someone or something that gives a strong, sudden pull
jet propulsion
Noun
propulsion by means of the discharge of a jet of fluid toward the rear
jet stream
Noun
a high-speed high-altitude airstream, usually blowing from west to east, near the top of the troposphere
joint fir
Noun
a jointed and nearly leafless desert shrub having reduced scalelike leaves and reddish fleshy seeds
jack pine
Noun
slender medium-sized two-needled pine of eastern North America
juniper
Noun
a coniferous shrub or small tree of the genus Juniperus, with berrylike cones
juniper bush
Noun
a coniferous shrub or small tree of the genus Juniperus, with berrylike cones
juniper berry
Noun
the fruit of a plant of the genus Juniperus, especially the berry-like cone of the common juniper
jack-in-the-pulpit
Noun
common European arum with lanceolate spathe and short purple spadix
jack-in-the-pulpit
Noun
common American spring-flowering woodland herb having sheathing leaves and an upright club-shaped spadix with overarching green and purple spathe producing scarlet berries
jack-by-the-hedge
Noun
a European herb that smells like garlic
jewels-of-opar
Noun
erect plant with tuberous roots and terminal panicles of red to yellow flowers
jointed charlock
Noun
Eurasian weed having yellow or mauve or white flowers and podlike fruits
jumping orchid
Noun
orchid having both male and female flowers in the same raceme
jewel orchid
Noun
any of several delicate Asiatic orchids grown especially for their velvety leaves with metallic white or gold veining
joewood
Noun
a West Indian shrub or small tree having leathery saponaceous leaves and extremely hard wood
jellyleaf
Noun
herb widely distributed in tropics and subtropics used for forage and medicinally as a demulcent and having a fine soft bast stronger than jute
jack oak
Noun
small to medium deciduous oak of east central North America
jack oak
Noun
a common scrubby deciduous tree of central and southeastern United States having dark bark and broad three-lobed (club-shaped) leaves
jasmine
Noun
any of several shrubs and vines of the genus Jasminum chiefly native to Asia
jessamine
Noun
a climbing deciduous shrub with fragrant white or yellow or red flowers used in perfume and to flavor tea
jambosa
Noun
tropical tree of the East Indies cultivated for its edible fruit
jaboticaba tree
Noun
a small evergreen tropical tree native to Brazil and West Indies but introduced into southern United States
jackfruit tree
Noun
an East Indian tree cultivated for its immense edible fruit and seeds
jonquil
Noun
widely cultivated ornamental plant native to southern Europe but naturalized elsewhere having fragrant yellow or white clustered flowers
jonquil
Noun
often used colloquially for any yellow daffodil
jack bean
Noun
annual semi-erect bushy plant of tropical South America bearing long pods with white seeds grown especially for forage
japanese clover
Noun
an annual lespedeza native to tropical Asia, now naturalized in and used as a pasture crop in the southeastern United States
japan clover
Noun
an annual lespedeza native to tropical Asia, now naturalized in and used as a pasture crop in the southeastern United States
jap clover
Noun
an annual lespedeza native to tropical Asia, now naturalized in and used as a pasture crop in the southeastern United States
jacaranda
Noun
an important Brazilian timber tree yielding a heavy hard dark-colored wood streaked with black
jumby bean
Noun
small tree of West Indies and northeastern Venezuela having large oblong pointed leaflets and panicles of purple flowers
jumby bead
Noun
West Indian tree similar to Ormosia monosperma but larger and having smaller leaflets and smaller seeds
jumbie bead
Noun
a West Indian tree similar to Ormosia monosperma but larger and having smaller leaflets and smaller seeds
jade vine
Noun
vigorous Philippine evergreen twining liana
jupati
Noun
a tall Brazilian feather palm with a terminal crown of very large leathery pinnatisect leaves rising from long strong stems used for structural purposes
jupaty
Noun
a tall Brazilian feather palm with a terminal crown of very large leathery pinnatisect leaves rising from long strong stems used for structural purposes
jupati palm
Noun
a tall Brazilian feather palm with a terminal crown of very large leathery pinnatisect leaves rising from long strong stems used for structural purposes
jaggery palm
Noun
fishtail palm of India to Malay Peninsula
japonica
Noun
deciduous thorny shrub native to Japan having red blossoms
japonica
Noun
greenhouse shrub with glossy green leaves and showy fragrant rose-like flowers
jewelweed
Noun
North American annual plant with usually yellow or orange flowers
jiqui
Noun
a Cuban timber tree with hard wood very resistant to moisture
juneberry holly
Noun
a holly shrub
jaboncillo
Noun
evergreen of tropical America having pulpy fruit containing saponin which was used as soap by Native Americans
jocote
Noun
common tropical American shrub or small tree with purplish fruit
jimsonweed
Noun
intensely poisonous tall coarse annual tropical weed having rank-smelling foliage, large white or violet trumpet-shaped flowers and prickly fruits
jimson weed
Noun
intensely poisonous tall coarse annual tropical weed having rank-smelling foliage, large white or violet trumpet-shaped flowers and prickly fruits
jamberry
Noun
annual of Mexico and southern United States having edible purplish viscid fruit resembling small tomatoes