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wild canary

(Encyclopedia) wild canary: see finch; warbler.

wild carrot

(Encyclopedia) wild carrot: see Queen Anne's lace.

wild hyacinth

(Encyclopedia) wild hyacinth: see brodiea; camass; squill.

wild leek

(Encyclopedia) wild leek: see onion.

wild rice

(Encyclopedia) wild rice, tall aquatic plant (Zizania aquatica) of the family Poaceae (grass family), of a genus separate from common rice (Oryza). Wild rice (called also Canada rice, Indian rice,…

Charley Wild River

(Encyclopedia) Charley Wild River: see Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve.

Alagnak Wild River

(Encyclopedia) Alagnak Wild River: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table).

Alatna Wild River

(Encyclopedia) Alatna Wild River: see Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve.

Hickok, Wild Bill

(Encyclopedia) Hickok, Wild Bill, 1837–76, American frontier marshal, b. Troy Grove, near Ottawa, Ill., as James Butler Hickok. He took part in the Kansas struggle preceding the Civil War, was a…