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amaranth |
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any of various plants of the genus Amaranthus having dense plumes of green or red flowers |
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amaranth |
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seed of amaranth plants used as a native cereal in Central and South America |
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asarabacca |
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thick creeping evergreen herb of western Europe |
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alligator weed |
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prolific South American aquatic weed having grasslike leaves and short spikes of white flowers |
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alligator grass |
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prolific South American aquatic weed having grasslike leaves and short spikes of white flowers |
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allgood |
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European plant naturalized in North America |
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arctic poppy |
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subarctic perennial poppy of both hemispheres having fragrant white or yellow to orange or peach flowers |
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arugula |
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erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender |
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argemone |
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any plant of the genus Argemone having large white or yellow flowers and prickly leaves and stems and pods |
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aster family |
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plants with heads composed of many florets: aster |
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awlwort |
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small aquatic plant having tufted awl-shaped leaves in a basal rosette and minute white flowers |
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ageratum |
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any plant of the genus Ageratum having opposite leaves and small heads of blue or white flowers |
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ageratum |
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rhizomatous plant of central and southeastern United States and West Indies having large showy heads of clear blue flowers |
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annual salt-marsh aster |
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a variety of aster |
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aromatic aster |
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a variety of aster |
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arrow leaved aster |
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a variety of aster |
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azure aster |
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a variety of aster |
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ammobium |
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any plant of the genus Ammobium having yellow flowers and silvery foliage |
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artemisia |
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any of various composite shrubs or herbs of the genus Artemisia having aromatic green or greyish foliage |
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andryala |
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any plant of the genus Andryala having milky sap and heads of bright yellow flowers |
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ayapana |
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low spreading tropical American shrub with long slender leaves used to make a mildly stimulating drink resembling tea |
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achillea |
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any of several plants of the genus Achillea native to Europe and having small white flowers in flat-topped flower heads |
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artichoke plant |
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Mediterranean thistlelike plant widely cultivated for its large edible flower head |
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agueweed |
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perennial herb of southeastern United States having white-rayed flower heads |
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agueweed |
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gentian of eastern North America having clusters of bristly blue flowers |
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alpine coltsfoot |
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rhizomatous herb with purple-red flowers suitable for groundcover |
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alpine hulsea |
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low tufted plant having hairy stems each topped by a flower head with short narrow yellow rays |
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autumn sneezeweed |
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North American perennial with bright yellow late summer flowers |
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arnica bud |
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fall-blooming European herb with a yellow flower |
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alecost |
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tansy-scented Eurasian perennial herb with buttonlike yellow flowers |
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alpine goldenrod |
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goldenrod similar to narrow goldenrod but having bristly hairs on edges of leaf stalks |
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alpine sunflower |
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whitish hairy plant with featherlike leaves and a few stout stems each bearing an especially handsome solitary large yellow flower head |
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arrowleaf groundsel |
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perennial with sharply toothed triangular leaves on leafy stems bearing a cluster of yellow flower heads |
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aerides |
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any orchid of the genus Aerides |
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angrecum |
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any of various spectacular orchids of the genus Angraecum having dark green leathery leaves and usually nocturnally scented white or ivory flowers |
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adam-and-eve |
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North American orchid bearing a single leaf and yellowish-brown flowers |
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arethusa |
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any of several bog orchids of the genus Arethusa having 1 or 2 showy flowers |
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achene |
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small dry indehiscent fruit with the seed distinct from the fruit wall |
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air potato |
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yam of tropical Africa and Asia cultivated for it large tubers |
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awnless bromegrass |
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drought-resistant perennial with awns lacking or very short and long creeping rhizomes |
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animated oat |
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Mediterranean oat held to be progenitor of modern cultivated oat |
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autumn pumpkin |
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a coarse vine widely cultivated for its large pulpy round orange fruit with firm orange skin and numerous seeds |
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abelmosk |
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bushy herb of tropical Asia grown for its yellow or pink to scarlet blooms that resemble the hibiscus |
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althea |
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any of various plants of the genus Althaea |
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althaea |
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any of various plants of the genus Althaea |
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angled loofah |
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loofah of Pakistan |
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andromeda |
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any of several shrubs of the genus Andromeda having leathery leaves and clusters of small flowers |
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andromeda |
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broad-leaved evergreen Asiatic shrub with glossy leaves and drooping clusters of white flowers |
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arbutus |
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any of several evergreen shrubs of the genus Arbutus of temperate Europe and America |
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alpine bearberry |
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deciduous creeping shrub bright red in autumn having black or blue-black berries |