资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Virginia \Vir*gin"i*a\, n.
   One of the States of the United States of America. -- a. Of
   or pertaining to the State of Virginia.

   {Virginia cowslip} (Bot.), the American lungwort ({Mertensia
      Virginica}).

   {Virginia creeper} (Bot.), a common ornamental North American
      woody vine ({Ampelopsis quinquefolia}), climbing
      extensively by means of tendrils; -- called also
      {woodbine}, and {American ivy}. [U. S.]

   {Virginia fence}. See {Worm fence}, under {Fence}.

   {Virginia nightingale} (Zo["o]l.), the cardinal bird. See
      under {Cardinal}.

   {Virginia quail} (Zo["o]l.), the bobwhite.

   {Virginia reel}, an old English contradance; -- so called in
      the United States. --Bartlett.

   {Virginia stock}. (Bot.) See {Mahon stock}.

Reel \Reel\ (r?l), n. [Gael. righil.]
   A lively dance of the Highlanders of Scotland; also, the
   music to the dance; -- often called {Scotch reel}.

   {Virginia reel}, the common name throughout the United States
      for the old English ``country dance,'' or contradance
      (contredanse). --Bartlett.

资料来源 : WordNet®

Virginia reel
     n : an American country dance which starts with the couples
         facing each other in two lines [syn: {reel}]