definitions


 * __Poisonwood__:** A poisonous dioecious tree //(Metopium toxiferum)// of southern Florida and the West Indies, having pinnately compound leaves, yellow-green flowers clustered in axillary panicles, and yellow-orange drupes. It causes a rash on contact. (Dictionary.com)


 * __Perfusion__:** pumping a liquid into an organ or tissue (especially by way of blood vessels) (Dictionary.com)


 * __Okapi__:** an African mammal, //Okapia johnstoni,// closely related to and resembling the giraffe, but smaller and with a much shorter neck. (Dictionary.com)

__**Colonialism:**__ Control (and usually settlement)of a government on a dependent country. (Note: Picture is a metaphor for American colonialism in //The Poisonwood Bible//.) By: Samuel A. Gauthier

__**Missionaries:**__ A person whom is sent by their church to convert others to their religion.