing such an obstruction; a filibusterer.
(US politics) A tactic (such as giving long, often irrelevant speeches) employed to delay the proceedings of, or the making of a decision by, a legislative body, particularly the United States Senate.
A mercenary soldier; a freebooter; specifically, a mercenary who travelled illegally in an organized group from the United States to a country in Central America or the Spanish West Indies in the mid-19th century seeking economic and political benefits through armed force.
verb
(originally and mainly US, politics) To use obstructionist tactics in a legislative body.
To take part in a private military action in a foreign country.
flibustier
flibustier
noun
(obsolete) A French buccaneer; a French pirate in the Americas.
subfebrile
subfebrile
adj
(pathology, of a body temperature) slightly raised above normal, but not febrile