AMERICANA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Americana mean? 

• AMERICANA (noun)
  The noun AMERICANA has 1 sense:

1. any artifact (such as books or furniture or art) that is distinctive of America

  Familiarity information: AMERICANA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AMERICANA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any artifact (such as books or furniture or art) that is distinctive of America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("Americana" is a kind of...):

artefact; artifact (a man-made object taken as a whole)

Domain category:

art; artistic creation; artistic production (the creation of beautiful or significant things)

article of furniture; furniture; piece of furniture (furnishings that make a room or other area ready for occupancy)

 Context examples 

Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Ewingella americana.

(Ewingella americana, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A mouse-derived anti-human CD19 monoclonal antibody linked to pokeweed (Phytolacca americana) antiviral protein (PAP) with antileukemic activity.

(B43-PAP immunotoxin, NCI Thesaurus)

The oil extracted from the fruits of Persea americana.

(Avocado Oil, NCI Thesaurus)