LexiTopic: Botanicals
The LexiConnexxions analysis has identified 304 words related to plants and fungi in the A-L portion of Spelling Bee lexicon, which comprises 63% of the entire lexicon.
The entire list is shown below, followed by the topical analysis with definitions. The definition of each word has been confirmed in Merriam-Webster online (abridged), the online dictionary well-known to Spelling Bee players.
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The entire list is shown below, followed by the topical analysis with definitions. The definition of each word has been confirmed in Merriam-Webster online (abridged), the online dictionary well-known to Spelling Bee players.
Words marked with an asterisk have been used in at least one Bee puzzle, then subsequently disallowed; they are retained here for historical interest.
Please review "Important Information about this Resource" at the LexiTopics master page, in particular as to why words may appear more than once in the list.
Words Related to BOTANICALS in the Spelling Bee lexicon
ABLOOMACACIAACAIACORNAGARAGAVEALFALFAALGAALGAEALGALALMONDALOEALPINEAMARANTHAMARANTHANEMONEANEMONEANGELICAANNUALANNULIAPPLEAPPLEAPRICOTARABICAARBORARILARNICAARROWROOTARUGULAARUMAZALEAAZALEABALMBALMBAMBOOBANANABANYANBAOBABBARKBEANBEANBEDDINGBEECHBEETBELLBENTBETELBIOTABLACKCAPBLEWBLIGHTBLINDBLOOMBLOOMBLOOMEDBLOOMINGBLOWBLOWINGBLOWNBLUEBELLBODYBOLLBOTANYBOUGHBOURBONBRANCHBRANCHYBRIARBRIARYBROOMBUDDEDBULBBULBBURLBURRBURR
BUTTBUTTONBUTTONCACAOCACTICALLACALLACALLALOOCAMELLIACAMELLIACANDLECANDLECANECANECANNACANNACANOLACANOPICCANOPYCARAWAYCAROBCARROTCATALPACATKINCATKINCATMINTCATNIPCATTAILCAYENNECHALICECHALICECHARDCHEATCHIACHICORYCHILICHLOROPHYLLCICELYCINNAMONCIRRICITRONCLEFTCLIMBCLOTBURCLOVECOCACOCKLECOCOBOLO*COCONUTCOFFEECOIRCOLLARDCOLLECTIVECOMACOMPLETECOMPLETECOMPOUNDCONECONECONKCORKCORKCORNCORNCOBCOROLLACOROLLACORONACORONACOTTONCOTTONWOODCRABCROCICROCICROTCHCUBECUKE
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HEMLOCKHEMPHENNAHICKORYHILLHILLEDHILLINGHOARHOARYHOEDHOLLYHOLTHONEYDEWHULLHYACINTHILEX* IMMIGRANTINDICAINDIGOINNOCENCEIPECACIVIEDJOINTJOINTJOINTEDJOJOBAKALEKAPOKKEELKELPKNEEKNOTKNOTHOLELABIALABIALLAMELLA*LAMELLAE*LAMINALAMINALAMINALLAMINALLANTANALARCHLEAFLEAFAGE*LEAFEDLEAFLETLEAVELEEKLEGGYLEMMALEMONLENTILLETTUCELICHENLILACLIMALIMBLIMBLIMBLIMELINTLITCHILITTLELOBAR*LOBELOBEDLOBLOLLYLOCOLOCOWEEDLONGANLOOFALOOFAHLOVAGELUPINELYCHEE
THE COMPLETE TOPICAL ANALYSIS, WITH DEFINITIONS
Cultivation, Habitat, etc.
ALPINE: [not capitalized] a plant native to alpine or boreal regions that is often grown for ornamentANNUAL: a plant that completes its life cycle in one growing seasonBEDDING: suitable for planting in large groups in flower beds to produce a mass displayBIOTA: the flora and fauna of a regionCLIMB: of a plant: to ascend in growth (as by twining); to grow up or overDEADHEAD: a faded blossom on a flowering plant; also, to remove a faded blossom on a flowering plantDEADHEADED: to remove a faded blossom on a flowering plantDRIFT: a grouping of similar flowers planted in an elongated massFLAT: a shallow container for shipping produce; also, a shallow box in which seedlings are startedFLAVOR: variety: any of various groups of plants or animals ranking below a species: subspeciesFLORA: a treatise on or list of the plants of an area or period; or plant, bacterial, or fungal life, especially: such life characteristic of a region, period, or special environment; from Latin Flōra, the goddess of flowers and the flowering seasonFRUITFUL: yielding or producing fruit; conducive to an abundant yieldFRUITION: the state of bearing fruitGRAFT: a grafted plant, or a living portion of a plant joined to a stock in grafting; or to propagate by graftingHARD: of plants: hardy, resistant to stress or diseaseHARDY: of plants: hardy, resistant to stress or diseaseHEEL: the base of a tuber or cutting of a plant used for propagation of the plantHILL: several seeds or plants planted in a group rather than a row; also, to draw earth around the roots or base ofHILLED: to draw earth around the roots or base of [a plant or group of plants]HILLING: to draw earth around the roots or base of [a plant or group of plants]HOED: to work with a tool with a thin flat blade on a long handle to cultivate, weed, or loosen the earth around plantsIMMIGRANT: a plant or animal that becomes established in an area where it was previously unknownIVIED: overgrown with ivy
Ferns, Mosses, Lichens, Algae, etc.
AGAR: a gelatinous colloidal extract of a red alga (as of the genera Gelidium, Gracilaria, and Eucheuma) used especially in culture media or as a gelling and stabilizing agent in foods, or a culture medium containing agarALGA: any of a diverse group of chiefly photosynthetic and aquatic plantlike organisms that range from unicellular to large multicellular formsALGAE: any of a diverse group of chiefly photosynthetic and aquatic plantlike organisms that range from unicellular to large multicellular formsALGAL: related to alga and algaeDIATOM: any of a class (Bacillariophyceae) of minute planktonic unicellular or colonial algae with silicified skeletons that form diatomaceous earthKELP: any of various large marine brown algae that are large seaweeds (order Laminariales) growing in cool waters; also, a mass or growth of large seaweedsLAMINA: the flattened photosynthetic part of an alga that typically arises from the stipeLAMINAL: arranged in, consisting of, or resembling laminae; a lamina is the flattened photosynthetic part of an alga that typically arises from the stipeLICHEN: any of numerous complex plantlike organisms made up of an alga or a cyanobacterium and a fungus growing in symbiotic association on a solid surface (such as on a rock or the bark of trees)
Flowers and Words about Flowers
ABLOOM: abounding with blooms: bloomingAMARANTH: a flower that never fadesANEMONE: any of a large genus (Anemone) of perennial herbs of the buttercup family having lobed or divided leaves and showy flowers without petals but with conspicuous sepals; called also windflowerANEMONE: any of a large genus (Anemone) of perennial herbs of the buttercup family having lobed or divided leaves and showy flowers without petals but with conspicuous sepals; called also windflowerAZALEA: any of a subgenus (Azalea) of rhododendrons with funnel-shaped corollas and usually deciduous leaves including many species and hybrid forms cultivated as ornamentalBLEW: blossoms; in bloom; also, to flower or bloom; fully-open flowers are “blown”BLOOM: a blossom or flower; also, the state of being in flower, or a period of flowering; also, to produce or yield flowersBLOOMED: a blossom or flower; also, the state of being in flower, or a period of flowering; also, to produce or yield flowersBLOOMING: a blossom or flower; also, the state of being in flower, or a period of flowering; also, to produce or yield flowersBLOW: blossoms; in bloom; also, to flower or bloom; fully-open flowers are “blown”BLOWING: blossoms; in bloom; also, to flower or bloom; fully-open flowers are “blown”BLOWN: blossoms; in bloom; also, to flower or bloom; fully-open flowers are “blown”BLUEBELL: any of various bellflowers, especially: HAREBELL; also, any of various plants bearing blue bell-shaped flowers: such as a European herb (Hyacinthoides nonscripta synonym Scilla nonscripta) of the lily family having scapose racemes of drooping bell-shaped flowers, or bluebells plural: a glabrous erect eastern U.S. herb (Mertensia virginica) of the borage family with entire leaves and showy blue flowers pink in the bud, called also Virginia bluebellsBOURBON: a rose (Rosa borboniana) of upright growth with shining leaves, prickly branches, and clustered large flowers; named after French rose de Bourbon, after the Île Bourbon (now Réunion, island of the western Mascarene Islands in the western Indian Ocean), where the rose likely originatedCALLA: short for calla lily: any of several herbs (genus Zantedeschia) of the arum family especially: a house or greenhouse plant (Z. aethiopica) with a white showy spathe and yellow spadixCAMELLIA: any of a genus (Camellia) of shrubs or trees of the tea family, esp. an ornamental greenhouse shrub (C. japonica) with glossy leaves and roselike flowers from New Latin Camellia, from Camellus (Georg Josef Kamel †1706 Moravian Jesuit missionary)CANNA: any of a genus (Canna of the family Cannaceae) of tropical herbs with simple stems, large leaves, and a terminal raceme of irregular flowersCHALICE: the cup-shaped interior of a flowerCOMPLETE: having all four sets of floral organsCONE: any of several flower or fruit clusters suggesting a coneCOROLLA: the part of a flower that consists of the separate or fused petals and constitutes the inner whorl of the perianthCORONA: an appendage or series of united appendages on the inner side of the corolla in some flowers (such as the daffodil, jonquil, or milkweed)CROCI: plural of crocus: any of a genus (Crocus) of herbs of the iris family developing from corms and having solitary long-tubed flowers and slender linear leavesCROCI: plural of crocus: any of a genus (Crocus) of herbs of the iris family developing from corms and having solitary long-tubed flowers and slender linear leavesDAHLIA: any of a genus (Dahlia) of American tuberous-rooted composite herbs having opposite pinnate leaves and rayed flower heads and including many that are cultivated as ornamentals; genus name, from Anders Dahl †1789 Swedish botanistDAYLILY: any of various Eurasian perennial herbs (genus Hemerocallis) of the lily family that have short-lived flowers resembling lilies and are widespread in cultivation and as escapesFALL: one of the three outer and often drooping segments of the flower of an irisFLAG: any of various monocotyledonous plants with long ensiform leaves: such as iris or sweet flagFLAX: any of a genus (Linum of the family Linaceae, the flax family) of herbs, especially: a slender erect annual (L. usitatissimum) with blue flowers commonly cultivated for its bast fiber and seedFLORAL: of, relating to, or depicting flowers; from Flōra "the goddess Flora"FLORALLY: M-W does not have an entry for florallyFOXGLOVE: any of a genus (Digitalis) of erect herbs of the snapdragon familyespecially: a common European biennial or perennial (D. purpurea) cultivated for its showy racemes of dotted white or purple tubular flowers and as a source of digitalisGLAD: short for gladiolus: any of a genus (Gladiolus) of chiefly African perennial plants of the iris family with erect sword-shaped leaves and spikes of brilliantly colored irregular flowers arising from cormsHYACINTH: a bulbous perennial herb (Hyacinthus orientalis) of the lily family that is native to the Mediterranean region but is widely grown for its dense spikes of fragrant flowersINNOCENCE: a bluet, any of several perennial North American herbs (genus Hedyotis synonym Houstonia) of the madder family, especially: one (Hedyotis caerulea synonym Houstonia caerulea) having tufted stems and bluish, white, or purplish flowers with yellow centersLIMB: the expanded portion of an organ or structure, especially: the upper spreading portion of a corolla (as of the phlox) whose lower part consists of a tube of fused petals;
Fungi
BUTTON: an immature whole mushroom, especially: a button mushroomCONK: the visible fruiting body of a bracket fungus; also: decay caused by such a fungusFUNGI: plural of fungus, any of a kingdom (Fungi) of saprophytic and parasitic spore-producing eukaryotic typically filamentous organisms formerly classified as plants that lack chlorophyll and include molds, rusts, mildews, smuts, mushrooms, and yeastsGILL: one of the radiating plates forming the undersurface of the cap of a mushroom fungusLAMELLA*: a gill of a mushroomLAMELLAE*: plural of lamella, a gill of a mushroom
Grasses
BAMBOO: any of various woody or arborescent grasses (as of the genera Bambusa, Arundinaria, and Dendrocalamus of the subfamily Bambusoideae) of tropical and temperate regions having hollow stems, thick rhizomes, and shoots that are used for foodBENT: a reedy grass or a stalk of stiff coarse grass; also, any of a genus (Agrostis) of grasses including important chiefly perennial and rhizomatous pasture and lawn grasses with fine velvety or wiry herbageCANE: any of various tall woody grasses or reeds; also, any of a genus (Arundinaria) of bamboo; also, sugarcane, a stout tall perennial grass (Saccharum officinarum) native to tropical southeast Asia that has a large terminal panicle and is widely grown in warm regions as a source of sugar; also, sorghum, any of an economically important genus (Sorghum) of Old World tropical grasses similar to corn in habit but with the spikelets in pairs on a hairy rachis, especially: any of various cultivars (such as grain sorghum or sorgo) derived from a wild form (S. bicolor synonym S. vulgare)CHEAT: cheatgrass, an annual weedy Eurasian bromegrass (Bromus tectorum) naturalized in north America (M-W: “probably from a deceptive resemblance to grain”)CORN: a tall annual cereal grass (Zea mays) originally domesticated in Mexico and widely grown for its large elongated ears of starchy seeds (this def follows the def for British corn)CORNCOB: the core on which the kernels of corn are arranged, or an ear of cornDURUM: a wheat (Triticum durum) that yields a glutenous flour used especially in pasta; called also durumGRAMMA: M-W: variant spelling of grama, any of several pasture grasses (genus Bouteloua) of the western U.S.
Legumes
ALFALFA: a deep-rooted leguminous perennial plant (Medicago sativa) of southwestern Asia that is widely grown for hay and forageBEAN: the seed of any of various erect or climbing plants (as of the genera Phaseolus and Vigna) of the legume family other than the fava bean, or a a plant bearing beansFAVA: the fava bean or broad bean: the large, flat, edible, starchy seed of an Old World upright vetch (Vicia faba) that is typically pale green to whitish in color and is eaten raw, blanched, or cooked; also: this plant widely grown for its seeds and as fodder [and soil dressing[GARBANZO: the chickpea, an Asian herb (Cicer arietinum) of the legume family cultivated for its short pods with one or two seedsGRAM: any of several leguminous plants (such as a chickpea) grown especially for their seed; also: their seedsGUAR: a drought-tolerant legume (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba) cultivated in warm regions as a vegetable, for forage, and for its seeds which produce guar gumLENTIL: a widely cultivated Eurasian annual leguminous plant (Lens culinaris) with flattened edible seeds and leafy stalks used as fodder; also,: the seed of the lentilLIMA: M-W has only lima bean, a bushy or vining tropical American bean (Phaseolus lunatus synonym Phaseolus limensis) that is widely cultivated for its flat edible starchy seed which is usually pale green when immature and whitish or beige when mature; also, the seed of a lima bean eaten usually cooked as a vegetable, named for Lima, PeruLOCO: any of several leguminous plants (genera Astragalus and Oxytropis) of western North America that contain a toxin that causes locoism especially in livestock when ingested in large quantities: locoweed; also, to poison with locoweedLOCOWEED: any of several leguminous plants (genera Astragalus and Oxytropis) of western North America that contain a toxin that causes locoism especially in livestock when ingested in large quantities; called also locoLUPINE: any of a genus (Lupinus) of leguminous herbs including some poisonous forms and others cultivated for their long showy racemes of usually blue, purple, white, or yellow flowers or for green manure, fodder, or their edible seeds; also: an edible lupine seed
Other Plants
AGAVE: any of a genus (Agave of the family Agavaceae, the agave family) of plants having spiny-margined leaves and flowers in tall spreading panicles and including some cultivated for their fiber or sap or for ornamentALOE: any of a large genus (Aloe) of succulent chiefly southern African plants of the lily family with basal leaves and spicate flowers; also, the dried juice of the leaves of various aloes used especially formerly as a purgative —Used in Plural but singular in construction (this is not aloe vera)AMARANTH: any of a large genus (Amaranthus of the family Amaranthaceae, the amaranth family) of coarse annual herbs with clusters of small green, dark pink, red, or purplish flowers and including forms cultivated as food crops and various pigweedsANGELICA: any of a genus (Angelica) of herbs of the carrot family, esp. a Eurasian biennial or perennial (A. archangelica) whose roots and seeds yield a flavoring oil and whose young stems are often candiedARNICA: any of a genus (Arnica) of composite herbs including some with bright yellow ray flowersARROWROOT: any of a genus (Maranta of the family Marantaceae, the arrowroot or prayer plant family) of tropical American plants that typically have tuberous roots: Maranta, especially: one (M. arundinacea) whose roots yield an easily digested edible starchARUGULA: a yellowish-flowered Mediterranean herb (Eruca vesicaria sativa) of the mustard family cultivated for its foliage, used especially in saladsARUM: any of a genus (Arum of the family Araceae, the arum family) of Eurasian plants having usually arrow-shaped leaves and a showy spathe partially enclosing a spadixBALM: any of several aromatic plants of the mint family especially: lemon balmBANANA: any of several widely cultivated perennial often treelike herbs (genus Musa of the family Musaceae, the banana family) bearing bananas in compact pendent bunchesBEET: a biennial garden plant (Beta vulgaris) of the goosefoot family that includes several cultivars (such as Swiss chard and sugar beet) and that has thick edible leaves with long petioles and often swollen purplish-red rootsBETEL: a climbing pepper (Piper betle) of SE Asia whose leaves are chewed together with betel nut and mineral lime as a stimulant masticatoryBLACKCAP: a black raspberry; a raspberry (Rubus occidentalis) of eastern North America that has a purplish-black fruit and is the source of several cultivated varietiesBULB: a plant having or developing from a bulbCACTI: plural of cactus, any of a family (Cactaceae, the cactus family) of plants that have succulent stems and branches with scales or spines instead of leaves and are found especially in dry areas (such as deserts)CALLA: short for calla lily: any of several herbs (genus Zantedeschia) of the arum familyCALLALOO: the edible young green leaves of a plant (such as taro or a member of the genus Xanthosoma) of the arum family used as greensCANNA: any of a genus (Canna of the family Cannaceae) of tropical herbs with simple stems, large leaves, and a terminal raceme of irregular flowersCANOLA: a rape [mustard] plant of an improved variety having seeds that are low in erucic acid and are the source of canola oil EPONYMCARAWAY: a biennial usually white-flowered aromatic Old World herb (Carum carvi) of the carrot familyCARROT: a biennial herb (Daucus carota of the family Umbelliferae, the carrot family) with a usually orange spindle-shaped edible rootCATKIN: a spicate inflorescence (as of the willow, birch, or oak) bearing scaly bracts and unisexual usually apetalous flowers, from its resemblance to a cat's tailCATMINT: ny of a genus (Nepeta) of Old World temperate-zone herbs of the mint familyCATNIP: a strong-scented perennial mint (Nepeta cataria) that has whorls of small pale flowers in terminal spikes and contains a substance attractive to catsCATTAIL: any of a genus (Typha of the family Typhaceae, the cattail family) of tall reedy marsh plants with brown furry fruiting spikesCAYENNE: any of several cultivated peppers of a variety (Capsicum annuum longum) with very long twisted pungent red fruitsCHARD: Swiss chard; a beet (Beta vulgaris cicla) having large leaves and succulent stalks often cooked as a vegetableCHIA: an annual herb (Salvia hispanica) of the mint family that is native to Mexico and Guatemala, has spikes of blue, purple, or white flowers, and is grown for its grayish, edible, mucilaginous seeds which are eaten whole or used especially to make a beverage or oilCHICORY: a thick-rooted usually blue-flowered European perennial composite herb (Cichorium intybus) widely grown for its roots and as a salad plantCHILI: a hot pepper of any of a group of cultivars (Capsicum annuum annuum group longum) noted for their pungencyCICELY: any of several herbs of the family Umbelliferae. The name derives from the seseli, not the other way around. Not an eponym.CLOTBUR: a burdock; any of a genus (Arctium) of coarse composite herbs bearing globular flower heads with prickly bractsCOCKLE: any of several weedy plants of the pink family, especially corn cockleCOFFEE: any of several Old World tropical plants (genus Coffea and especially C. arabica and C. canephora) of the madder family that are widely cultivated in warm regions for their seeds from which coffee is preparedCOLLARD: a cabbage (Brassica oleracea acephala) related to kale and having a loose head of stalked smooth leavesCOTTON: various erect freely branching tropical plants (genus Gossypium) of the mallow family; or a downy cottony substance produced by various plants (such as the cottonwood)CUBE: (variants) or cubé: any of several tropical American plants (genus Lonchocarpus) furnishing rotenoneCUKE: short for cucumber, a vine (Cucumis sativus) of the gourd family cultivated as a garden vegetable, or the vine itselfCUMIN: a small annual herb (Cuminum cyminum) of the carrot family cultivated for its aromatic fruits DILL: any of several plants of the carrot family, especially: a European herb (Anethum graveolens) with aromatic foliage and seeds both of which are used in flavoring foods and especially picklesDOCK: any of a genus (Rumex) of coarse weedy plants of the buckwheat family having long taproots and sometimes used as potherbs; or any of several usually broad-leaved weedy plants (as of the genus Silphium)EGGPLANT: a widely cultivated perennial Asian herb (Solanum melongena) of the nightshade family yielding edible fruitENDIVE: an annual or biennial composite herb (Cichorium endivia) that is closely related to chicory and occurs in two common varietiesFENNEL: a perennial Eurasian herb (Foeniculum vulgare) that has clusters of small yellow flowers and aromatic leaves and seeds and includes several cultivated formsGALANGAL: either of two eastern Asian perennial herbs (Alpinia galanga and A. officinarum) of the ginger family with dark green sword-shaped leaves and pungent aromatic rhizomesGARLIC: a European allium (Allium sativum) widely cultivated for its pungent compound bulbs much used in cookery; or a bulb of garlicGOURD: any of a family (Cucurbitaceae, the gourd family) of chiefly herbaceous tendril-bearing vines including the cucumber, melon, squash, and pumpkin, or the fruit of a gourdHAND: a bunch of large leaves (as of tobacco) tied together usually with another leafHEATH: any of a family (Ericaceae, the heath family) of shrubby dicotyledonous and often evergreen plants that thrive on open barren usually acid and ill-drained soil, especially: an evergreen subshrub of either of two genera (Erica and Calluna) with whorls of needlelike leaves and clusters of small flowers; also, any of various plants that resemble true heathsHEMLOCK: any of several poisonous herbs (such as a poison hemlock or a water hemlock) of the carrot family having finely cut leaves and small white flowersHEMP: a tall widely cultivated Asian herb (Cannabis sativa of the family Cannabaceae, the hemp family) that is cultivated for its tough bast fiber and edible seeds and oil and that is often separated into a tall loosely branched species (C. sativa) and a low-growing densely branched species (C. indica)HONEYDEW: the honeydew melon, a pale smooth-skinned winter melon with sweet greenish fleshINDICA: M-W has this only as part of the phrase “cannabis indica” -- a variety of cannabis obtained in IndiaINDIGO: a plant that yields indigo, especially: any of a genus (Indigofera) of leguminous herbsIPECAC: the dried rhizome and roots of either of two tropical American plants (Cephaelis acuminata and C. ipecacuanha) of the madder family used especially as a source of emetine; aloo: either of these plantsKALE: a hardy cabbage (Brassica oleracea acephala) with curled often finely incised leaves that do not form a dense head; also: its leaves used as a vegetableLEEK: a biennial herbaceous plant (Allium porrum synonym A. ampeloprasum var. porrum) of the amaryllis family that is related to the garlic, onion and chive and is commonly grown as an annual for its mildly pungent linear leaves and especially for its cylindrical stemlike lower sheath of leavesLETTUCE: any of a genus (Lactuca) of composite plants, especially: a common garden vegetable (L. sativa) whose succulent leaves are used especially in saladsLOOFA: M-W has only loofah (or luffa), any of a genus (Luffa) of Old World tropical plants of the gourd family with white to yellow flowers and large usually elongate fruits that are sometimes eaten as vegetables when immature; also: the fruit of a loofah LOOFAH: M-W has only loofah (or luffa), any of a genus (Luffa) of Old World tropical plants of the gourd family with white to yellow flowers and large usually elongate fruits that are sometimes eaten as vegetables when immature; also: the fruit of a loofah LOVAGE: any of several aromatic perennial herbs of the carrot family, especially: a European herb (Levisticum officinale) sometimes cultivated for use in medicine especially as a diuretic and in cookery usually as a flavoring agent; derived [ultimately] from the Latin for Ligurian
Plant Disease
BLIGHT: a disease or injury of plants marked by the formation of lesions, withering, and death of parts (such as leaves and tubers), also, an organism (such as an insect or a fungus) that causes blightBLIND: of plants: defective, lacking a growing point or producing leaves instead of flowersEDEMA: watery swelling of plant organs or parts; any of various plant diseases characterized by such swellingsGALL: an abnormal outgrowth of plant tissue usually due to insect or mite parasites or fungi and sometimes forming an important source of tannin
Plant Morphology
ANNULI: plural of annulus: “a part, structure, or marking resembling a ring: such as a line of cells around a fern sporangium that ruptures the sporangium by contracting”APPLE: a fruit (such as a star apple) or other vegetative growth (such as an oak apple) suggestive of an appleARIL: an exterior covering or appendage of some seeds (as of the yew) that develops after fertilization as an outgrowth from the ovule stalkBEAN: the seed of any of various erect or climbing plants (as of the genera Phaseolus and Vigna) of the legume family other than the fava bean, or a a plant bearing beansBELL: the corolla of a flowerBLOOM: a delicate powdery coating on some fruits and leavesBODY: the organized physical substance of an animal or plant either living or dead; also, the main part of a plant or animal body especially as distinguished from limbs and head: the trunkBOLL: the usually roundish pod or capsule of some plants (such as cotton or flax)BOUGH: a branch of a treeBRANCH: botany: a natural subdivision of a plant stem, especially: a secondary shoot or stem (such as a bough) arising from a main axis (as of a tree); also, to put forth secondary shoots or stems: to put forth branchesBRANCHY: botany: a natural subdivision of a plant stem, especially: a secondary shoot or stem (such as a bough) arising from a main axis (as of a tree); also, to put forth secondary shoots or stems: to put forth branchesBUDDED: verb to bud: to set or put forth buds; to commence growth from buds; to grow or develop from or as if from a bud; to reproduce asexually especially by the pinching off of a small part of the parent; to produce or develop from buds; to cause (a plant) to bud; to insert a bud from a plant of one kind into an opening in the bark of (a plant of another kind) usually in order to propagate a desired varietyBULB: a resting stage of a plant (such as the lily, onion, hyacinth, or tulip) that is usually formed underground and consists of a short stem base bearing one or more buds enclosed in overlapping membranous or fleshy leaves; also, a fleshy structure (such as a tuber or corm) resembling a bulb in appearance; also, a plant having or developing from a bulbBURL: a hard woody often flattened hemispherical outgrowth on a treeBURR: a tree burlBURR: usually bur: a rough or prickly envelope of a fruit, or a plant that bears bursBUTT: the base of a plant from which the roots springBUTTON: any of various parts or growths of a plant or of an animal: such as a budCANDLE: a thin, upright new shoot forming from a terminal bud on a pine tree in the springCANE: a hollow or pithy, usually slender, and often flexible jointed stem (as of a reed or bamboo) (e.g., a fishing pole made of cane); also, any of various slender woody stems especially: an elongated flowering or fruiting stem (as of a rose) usually arising directly from the groundCATKIN: a spicate inflorescence (as of the willow, birch, or oak) bearing scaly bracts and unisexual usually apetalous flowers, from its resemblance to a cat's tailCHALICE: the cup-shaped interior of a flowerCHLOROPHYLL: the green photosynthetic pigment found chiefly in the chloroplasts of plants…CIRRI: plural of cirrus: a tendril; a leaf, stipule, or stem modified into a slender spirally coiling sensitive organ serving to attach a climbing plant to its support, such as an arm of a barnacle…CLEFT: of leaves: partially split or divided; specifically: divided about halfway to the midribCOIR: the outer fibrous husk of the coconut palm COLLECTIVE: of a fruit: multiple, formed by coalescence of the ripening ovaries of several flowersCOMA: a tufted bunch (as of branches, bracts, or seed hairs)COMPLETE: having all four sets of floral organsCOMPOUND: of leaves: having the blade divided to the midrib and forming two or more leaflets on a common axisCONE: a mass of ovule-bearing or pollen-bearing scales or bracts in most conifers or in cycads that are arranged usually on a somewhat elongated axisCORK: phellem: a layer of usually suberized cells produced outwardly by a phellogenCOROLLA: the part of a flower that consists of the separate or fused petals and constitutes the inner whorl of the perianthCORONA: an appendage or series of united appendages on the inner side of the corolla in some flowers (such as the daffodil, jonquil, or milkweed)CROTCH: an angle formed by the parting of two legs, branches, or membersCUPULE*: a cup-shaped anatomical structure [in some trees and ferns]CURLY: having the [wood] grain composed of fibers that undulate without crossing and that often form alternating light and dark lines (as in curly maple)DEADWOOD: wood dead on the tree DEFINITE: of floral organs: being constant in number, usually less than 20, and occurring in multiples of the petal number; also, cymoseDUCT: a tube or elongated cavity (such as a xylem vessel) in plant tissueETHYLENE: a colorless flammable gaseous unsaturated hydrocarbon C2H4 that … occurs in plants functioning especially as a natural growth regulator that promotes the ripening of fruitFEMALE: botany: having or producing only pistils or pistillate flowers; also, a pistillate plantFLOAT: a sac containing air or gas and buoying up the body of a plant or animalFORMIC: M-W has only the open compounds formic acid (a colorless pungent fuming vesicant liquid acid CH2O2 found especially in ants and in many plants and used chiefly in dyeing and finishing textiles) and formic aldehyde (formaldehyde)FROND: a large leaf (especially of a palm or fern) usually with many divisions, or a thallus or thalloid shoot (as of a lichen or seaweed) resembling a leafFRUIT: a product of fertilization in a plant with its modified envelopes or appendages; specifically: the ripened ovary of a seed plant and its contents; also, a product of plant growth (such as grain, vegetables, or cotton); also, the usually edible reproductive body of a seed plant, especially: one having a sweet pulp associated with the seedGLAND: any of various secreting organs (such as a nectary) of plantsGNARL: a hard protuberance with twisted grain on a treeGNARLY: gnarled, as in gnarly branchesHAIR: a filamentous structure that resembles hair (e.g., leaf hair)HAIRY: of plants: having a downy fuzz on the stems and leavesHEAD: a capitulum: a racemose inflorescence (as of the sunflower) with the axis shortened and dilated to form a rounded or flattened cluster of sessile flowers; also, the foliaged part of a plant especially when consisting of a compact mass of leaves, flowers, or fruit; also, to form a compact mass of leaves or fruit: to form a head (e.g., this type of cabbage heads early)HEADED: to form a compact mass of leaves or fruit: to form a head (e.g., this type of cabbage heads early)HOAR: botany: covered with fine grayish or whitish hairs: canescentHOARY: botany: covered with fine grayish or whitish hairs: canescentHULL: the outer covering of a fruit or seed; also, the persistent calyx or involucre that subtends some fruits (such as a strawberry)JOINT: a node, the point on a stem at which a leaf or leaves are insertedJOINT: in plants: to form joints as a stage in growth, used especially of small grainsJOINTED: in plants: to form joints as a stage in growth, used especially of small grainsKEEL: botany: the lower part of a papilionaceous flower (as of a pea or bean plant) that consists of two fused petals, lies between the wings, and encloses the pistil and stamensKNOT: the base of a woody branch enclosed in the stem from which it arises (also: its section in lumber)LABIA: plural of labium, the lower lip of a labiate corollaLABIAL: of, relating to, or situated near the lips or labia, the lower lip of a labiate corollaLAMINA: the expanded part of a foliage leaf as distinguished from the petioleLAMINAL: arranged in, consisting of, or resembling laminae; a lamina is the expanded part of a foliage leaf as distinguished from the petioleLEAF: a lateral outgrowth from a plant stem that is typically a flattened expanded variably shaped greenish organ, constitutes a unit of the foliage, and functions primarily in food manufacture by photosynthesis; also; a modified leaf (such as a bract or sepal) primarily engaged in functions other than food manufacture; also, foliage (trees in full leaf); also, to shoot out or produce leaves (leaf out in spring)LEAFAGE*: foliage: the aggregate of leaves of one or more plantsLEAFED: a lateral outgrowth from a plant stem that is typically a flattened expanded variably shaped greenish organ, constitutes a unit of the foliage, and functions primarily in food manufacture by photosynthesis; also; a modified leaf (such as a bract or sepal) primarily engaged in functions other than food manufacture; also, foliage (trees in full leaf); also, to shoot out or produce leaves (leaf out in spring)LEAFLET: one of the divisions of a compound leaf; a small or young foliage leafLEAVE: to leaf: to shoot out or produce leaves (leaf out in spring)LEGGY: of a plant, having long shoots or stems with little foliage: spindlyLEMMA: the lower of the two bracts enclosing the flower in the spikelet of grassesLIMB: the expanded portion of an organ or structure, especially: the upper spreading portion of a corolla (as of the phlox) whose lower part consists of a tube of fused petals; also, a large primary branch of a tree; also, to cut off the limbs of (a felled tree)LINT: a fibrous coat of thick convoluted hairs borne by cotton seeds that yields the cotton stapleLOBAR*: of or relating to a lobeLOBE: a curved or rounded projection or division; specifically: a usually somewhat rounded projection or division of a bodily organ or partLOBED: having lobes (lobes of the lung, palmately lobed leaves)
Trees and Shrubs
ACACIA: any of a large genus (Acacia) of leguminous shrubs and trees of warm regions with leaves pinnate or reduced to phyllodes and white or yellow flower clustersACAI: açai, a tall, slender palm (Euterpe oleracea) native to tropical rainforests of Central and South AmericaACORN: the nut of the oak usually seated in or surrounded by a hard woody cupule of indurated bractsALMOND: a small tree (Prunus dulcis synonym P. amygdalus) of the rose family with flowers and young fruit resembling those of the peach, or its ellipsoidal edible kernel used as a nutAPPLE: a usually cultivated tree (genus Malus) of the rose family, or its fruitAPRICOT: a temperate-zone tree (Prunus armeniaca) resembling the related peach and plum in flavorARABICA: an evergreen shrub or tree (Coffea arabica) yielding seeds that produce a high-quality coffee ARBOR: a shelter of vines or branches or of latticework covered with climbing shrubs or vinesAZALEA: any of a subgenus (Azalea) of rhododendrons with funnel-shaped corollas and usually deciduous leaves including many species and hybrid forms cultivated as ornamentalBALM: a balsamic resin especially: one from small tropical evergreen trees (genus Commiphora of the family Burseraceae)BANYAN: a large fig tree (Ficus benghalensis) native to India and PakistanBAOBAB: a broad-trunked tropical tree (Adansonia digitata) of the silk-cotton family that is native to Africa and has an edible acidic fruit resembling a gourd and bark used in making paper, cloth, and ropeBARK: the tough exterior covering of a woody root or stemBEECH: any of a genus (Fagus of the family Fagaceae, the beech family) of hardwood trees with smooth gray bark and small edible nutsBRIAR: a plant (such as a rose, blackberry, or greenbrier) having a usually woody and thorny or prickly stem; a mass of briars; a twig or branch of a briarBRIARY: a plant (such as a rose, blackberry, or greenbrier) having a usually woody and thorny or prickly stem; a mass of briars; a twig or branch of a briarBROOM: any of various leguminous shrubs (especially genera Cytisus and Genista) with long slender branches, small leaves, and usually showy yellow flowers CACAO: a tree having small yellowish flowers followed by fleshy pods from which cacao is obtainedCAMELLIA: any of a genus (Camellia) of shrubs or trees of the tea family, esp. an ornamental greenhouse shrub (C. japonica) with glossy leaves and roselike flowers from New Latin Camellia, from Camellus (Georg Josef Kamel †1706 Moravian Jesuit missionary)CANDLE: a thin, upright new shoot forming from a terminal bud on a pine tree in the springCANOPIC: related to the canopy, the uppermost spreading branchy layer of a forestCANOPY: related to the canopy, the uppermost spreading branchy layer of a forestCAROB: a Mediterranean evergreen leguminous tree (Ceratonia siliqua) with racemose red flowersCATALPA: any of a genus (Catalpa) of North American and Asian trees of the bignonia family with pale showy flowers in terminal clustersCINNAMON: any of several tropical trees (genus Cinnamomum) yielding a culinary spice, oil, and flavoringCITRON: a small shrubby tree (Citrus medica) that produces citrons and is cultivated in tropical regionsCLOVE: a tropical tree (Syzygium aromaticum or Eugenia aromatica) of the myrtle family that is used as a spice and is the source of an oilCOCA: 1) any of several A. American shrubs (genus Erythroxylon) esp. E. coca, the primary source of cocaine 2) dried leaves of a coca (especially E.n coca) containing alkaloids including cocaineCOCOBOLO*: the hard, heavy heartwood of any of various tropical American trees of the genus Dalbergia (especially D. retusa) that is typically yellowish-orange to reddish-brown in colorCOCONUT: the coconut palm whose outer fibrous husk yields coir and whose nut contains thick edible meat and, in the fresh fruit, a clear liquidCORK: the elastic tough outer tissue of the cork oak that is used especially for stoppers and insulationCOTTONWOOD: any of several poplars having seeds with cottony hairsCRAB: crab apple; any of various wild or cultivated trees (genus Malus) that are cultivars or relatives of the cultivated apple and that produce small sour fruitCURRANT: a small seedless raisin originally grown chiefly in the eastern Mediterranean, or the acid edible fruit of various shrubs …Back-formation from earlier corawnce, currantes, ellipsis from Middle English reysouns of corans, borrowed from Anglo-French raisins de Curance "raisins of Corinth," from Corinth, GreeceDAPHNE: any of a genus (Daphne) of Eurasian shrubs of the mezereon family with apetalous flowers whose colored calyx resembles a corolla. Leaves resemble laurel. Named for Daphne, a nymph in Greek mythology who is transformed into a laurel tree to escape the pursuing ApolloDATE: the tall palm with pinnate leaves that yields the dateDOGWOOD: any of various trees and shrubs (genus Cornus of the family Cornaceae, the dogwood family) with clusters of small flowers and often large white, pink, or red involucral bractsEBON: a hard heavy blackish wood yielded by various tropical chiefly southeast Asian trees (genus Diospyros of the family Ebenaceae, the ebony family)EBONY: a hard heavy blackish wood yielded by various tropical chiefly southeast Asian trees (genus Diospyros of the family Ebenaceae, the ebony family)GINKGO: a gymnospermous dioecious tree (Ginkgo biloba) of eastern China that is widely grown as an ornamental or shade tree and has fan-shaped leaves and foul-smelling yellowish fleshy seed coatsGUAVA: any of several tropical American shrubs or small trees (genus Psidium) of the myrtle family, especially: a shrubby tree (P. guajava) widely cultivated for its yellow-skinned fruit with sweet acid yellow or pink fleshGUMMED: to exude or form gum (as from a tree); to become gummyGUMMING: to exude or form gum (as from a tree); to become gummyHAND: cluster of bananas developed from a single flower groupHARDTACK: any of several mountain mahoganies (especially Cercocarpus betuloides)HAWTHORN: any of a genus (Crataegus) of spring-flowering spiny shrubs or small trees of the rose family with glossy and often lobed leaves, white or pink fragrant flowers, and small red fruitsHEMLOCK: any of a genus (Tsuga) of evergreen coniferous trees of the pine familyHENNA: the Old World tropical shrub or small tree (Lawsonia inermis) of the loosestrife family that yields henna dye and has small opposite leaves and clusters of fragrant usually white flowersHICKORY: any of a genus (Carya) of North American hardwood trees of the walnut family that often have sweet edible nuts; also, the usually tough wood of a hickory, short for obsolete pokahickory, from Virginia Algonquian pawcohiccora food prepared from pounded nutsHOLLY: any of a genus (Ilex of the family Aquifoliaceae, the holly family) of trees and shrubs, especially: either of two (I. opaca of the eastern U.S. and I. aquifolium of Eurasia) with spiny-margined evergreen leaves and usually red berries often used for Christmas decorationsHOLT: a small woods: a copseILEX* : the holm oak, a southern European evergreen oak (Quercus ilex), or any of a genus (Ilex of the family Aquifoliaceae, the holly family) of trees and shrubsJOJOBA: a shrub or small tree (Simmondsia chinensis synonym S. californica) of the box family of southwestern North America with edible seeds that yield a valuable liquid wax used especially in cosmeticsKAPOK: or kapok tree: a massive tropical deciduous tree (Ceiba pentandra) of the silk-cotton family that has a trunk with short, sharp prickles, a buttressed base, and porous lightweight wood and that bears large seedpods containing numerous silky fibersKNEE: a rounded or conical process rising from the roots of various swamp-growing trees (e.g., a cypress knee)KNOTHOLE: a hole in a board or tree trunk where a knot or branch has come outLANTANA: any of a genus (Lantana) of tropical shrubs or perennial herbs of the vervain family with showy heads of small bright flowersLARCH: any of a genus (Larix) of northern hemisphere trees of the pine family with short fascicled deciduous leaves; also: the wood of a larchLEMON: a tree that bears lemonsLILAC: a widely cultivated European shrub (Syringa vulgaris) of the olive family that has cordate ovate leaves and large panicles of fragrant pinkish-purple or white flowers; also, a tree or shrub congeneric with the lilacLIMB: a large primary branch of a tree; also, to cut off the limbs of (a felled tree)LIME: a tree that bears limes: the widely cultivated spiny tropical Asian citrus tree (Citrus aurantifolia); also, a linden tree, especially linden, a commonly cultivated European tree (T. europaea synonym T. vulgaris) much used for ornamental plantingLITCHI: lychee is the preferred spelling. or lychee nut or litchi nut or less commonly lichee nut [lichee not in SB] a slow-growing tree that bears lychees and has glossy, leathery leaves and terminal clusters of tiny, apetalous, greenish-white to yellow flowersLOBLOLLY: loblolly pine: a pine (Pinus taeda) of the southeastern U.S. with flaky bark, long needles in groups of three, and cones having spine-tipped scales; also: its coarse-grained woodLONGAN: a pulpy fruit related to the lychee and produced by a southeast Asian evergreen tree (Euphoria longan synonym Dimocarpus longan) of the soapberry family; also, a tree that bears the longanLYCHEE: lychee is the preferred spelling. or lychee nut or litchi nut or less commonly lichee nut [lichee not in SB] a slow-growing tree that bears lychees and has glossy, leathery leaves and terminal clusters of tiny, apetalous, greenish-white to yellow flowers
Words about Botany, Plants, etc.
BOTANY: a branch of biology dealing with plant life; also, plant life; also, the properties and life phenomena exhibited by a plant, plant type, or plant group; also, a botanical treatise or study, especially: a particular system of botanyLITTLE: of a plant or animal: small in comparison with related forms —used in vernacular names (little bluestem)
ALPINE: [not capitalized] a plant native to alpine or boreal regions that is often grown for ornamentANNUAL: a plant that completes its life cycle in one growing seasonBEDDING: suitable for planting in large groups in flower beds to produce a mass displayBIOTA: the flora and fauna of a regionCLIMB: of a plant: to ascend in growth (as by twining); to grow up or overDEADHEAD: a faded blossom on a flowering plant; also, to remove a faded blossom on a flowering plantDEADHEADED: to remove a faded blossom on a flowering plantDRIFT: a grouping of similar flowers planted in an elongated massFLAT: a shallow container for shipping produce; also, a shallow box in which seedlings are startedFLAVOR: variety: any of various groups of plants or animals ranking below a species: subspeciesFLORA: a treatise on or list of the plants of an area or period; or plant, bacterial, or fungal life, especially: such life characteristic of a region, period, or special environment; from Latin Flōra, the goddess of flowers and the flowering seasonFRUITFUL: yielding or producing fruit; conducive to an abundant yieldFRUITION: the state of bearing fruitGRAFT: a grafted plant, or a living portion of a plant joined to a stock in grafting; or to propagate by graftingHARD: of plants: hardy, resistant to stress or diseaseHARDY: of plants: hardy, resistant to stress or diseaseHEEL: the base of a tuber or cutting of a plant used for propagation of the plantHILL: several seeds or plants planted in a group rather than a row; also, to draw earth around the roots or base ofHILLED: to draw earth around the roots or base of [a plant or group of plants]HILLING: to draw earth around the roots or base of [a plant or group of plants]HOED: to work with a tool with a thin flat blade on a long handle to cultivate, weed, or loosen the earth around plantsIMMIGRANT: a plant or animal that becomes established in an area where it was previously unknownIVIED: overgrown with ivy
Ferns, Mosses, Lichens, Algae, etc.
AGAR: a gelatinous colloidal extract of a red alga (as of the genera Gelidium, Gracilaria, and Eucheuma) used especially in culture media or as a gelling and stabilizing agent in foods, or a culture medium containing agarALGA: any of a diverse group of chiefly photosynthetic and aquatic plantlike organisms that range from unicellular to large multicellular formsALGAE: any of a diverse group of chiefly photosynthetic and aquatic plantlike organisms that range from unicellular to large multicellular formsALGAL: related to alga and algaeDIATOM: any of a class (Bacillariophyceae) of minute planktonic unicellular or colonial algae with silicified skeletons that form diatomaceous earthKELP: any of various large marine brown algae that are large seaweeds (order Laminariales) growing in cool waters; also, a mass or growth of large seaweedsLAMINA: the flattened photosynthetic part of an alga that typically arises from the stipeLAMINAL: arranged in, consisting of, or resembling laminae; a lamina is the flattened photosynthetic part of an alga that typically arises from the stipeLICHEN: any of numerous complex plantlike organisms made up of an alga or a cyanobacterium and a fungus growing in symbiotic association on a solid surface (such as on a rock or the bark of trees)
Flowers and Words about Flowers
ABLOOM: abounding with blooms: bloomingAMARANTH: a flower that never fadesANEMONE: any of a large genus (Anemone) of perennial herbs of the buttercup family having lobed or divided leaves and showy flowers without petals but with conspicuous sepals; called also windflowerANEMONE: any of a large genus (Anemone) of perennial herbs of the buttercup family having lobed or divided leaves and showy flowers without petals but with conspicuous sepals; called also windflowerAZALEA: any of a subgenus (Azalea) of rhododendrons with funnel-shaped corollas and usually deciduous leaves including many species and hybrid forms cultivated as ornamentalBLEW: blossoms; in bloom; also, to flower or bloom; fully-open flowers are “blown”BLOOM: a blossom or flower; also, the state of being in flower, or a period of flowering; also, to produce or yield flowersBLOOMED: a blossom or flower; also, the state of being in flower, or a period of flowering; also, to produce or yield flowersBLOOMING: a blossom or flower; also, the state of being in flower, or a period of flowering; also, to produce or yield flowersBLOW: blossoms; in bloom; also, to flower or bloom; fully-open flowers are “blown”BLOWING: blossoms; in bloom; also, to flower or bloom; fully-open flowers are “blown”BLOWN: blossoms; in bloom; also, to flower or bloom; fully-open flowers are “blown”BLUEBELL: any of various bellflowers, especially: HAREBELL; also, any of various plants bearing blue bell-shaped flowers: such as a European herb (Hyacinthoides nonscripta synonym Scilla nonscripta) of the lily family having scapose racemes of drooping bell-shaped flowers, or bluebells plural: a glabrous erect eastern U.S. herb (Mertensia virginica) of the borage family with entire leaves and showy blue flowers pink in the bud, called also Virginia bluebellsBOURBON: a rose (Rosa borboniana) of upright growth with shining leaves, prickly branches, and clustered large flowers; named after French rose de Bourbon, after the Île Bourbon (now Réunion, island of the western Mascarene Islands in the western Indian Ocean), where the rose likely originatedCALLA: short for calla lily: any of several herbs (genus Zantedeschia) of the arum family especially: a house or greenhouse plant (Z. aethiopica) with a white showy spathe and yellow spadixCAMELLIA: any of a genus (Camellia) of shrubs or trees of the tea family, esp. an ornamental greenhouse shrub (C. japonica) with glossy leaves and roselike flowers from New Latin Camellia, from Camellus (Georg Josef Kamel †1706 Moravian Jesuit missionary)CANNA: any of a genus (Canna of the family Cannaceae) of tropical herbs with simple stems, large leaves, and a terminal raceme of irregular flowersCHALICE: the cup-shaped interior of a flowerCOMPLETE: having all four sets of floral organsCONE: any of several flower or fruit clusters suggesting a coneCOROLLA: the part of a flower that consists of the separate or fused petals and constitutes the inner whorl of the perianthCORONA: an appendage or series of united appendages on the inner side of the corolla in some flowers (such as the daffodil, jonquil, or milkweed)CROCI: plural of crocus: any of a genus (Crocus) of herbs of the iris family developing from corms and having solitary long-tubed flowers and slender linear leavesCROCI: plural of crocus: any of a genus (Crocus) of herbs of the iris family developing from corms and having solitary long-tubed flowers and slender linear leavesDAHLIA: any of a genus (Dahlia) of American tuberous-rooted composite herbs having opposite pinnate leaves and rayed flower heads and including many that are cultivated as ornamentals; genus name, from Anders Dahl †1789 Swedish botanistDAYLILY: any of various Eurasian perennial herbs (genus Hemerocallis) of the lily family that have short-lived flowers resembling lilies and are widespread in cultivation and as escapesFALL: one of the three outer and often drooping segments of the flower of an irisFLAG: any of various monocotyledonous plants with long ensiform leaves: such as iris or sweet flagFLAX: any of a genus (Linum of the family Linaceae, the flax family) of herbs, especially: a slender erect annual (L. usitatissimum) with blue flowers commonly cultivated for its bast fiber and seedFLORAL: of, relating to, or depicting flowers; from Flōra "the goddess Flora"FLORALLY: M-W does not have an entry for florallyFOXGLOVE: any of a genus (Digitalis) of erect herbs of the snapdragon familyespecially: a common European biennial or perennial (D. purpurea) cultivated for its showy racemes of dotted white or purple tubular flowers and as a source of digitalisGLAD: short for gladiolus: any of a genus (Gladiolus) of chiefly African perennial plants of the iris family with erect sword-shaped leaves and spikes of brilliantly colored irregular flowers arising from cormsHYACINTH: a bulbous perennial herb (Hyacinthus orientalis) of the lily family that is native to the Mediterranean region but is widely grown for its dense spikes of fragrant flowersINNOCENCE: a bluet, any of several perennial North American herbs (genus Hedyotis synonym Houstonia) of the madder family, especially: one (Hedyotis caerulea synonym Houstonia caerulea) having tufted stems and bluish, white, or purplish flowers with yellow centersLIMB: the expanded portion of an organ or structure, especially: the upper spreading portion of a corolla (as of the phlox) whose lower part consists of a tube of fused petals;
Fungi
BUTTON: an immature whole mushroom, especially: a button mushroomCONK: the visible fruiting body of a bracket fungus; also: decay caused by such a fungusFUNGI: plural of fungus, any of a kingdom (Fungi) of saprophytic and parasitic spore-producing eukaryotic typically filamentous organisms formerly classified as plants that lack chlorophyll and include molds, rusts, mildews, smuts, mushrooms, and yeastsGILL: one of the radiating plates forming the undersurface of the cap of a mushroom fungusLAMELLA*: a gill of a mushroomLAMELLAE*: plural of lamella, a gill of a mushroom
Grasses
BAMBOO: any of various woody or arborescent grasses (as of the genera Bambusa, Arundinaria, and Dendrocalamus of the subfamily Bambusoideae) of tropical and temperate regions having hollow stems, thick rhizomes, and shoots that are used for foodBENT: a reedy grass or a stalk of stiff coarse grass; also, any of a genus (Agrostis) of grasses including important chiefly perennial and rhizomatous pasture and lawn grasses with fine velvety or wiry herbageCANE: any of various tall woody grasses or reeds; also, any of a genus (Arundinaria) of bamboo; also, sugarcane, a stout tall perennial grass (Saccharum officinarum) native to tropical southeast Asia that has a large terminal panicle and is widely grown in warm regions as a source of sugar; also, sorghum, any of an economically important genus (Sorghum) of Old World tropical grasses similar to corn in habit but with the spikelets in pairs on a hairy rachis, especially: any of various cultivars (such as grain sorghum or sorgo) derived from a wild form (S. bicolor synonym S. vulgare)CHEAT: cheatgrass, an annual weedy Eurasian bromegrass (Bromus tectorum) naturalized in north America (M-W: “probably from a deceptive resemblance to grain”)CORN: a tall annual cereal grass (Zea mays) originally domesticated in Mexico and widely grown for its large elongated ears of starchy seeds (this def follows the def for British corn)CORNCOB: the core on which the kernels of corn are arranged, or an ear of cornDURUM: a wheat (Triticum durum) that yields a glutenous flour used especially in pasta; called also durumGRAMMA: M-W: variant spelling of grama, any of several pasture grasses (genus Bouteloua) of the western U.S.
Legumes
ALFALFA: a deep-rooted leguminous perennial plant (Medicago sativa) of southwestern Asia that is widely grown for hay and forageBEAN: the seed of any of various erect or climbing plants (as of the genera Phaseolus and Vigna) of the legume family other than the fava bean, or a a plant bearing beansFAVA: the fava bean or broad bean: the large, flat, edible, starchy seed of an Old World upright vetch (Vicia faba) that is typically pale green to whitish in color and is eaten raw, blanched, or cooked; also: this plant widely grown for its seeds and as fodder [and soil dressing[GARBANZO: the chickpea, an Asian herb (Cicer arietinum) of the legume family cultivated for its short pods with one or two seedsGRAM: any of several leguminous plants (such as a chickpea) grown especially for their seed; also: their seedsGUAR: a drought-tolerant legume (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba) cultivated in warm regions as a vegetable, for forage, and for its seeds which produce guar gumLENTIL: a widely cultivated Eurasian annual leguminous plant (Lens culinaris) with flattened edible seeds and leafy stalks used as fodder; also,: the seed of the lentilLIMA: M-W has only lima bean, a bushy or vining tropical American bean (Phaseolus lunatus synonym Phaseolus limensis) that is widely cultivated for its flat edible starchy seed which is usually pale green when immature and whitish or beige when mature; also, the seed of a lima bean eaten usually cooked as a vegetable, named for Lima, PeruLOCO: any of several leguminous plants (genera Astragalus and Oxytropis) of western North America that contain a toxin that causes locoism especially in livestock when ingested in large quantities: locoweed; also, to poison with locoweedLOCOWEED: any of several leguminous plants (genera Astragalus and Oxytropis) of western North America that contain a toxin that causes locoism especially in livestock when ingested in large quantities; called also locoLUPINE: any of a genus (Lupinus) of leguminous herbs including some poisonous forms and others cultivated for their long showy racemes of usually blue, purple, white, or yellow flowers or for green manure, fodder, or their edible seeds; also: an edible lupine seed
Other Plants
AGAVE: any of a genus (Agave of the family Agavaceae, the agave family) of plants having spiny-margined leaves and flowers in tall spreading panicles and including some cultivated for their fiber or sap or for ornamentALOE: any of a large genus (Aloe) of succulent chiefly southern African plants of the lily family with basal leaves and spicate flowers; also, the dried juice of the leaves of various aloes used especially formerly as a purgative —Used in Plural but singular in construction (this is not aloe vera)AMARANTH: any of a large genus (Amaranthus of the family Amaranthaceae, the amaranth family) of coarse annual herbs with clusters of small green, dark pink, red, or purplish flowers and including forms cultivated as food crops and various pigweedsANGELICA: any of a genus (Angelica) of herbs of the carrot family, esp. a Eurasian biennial or perennial (A. archangelica) whose roots and seeds yield a flavoring oil and whose young stems are often candiedARNICA: any of a genus (Arnica) of composite herbs including some with bright yellow ray flowersARROWROOT: any of a genus (Maranta of the family Marantaceae, the arrowroot or prayer plant family) of tropical American plants that typically have tuberous roots: Maranta, especially: one (M. arundinacea) whose roots yield an easily digested edible starchARUGULA: a yellowish-flowered Mediterranean herb (Eruca vesicaria sativa) of the mustard family cultivated for its foliage, used especially in saladsARUM: any of a genus (Arum of the family Araceae, the arum family) of Eurasian plants having usually arrow-shaped leaves and a showy spathe partially enclosing a spadixBALM: any of several aromatic plants of the mint family especially: lemon balmBANANA: any of several widely cultivated perennial often treelike herbs (genus Musa of the family Musaceae, the banana family) bearing bananas in compact pendent bunchesBEET: a biennial garden plant (Beta vulgaris) of the goosefoot family that includes several cultivars (such as Swiss chard and sugar beet) and that has thick edible leaves with long petioles and often swollen purplish-red rootsBETEL: a climbing pepper (Piper betle) of SE Asia whose leaves are chewed together with betel nut and mineral lime as a stimulant masticatoryBLACKCAP: a black raspberry; a raspberry (Rubus occidentalis) of eastern North America that has a purplish-black fruit and is the source of several cultivated varietiesBULB: a plant having or developing from a bulbCACTI: plural of cactus, any of a family (Cactaceae, the cactus family) of plants that have succulent stems and branches with scales or spines instead of leaves and are found especially in dry areas (such as deserts)CALLA: short for calla lily: any of several herbs (genus Zantedeschia) of the arum familyCALLALOO: the edible young green leaves of a plant (such as taro or a member of the genus Xanthosoma) of the arum family used as greensCANNA: any of a genus (Canna of the family Cannaceae) of tropical herbs with simple stems, large leaves, and a terminal raceme of irregular flowersCANOLA: a rape [mustard] plant of an improved variety having seeds that are low in erucic acid and are the source of canola oil EPONYMCARAWAY: a biennial usually white-flowered aromatic Old World herb (Carum carvi) of the carrot familyCARROT: a biennial herb (Daucus carota of the family Umbelliferae, the carrot family) with a usually orange spindle-shaped edible rootCATKIN: a spicate inflorescence (as of the willow, birch, or oak) bearing scaly bracts and unisexual usually apetalous flowers, from its resemblance to a cat's tailCATMINT: ny of a genus (Nepeta) of Old World temperate-zone herbs of the mint familyCATNIP: a strong-scented perennial mint (Nepeta cataria) that has whorls of small pale flowers in terminal spikes and contains a substance attractive to catsCATTAIL: any of a genus (Typha of the family Typhaceae, the cattail family) of tall reedy marsh plants with brown furry fruiting spikesCAYENNE: any of several cultivated peppers of a variety (Capsicum annuum longum) with very long twisted pungent red fruitsCHARD: Swiss chard; a beet (Beta vulgaris cicla) having large leaves and succulent stalks often cooked as a vegetableCHIA: an annual herb (Salvia hispanica) of the mint family that is native to Mexico and Guatemala, has spikes of blue, purple, or white flowers, and is grown for its grayish, edible, mucilaginous seeds which are eaten whole or used especially to make a beverage or oilCHICORY: a thick-rooted usually blue-flowered European perennial composite herb (Cichorium intybus) widely grown for its roots and as a salad plantCHILI: a hot pepper of any of a group of cultivars (Capsicum annuum annuum group longum) noted for their pungencyCICELY: any of several herbs of the family Umbelliferae. The name derives from the seseli, not the other way around. Not an eponym.CLOTBUR: a burdock; any of a genus (Arctium) of coarse composite herbs bearing globular flower heads with prickly bractsCOCKLE: any of several weedy plants of the pink family, especially corn cockleCOFFEE: any of several Old World tropical plants (genus Coffea and especially C. arabica and C. canephora) of the madder family that are widely cultivated in warm regions for their seeds from which coffee is preparedCOLLARD: a cabbage (Brassica oleracea acephala) related to kale and having a loose head of stalked smooth leavesCOTTON: various erect freely branching tropical plants (genus Gossypium) of the mallow family; or a downy cottony substance produced by various plants (such as the cottonwood)CUBE: (variants) or cubé: any of several tropical American plants (genus Lonchocarpus) furnishing rotenoneCUKE: short for cucumber, a vine (Cucumis sativus) of the gourd family cultivated as a garden vegetable, or the vine itselfCUMIN: a small annual herb (Cuminum cyminum) of the carrot family cultivated for its aromatic fruits DILL: any of several plants of the carrot family, especially: a European herb (Anethum graveolens) with aromatic foliage and seeds both of which are used in flavoring foods and especially picklesDOCK: any of a genus (Rumex) of coarse weedy plants of the buckwheat family having long taproots and sometimes used as potherbs; or any of several usually broad-leaved weedy plants (as of the genus Silphium)EGGPLANT: a widely cultivated perennial Asian herb (Solanum melongena) of the nightshade family yielding edible fruitENDIVE: an annual or biennial composite herb (Cichorium endivia) that is closely related to chicory and occurs in two common varietiesFENNEL: a perennial Eurasian herb (Foeniculum vulgare) that has clusters of small yellow flowers and aromatic leaves and seeds and includes several cultivated formsGALANGAL: either of two eastern Asian perennial herbs (Alpinia galanga and A. officinarum) of the ginger family with dark green sword-shaped leaves and pungent aromatic rhizomesGARLIC: a European allium (Allium sativum) widely cultivated for its pungent compound bulbs much used in cookery; or a bulb of garlicGOURD: any of a family (Cucurbitaceae, the gourd family) of chiefly herbaceous tendril-bearing vines including the cucumber, melon, squash, and pumpkin, or the fruit of a gourdHAND: a bunch of large leaves (as of tobacco) tied together usually with another leafHEATH: any of a family (Ericaceae, the heath family) of shrubby dicotyledonous and often evergreen plants that thrive on open barren usually acid and ill-drained soil, especially: an evergreen subshrub of either of two genera (Erica and Calluna) with whorls of needlelike leaves and clusters of small flowers; also, any of various plants that resemble true heathsHEMLOCK: any of several poisonous herbs (such as a poison hemlock or a water hemlock) of the carrot family having finely cut leaves and small white flowersHEMP: a tall widely cultivated Asian herb (Cannabis sativa of the family Cannabaceae, the hemp family) that is cultivated for its tough bast fiber and edible seeds and oil and that is often separated into a tall loosely branched species (C. sativa) and a low-growing densely branched species (C. indica)HONEYDEW: the honeydew melon, a pale smooth-skinned winter melon with sweet greenish fleshINDICA: M-W has this only as part of the phrase “cannabis indica” -- a variety of cannabis obtained in IndiaINDIGO: a plant that yields indigo, especially: any of a genus (Indigofera) of leguminous herbsIPECAC: the dried rhizome and roots of either of two tropical American plants (Cephaelis acuminata and C. ipecacuanha) of the madder family used especially as a source of emetine; aloo: either of these plantsKALE: a hardy cabbage (Brassica oleracea acephala) with curled often finely incised leaves that do not form a dense head; also: its leaves used as a vegetableLEEK: a biennial herbaceous plant (Allium porrum synonym A. ampeloprasum var. porrum) of the amaryllis family that is related to the garlic, onion and chive and is commonly grown as an annual for its mildly pungent linear leaves and especially for its cylindrical stemlike lower sheath of leavesLETTUCE: any of a genus (Lactuca) of composite plants, especially: a common garden vegetable (L. sativa) whose succulent leaves are used especially in saladsLOOFA: M-W has only loofah (or luffa), any of a genus (Luffa) of Old World tropical plants of the gourd family with white to yellow flowers and large usually elongate fruits that are sometimes eaten as vegetables when immature; also: the fruit of a loofah LOOFAH: M-W has only loofah (or luffa), any of a genus (Luffa) of Old World tropical plants of the gourd family with white to yellow flowers and large usually elongate fruits that are sometimes eaten as vegetables when immature; also: the fruit of a loofah LOVAGE: any of several aromatic perennial herbs of the carrot family, especially: a European herb (Levisticum officinale) sometimes cultivated for use in medicine especially as a diuretic and in cookery usually as a flavoring agent; derived [ultimately] from the Latin for Ligurian
Plant Disease
BLIGHT: a disease or injury of plants marked by the formation of lesions, withering, and death of parts (such as leaves and tubers), also, an organism (such as an insect or a fungus) that causes blightBLIND: of plants: defective, lacking a growing point or producing leaves instead of flowersEDEMA: watery swelling of plant organs or parts; any of various plant diseases characterized by such swellingsGALL: an abnormal outgrowth of plant tissue usually due to insect or mite parasites or fungi and sometimes forming an important source of tannin
Plant Morphology
ANNULI: plural of annulus: “a part, structure, or marking resembling a ring: such as a line of cells around a fern sporangium that ruptures the sporangium by contracting”APPLE: a fruit (such as a star apple) or other vegetative growth (such as an oak apple) suggestive of an appleARIL: an exterior covering or appendage of some seeds (as of the yew) that develops after fertilization as an outgrowth from the ovule stalkBEAN: the seed of any of various erect or climbing plants (as of the genera Phaseolus and Vigna) of the legume family other than the fava bean, or a a plant bearing beansBELL: the corolla of a flowerBLOOM: a delicate powdery coating on some fruits and leavesBODY: the organized physical substance of an animal or plant either living or dead; also, the main part of a plant or animal body especially as distinguished from limbs and head: the trunkBOLL: the usually roundish pod or capsule of some plants (such as cotton or flax)BOUGH: a branch of a treeBRANCH: botany: a natural subdivision of a plant stem, especially: a secondary shoot or stem (such as a bough) arising from a main axis (as of a tree); also, to put forth secondary shoots or stems: to put forth branchesBRANCHY: botany: a natural subdivision of a plant stem, especially: a secondary shoot or stem (such as a bough) arising from a main axis (as of a tree); also, to put forth secondary shoots or stems: to put forth branchesBUDDED: verb to bud: to set or put forth buds; to commence growth from buds; to grow or develop from or as if from a bud; to reproduce asexually especially by the pinching off of a small part of the parent; to produce or develop from buds; to cause (a plant) to bud; to insert a bud from a plant of one kind into an opening in the bark of (a plant of another kind) usually in order to propagate a desired varietyBULB: a resting stage of a plant (such as the lily, onion, hyacinth, or tulip) that is usually formed underground and consists of a short stem base bearing one or more buds enclosed in overlapping membranous or fleshy leaves; also, a fleshy structure (such as a tuber or corm) resembling a bulb in appearance; also, a plant having or developing from a bulbBURL: a hard woody often flattened hemispherical outgrowth on a treeBURR: a tree burlBURR: usually bur: a rough or prickly envelope of a fruit, or a plant that bears bursBUTT: the base of a plant from which the roots springBUTTON: any of various parts or growths of a plant or of an animal: such as a budCANDLE: a thin, upright new shoot forming from a terminal bud on a pine tree in the springCANE: a hollow or pithy, usually slender, and often flexible jointed stem (as of a reed or bamboo) (e.g., a fishing pole made of cane); also, any of various slender woody stems especially: an elongated flowering or fruiting stem (as of a rose) usually arising directly from the groundCATKIN: a spicate inflorescence (as of the willow, birch, or oak) bearing scaly bracts and unisexual usually apetalous flowers, from its resemblance to a cat's tailCHALICE: the cup-shaped interior of a flowerCHLOROPHYLL: the green photosynthetic pigment found chiefly in the chloroplasts of plants…CIRRI: plural of cirrus: a tendril; a leaf, stipule, or stem modified into a slender spirally coiling sensitive organ serving to attach a climbing plant to its support, such as an arm of a barnacle…CLEFT: of leaves: partially split or divided; specifically: divided about halfway to the midribCOIR: the outer fibrous husk of the coconut palm COLLECTIVE: of a fruit: multiple, formed by coalescence of the ripening ovaries of several flowersCOMA: a tufted bunch (as of branches, bracts, or seed hairs)COMPLETE: having all four sets of floral organsCOMPOUND: of leaves: having the blade divided to the midrib and forming two or more leaflets on a common axisCONE: a mass of ovule-bearing or pollen-bearing scales or bracts in most conifers or in cycads that are arranged usually on a somewhat elongated axisCORK: phellem: a layer of usually suberized cells produced outwardly by a phellogenCOROLLA: the part of a flower that consists of the separate or fused petals and constitutes the inner whorl of the perianthCORONA: an appendage or series of united appendages on the inner side of the corolla in some flowers (such as the daffodil, jonquil, or milkweed)CROTCH: an angle formed by the parting of two legs, branches, or membersCUPULE*: a cup-shaped anatomical structure [in some trees and ferns]CURLY: having the [wood] grain composed of fibers that undulate without crossing and that often form alternating light and dark lines (as in curly maple)DEADWOOD: wood dead on the tree DEFINITE: of floral organs: being constant in number, usually less than 20, and occurring in multiples of the petal number; also, cymoseDUCT: a tube or elongated cavity (such as a xylem vessel) in plant tissueETHYLENE: a colorless flammable gaseous unsaturated hydrocarbon C2H4 that … occurs in plants functioning especially as a natural growth regulator that promotes the ripening of fruitFEMALE: botany: having or producing only pistils or pistillate flowers; also, a pistillate plantFLOAT: a sac containing air or gas and buoying up the body of a plant or animalFORMIC: M-W has only the open compounds formic acid (a colorless pungent fuming vesicant liquid acid CH2O2 found especially in ants and in many plants and used chiefly in dyeing and finishing textiles) and formic aldehyde (formaldehyde)FROND: a large leaf (especially of a palm or fern) usually with many divisions, or a thallus or thalloid shoot (as of a lichen or seaweed) resembling a leafFRUIT: a product of fertilization in a plant with its modified envelopes or appendages; specifically: the ripened ovary of a seed plant and its contents; also, a product of plant growth (such as grain, vegetables, or cotton); also, the usually edible reproductive body of a seed plant, especially: one having a sweet pulp associated with the seedGLAND: any of various secreting organs (such as a nectary) of plantsGNARL: a hard protuberance with twisted grain on a treeGNARLY: gnarled, as in gnarly branchesHAIR: a filamentous structure that resembles hair (e.g., leaf hair)HAIRY: of plants: having a downy fuzz on the stems and leavesHEAD: a capitulum: a racemose inflorescence (as of the sunflower) with the axis shortened and dilated to form a rounded or flattened cluster of sessile flowers; also, the foliaged part of a plant especially when consisting of a compact mass of leaves, flowers, or fruit; also, to form a compact mass of leaves or fruit: to form a head (e.g., this type of cabbage heads early)HEADED: to form a compact mass of leaves or fruit: to form a head (e.g., this type of cabbage heads early)HOAR: botany: covered with fine grayish or whitish hairs: canescentHOARY: botany: covered with fine grayish or whitish hairs: canescentHULL: the outer covering of a fruit or seed; also, the persistent calyx or involucre that subtends some fruits (such as a strawberry)JOINT: a node, the point on a stem at which a leaf or leaves are insertedJOINT: in plants: to form joints as a stage in growth, used especially of small grainsJOINTED: in plants: to form joints as a stage in growth, used especially of small grainsKEEL: botany: the lower part of a papilionaceous flower (as of a pea or bean plant) that consists of two fused petals, lies between the wings, and encloses the pistil and stamensKNOT: the base of a woody branch enclosed in the stem from which it arises (also: its section in lumber)LABIA: plural of labium, the lower lip of a labiate corollaLABIAL: of, relating to, or situated near the lips or labia, the lower lip of a labiate corollaLAMINA: the expanded part of a foliage leaf as distinguished from the petioleLAMINAL: arranged in, consisting of, or resembling laminae; a lamina is the expanded part of a foliage leaf as distinguished from the petioleLEAF: a lateral outgrowth from a plant stem that is typically a flattened expanded variably shaped greenish organ, constitutes a unit of the foliage, and functions primarily in food manufacture by photosynthesis; also; a modified leaf (such as a bract or sepal) primarily engaged in functions other than food manufacture; also, foliage (trees in full leaf); also, to shoot out or produce leaves (leaf out in spring)LEAFAGE*: foliage: the aggregate of leaves of one or more plantsLEAFED: a lateral outgrowth from a plant stem that is typically a flattened expanded variably shaped greenish organ, constitutes a unit of the foliage, and functions primarily in food manufacture by photosynthesis; also; a modified leaf (such as a bract or sepal) primarily engaged in functions other than food manufacture; also, foliage (trees in full leaf); also, to shoot out or produce leaves (leaf out in spring)LEAFLET: one of the divisions of a compound leaf; a small or young foliage leafLEAVE: to leaf: to shoot out or produce leaves (leaf out in spring)LEGGY: of a plant, having long shoots or stems with little foliage: spindlyLEMMA: the lower of the two bracts enclosing the flower in the spikelet of grassesLIMB: the expanded portion of an organ or structure, especially: the upper spreading portion of a corolla (as of the phlox) whose lower part consists of a tube of fused petals; also, a large primary branch of a tree; also, to cut off the limbs of (a felled tree)LINT: a fibrous coat of thick convoluted hairs borne by cotton seeds that yields the cotton stapleLOBAR*: of or relating to a lobeLOBE: a curved or rounded projection or division; specifically: a usually somewhat rounded projection or division of a bodily organ or partLOBED: having lobes (lobes of the lung, palmately lobed leaves)
Trees and Shrubs
ACACIA: any of a large genus (Acacia) of leguminous shrubs and trees of warm regions with leaves pinnate or reduced to phyllodes and white or yellow flower clustersACAI: açai, a tall, slender palm (Euterpe oleracea) native to tropical rainforests of Central and South AmericaACORN: the nut of the oak usually seated in or surrounded by a hard woody cupule of indurated bractsALMOND: a small tree (Prunus dulcis synonym P. amygdalus) of the rose family with flowers and young fruit resembling those of the peach, or its ellipsoidal edible kernel used as a nutAPPLE: a usually cultivated tree (genus Malus) of the rose family, or its fruitAPRICOT: a temperate-zone tree (Prunus armeniaca) resembling the related peach and plum in flavorARABICA: an evergreen shrub or tree (Coffea arabica) yielding seeds that produce a high-quality coffee ARBOR: a shelter of vines or branches or of latticework covered with climbing shrubs or vinesAZALEA: any of a subgenus (Azalea) of rhododendrons with funnel-shaped corollas and usually deciduous leaves including many species and hybrid forms cultivated as ornamentalBALM: a balsamic resin especially: one from small tropical evergreen trees (genus Commiphora of the family Burseraceae)BANYAN: a large fig tree (Ficus benghalensis) native to India and PakistanBAOBAB: a broad-trunked tropical tree (Adansonia digitata) of the silk-cotton family that is native to Africa and has an edible acidic fruit resembling a gourd and bark used in making paper, cloth, and ropeBARK: the tough exterior covering of a woody root or stemBEECH: any of a genus (Fagus of the family Fagaceae, the beech family) of hardwood trees with smooth gray bark and small edible nutsBRIAR: a plant (such as a rose, blackberry, or greenbrier) having a usually woody and thorny or prickly stem; a mass of briars; a twig or branch of a briarBRIARY: a plant (such as a rose, blackberry, or greenbrier) having a usually woody and thorny or prickly stem; a mass of briars; a twig or branch of a briarBROOM: any of various leguminous shrubs (especially genera Cytisus and Genista) with long slender branches, small leaves, and usually showy yellow flowers CACAO: a tree having small yellowish flowers followed by fleshy pods from which cacao is obtainedCAMELLIA: any of a genus (Camellia) of shrubs or trees of the tea family, esp. an ornamental greenhouse shrub (C. japonica) with glossy leaves and roselike flowers from New Latin Camellia, from Camellus (Georg Josef Kamel †1706 Moravian Jesuit missionary)CANDLE: a thin, upright new shoot forming from a terminal bud on a pine tree in the springCANOPIC: related to the canopy, the uppermost spreading branchy layer of a forestCANOPY: related to the canopy, the uppermost spreading branchy layer of a forestCAROB: a Mediterranean evergreen leguminous tree (Ceratonia siliqua) with racemose red flowersCATALPA: any of a genus (Catalpa) of North American and Asian trees of the bignonia family with pale showy flowers in terminal clustersCINNAMON: any of several tropical trees (genus Cinnamomum) yielding a culinary spice, oil, and flavoringCITRON: a small shrubby tree (Citrus medica) that produces citrons and is cultivated in tropical regionsCLOVE: a tropical tree (Syzygium aromaticum or Eugenia aromatica) of the myrtle family that is used as a spice and is the source of an oilCOCA: 1) any of several A. American shrubs (genus Erythroxylon) esp. E. coca, the primary source of cocaine 2) dried leaves of a coca (especially E.n coca) containing alkaloids including cocaineCOCOBOLO*: the hard, heavy heartwood of any of various tropical American trees of the genus Dalbergia (especially D. retusa) that is typically yellowish-orange to reddish-brown in colorCOCONUT: the coconut palm whose outer fibrous husk yields coir and whose nut contains thick edible meat and, in the fresh fruit, a clear liquidCORK: the elastic tough outer tissue of the cork oak that is used especially for stoppers and insulationCOTTONWOOD: any of several poplars having seeds with cottony hairsCRAB: crab apple; any of various wild or cultivated trees (genus Malus) that are cultivars or relatives of the cultivated apple and that produce small sour fruitCURRANT: a small seedless raisin originally grown chiefly in the eastern Mediterranean, or the acid edible fruit of various shrubs …Back-formation from earlier corawnce, currantes, ellipsis from Middle English reysouns of corans, borrowed from Anglo-French raisins de Curance "raisins of Corinth," from Corinth, GreeceDAPHNE: any of a genus (Daphne) of Eurasian shrubs of the mezereon family with apetalous flowers whose colored calyx resembles a corolla. Leaves resemble laurel. Named for Daphne, a nymph in Greek mythology who is transformed into a laurel tree to escape the pursuing ApolloDATE: the tall palm with pinnate leaves that yields the dateDOGWOOD: any of various trees and shrubs (genus Cornus of the family Cornaceae, the dogwood family) with clusters of small flowers and often large white, pink, or red involucral bractsEBON: a hard heavy blackish wood yielded by various tropical chiefly southeast Asian trees (genus Diospyros of the family Ebenaceae, the ebony family)EBONY: a hard heavy blackish wood yielded by various tropical chiefly southeast Asian trees (genus Diospyros of the family Ebenaceae, the ebony family)GINKGO: a gymnospermous dioecious tree (Ginkgo biloba) of eastern China that is widely grown as an ornamental or shade tree and has fan-shaped leaves and foul-smelling yellowish fleshy seed coatsGUAVA: any of several tropical American shrubs or small trees (genus Psidium) of the myrtle family, especially: a shrubby tree (P. guajava) widely cultivated for its yellow-skinned fruit with sweet acid yellow or pink fleshGUMMED: to exude or form gum (as from a tree); to become gummyGUMMING: to exude or form gum (as from a tree); to become gummyHAND: cluster of bananas developed from a single flower groupHARDTACK: any of several mountain mahoganies (especially Cercocarpus betuloides)HAWTHORN: any of a genus (Crataegus) of spring-flowering spiny shrubs or small trees of the rose family with glossy and often lobed leaves, white or pink fragrant flowers, and small red fruitsHEMLOCK: any of a genus (Tsuga) of evergreen coniferous trees of the pine familyHENNA: the Old World tropical shrub or small tree (Lawsonia inermis) of the loosestrife family that yields henna dye and has small opposite leaves and clusters of fragrant usually white flowersHICKORY: any of a genus (Carya) of North American hardwood trees of the walnut family that often have sweet edible nuts; also, the usually tough wood of a hickory, short for obsolete pokahickory, from Virginia Algonquian pawcohiccora food prepared from pounded nutsHOLLY: any of a genus (Ilex of the family Aquifoliaceae, the holly family) of trees and shrubs, especially: either of two (I. opaca of the eastern U.S. and I. aquifolium of Eurasia) with spiny-margined evergreen leaves and usually red berries often used for Christmas decorationsHOLT: a small woods: a copseILEX* : the holm oak, a southern European evergreen oak (Quercus ilex), or any of a genus (Ilex of the family Aquifoliaceae, the holly family) of trees and shrubsJOJOBA: a shrub or small tree (Simmondsia chinensis synonym S. californica) of the box family of southwestern North America with edible seeds that yield a valuable liquid wax used especially in cosmeticsKAPOK: or kapok tree: a massive tropical deciduous tree (Ceiba pentandra) of the silk-cotton family that has a trunk with short, sharp prickles, a buttressed base, and porous lightweight wood and that bears large seedpods containing numerous silky fibersKNEE: a rounded or conical process rising from the roots of various swamp-growing trees (e.g., a cypress knee)KNOTHOLE: a hole in a board or tree trunk where a knot or branch has come outLANTANA: any of a genus (Lantana) of tropical shrubs or perennial herbs of the vervain family with showy heads of small bright flowersLARCH: any of a genus (Larix) of northern hemisphere trees of the pine family with short fascicled deciduous leaves; also: the wood of a larchLEMON: a tree that bears lemonsLILAC: a widely cultivated European shrub (Syringa vulgaris) of the olive family that has cordate ovate leaves and large panicles of fragrant pinkish-purple or white flowers; also, a tree or shrub congeneric with the lilacLIMB: a large primary branch of a tree; also, to cut off the limbs of (a felled tree)LIME: a tree that bears limes: the widely cultivated spiny tropical Asian citrus tree (Citrus aurantifolia); also, a linden tree, especially linden, a commonly cultivated European tree (T. europaea synonym T. vulgaris) much used for ornamental plantingLITCHI: lychee is the preferred spelling. or lychee nut or litchi nut or less commonly lichee nut [lichee not in SB] a slow-growing tree that bears lychees and has glossy, leathery leaves and terminal clusters of tiny, apetalous, greenish-white to yellow flowersLOBLOLLY: loblolly pine: a pine (Pinus taeda) of the southeastern U.S. with flaky bark, long needles in groups of three, and cones having spine-tipped scales; also: its coarse-grained woodLONGAN: a pulpy fruit related to the lychee and produced by a southeast Asian evergreen tree (Euphoria longan synonym Dimocarpus longan) of the soapberry family; also, a tree that bears the longanLYCHEE: lychee is the preferred spelling. or lychee nut or litchi nut or less commonly lichee nut [lichee not in SB] a slow-growing tree that bears lychees and has glossy, leathery leaves and terminal clusters of tiny, apetalous, greenish-white to yellow flowers
Words about Botany, Plants, etc.
BOTANY: a branch of biology dealing with plant life; also, plant life; also, the properties and life phenomena exhibited by a plant, plant type, or plant group; also, a botanical treatise or study, especially: a particular system of botanyLITTLE: of a plant or animal: small in comparison with related forms —used in vernacular names (little bluestem)