a large tree of Old World tropics having foul-smelling orange-red blossoms followed by red pods enclosing oil-rich seeds sometimes used as food
kurrajong
Noun
widely distributed tree of eastern Australia yielding a tough durable fiber and soft light attractively grained wood
kola
Noun
tree bearing large brown nuts containing e.g. caffeine
kapok
Noun
massive tropical tree with deep ridges on its massive trunk and bearing large pods of seeds covered with silky floss
kapok
Noun
a plant fiber from the kapok tree
kola nut
Noun
tree bearing large brown nuts containing e.g. caffeine
kola nut
Noun
bitter brown seed containing caffein
kola nut tree
Noun
a tree bearing large brown nuts containing caffeine native to the tropical rainforests of Africa
king protea
Noun
a South African shrub whose flowers when open are cup-shaped resembling artichokes
king nut
Noun
a hickory of the eastern United States resembling the shagbark but having a much larger nut
king nut hickory
Noun
hickory of the eastern United States resembling the shagbark but having a much larger nut
kangaroo's paw
Noun
a sedgelike spring-flowering herb having clustered flowers covered with woolly hairs
kangaroo paw
Noun
a sedgelike spring-flowering herb having clustered flowers covered with woolly hairs
kangaroo's-foot
Noun
a sedgelike spring-flowering herb having clustered flowers covered with woolly hairs
kangaroo-foot plant
Noun
a sedgelike spring-flowering herb having clustered flowers covered with woolly hairs
konini
Noun
erect deciduous shrub or tree to 10 feet with maroon flowers
klammath weed
Noun
a yellow-flowered perennial common in fields and waste places but a weed in rangelands
kidney begonia
Noun
a rhizomatous begonia with roundish fleshy leaves reddish colored beneath
king begonia
Noun
any of numerous usually rhizomatous hybrid begonias derived from an East Indian plant having rough-textured leaves patterned in silver and bronze and purple and red-brown with inconspicuous flowers
kiwi vine
Noun
a climbing vine native to China
kei apple
Noun
vigorous South African spiny shrub grown for its round yellow juicy edible fruits
kei apple bush
Noun
a vigorous South African spiny shrub grown for its round yellow juicy edible fruits
ketembilla tree
Noun
a small shrubby spiny tree cultivated for its maroon-purple fruit with sweet purple pulp tasting like gooseberries
kurrat
Noun
a coarse Old World perennial having a large bulb and tall stalk of greenish purple-tinged flowers
keeled garlic
Noun
a Eurasian bulbous plant
kentan
Noun
an east Asian perennial having large reddish-orange black-spotted flowers with reflexed petals
kniphofia
Noun
a plant of the genus Kniphofia having long grasslike leaves and tall scapes of red or yellow drooping flowers
king's spear
Noun
asphodel with leafy stem and fragrant yellow flowers
kidney vetch
Noun
a perennial Eurasian herb having heads of red or yellow flowers and common in meadows and pastures
khesari
Noun
a European annual grown for forage
kaffir boom
Noun
a small semi-evergreen broad-spreading tree of eastern South Africa with orange-scarlet flowers and small coral-red seeds
kingwood
Noun
Brazilian tree yielding a handsome cabinet wood
kingwood
Noun
handsome violet-streaked wood of the kingwood tree
kingwood tree
Noun
a Brazilian tree yielding a handsome cabinet wood
kino
Noun
East Indian tree yielding a resin or extract often used medicinally and in e.g. tanning
kino
Noun
a gum obtained from various tropical plants
kino gum
Noun
a reddish or black juice or resin from certain trees of the genus Pterocarpus and used in medicine and tanning etc
kino gum
Noun
a gum obtained from various tropical plants
kudzu
Noun
a fast-growing vine from eastern Asia having tuberous starchy roots and hairy trifoliate leaves and racemes of purple flowers followed by long hairy pods containing many seeds
kudzu vine
Noun
a fast-growing vine from eastern Asia having tuberous starchy roots and hairy trifoliate leaves and racemes of purple flowers followed by long hairy pods containing many seeds
kowhai
Noun
shrub or small tree of New Zealand and Chile having pendulous racemes of tubular golden-yellow flowers
kiaat
Noun
a deciduous South African tree having large odd-pinnate leaves and profuse fragrant orange-yellow flowers
kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate
Noun
an annual with broadly ovate leaves and slender drooping spikes of crimson flowers
key palm
Noun
a small stocky fan palm of southern Florida and Cuba
kitul
Noun
a fishtail palm of India to Malay Peninsula
kittul
Noun
a fishtail palm native to areas from India to the Malay Peninsula
kitul tree
Noun
a fishtail palm of India to Malay Peninsula
keurboom
Noun
a tree with odd-pinnate leaves and racemes of fragrant pink to purple flowers
keurboom
Noun
a fast-growing roundheaded tree with fragrant white to deep rose flowers
kalantas
Noun
a Philippine timber tree having hard red fragrant wood