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arere |
Noun
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large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds |
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azalea |
Noun
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any of numerous ornamental shrubs grown for their showy flowers of various colors |
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alpine azalea |
Noun
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creeping mat-forming evergreen shrub of high mountain regions of northern hemisphere grown for its rose-pink flowers |
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acorn |
Noun
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fruit of the oak tree: a smooth thin-walled nut in a woody cup-shaped base |
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acorn cup |
Noun
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cup-shaped structure of hardened bracts at the base of an acorn |
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alder |
Noun
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north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and conelike fruit |
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alder |
Noun
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wood of any of various alder trees |
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alder tree |
Noun
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north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and conelike fruit |
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ash-key |
Noun
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winged seed of the ash tree |
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ash |
Noun
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any of various deciduous pinnate-leaved ornamental or timber trees of the genus Fraxinus |
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ash |
Noun
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strong elastic wood of any of various ash trees |
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ash |
Noun
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the residue that remains when something is burned |
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ash |
Verb
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to convert into ashes |
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ash tree |
Noun
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any of various deciduous pinnate-leaved ornamental or timber trees of the genus Fraxinus |
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ague weed |
Noun
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gentian of eastern North America having clusters of bristly blue flowers |
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alpine ash |
Noun
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tall timber tree with hard heavy pinkish or light brown wood |
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allspice tree |
Noun
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aromatic West Indian tree that produces allspice berries |
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allspice tree |
Noun
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tropical American tree having small white flowers and aromatic berries |
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anchovy pear tree |
Noun
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West Indian tree bearing edible fruit resembling mango |
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achira |
Noun
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canna grown especially for its edible rootstock from which arrowroot starch is obtained |
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arrowroot |
Noun
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canna grown especially for its edible rootstock from which arrowroot starch is obtained |
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arrowroot |
Noun
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white-flowered West Indian plant whose root yields arrowroot starch |
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arrowroot |
Noun
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a nutritive starch obtained from the root of the arrowroot plant |
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arrowroot family |
Noun
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tropical perennial herbs with usually starchy rhizomes |
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angel-wing begonia |
Noun
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South American fibrous-rooted begonias having prominent basal leaf lobes suggesting angels' wings and racemes of coral-red flowers |
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abaca |
Noun
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Philippine banana tree having leafstalks that yield Manila hemp used for rope and paper etc |
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abaca |
Noun
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a kind of hemp obtained from the abaca plant in the Philippines |
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artillery plant |
Noun
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tropical American stingless nettle that discharges its pollen explosively |
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agapanthus |
Noun
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any of various plants of the genus Agapanthus having umbels of showy blue to purple flowers |
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amaryllis family |
Noun
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snowdrop |
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amaryllis |
Noun
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bulbous plant having showy white to reddish flowers |
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albuca |
Noun
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any of various plants of the genus Albuca having large clusters of pale yellow flowers |
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ague root |
Noun
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colicroot having a scurfy or granuliferous perianth and white flowers |
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ague grass |
Noun
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colicroot having a scurfy or granuliferous perianth and white flowers |
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alliaceous plant |
Noun
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bulbous plants having a characteristic pungent onion odor |
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adobe lily |
Noun
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California herb with pinkish purple flowers |
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aloe family |
Noun
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one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted |
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aloe |
Noun
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succulent plants having rosettes of leaves usually with fiber like hemp and spikes of showy flowers |
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alstroemeria |
Noun
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any of various South American plants of the genus Alstroemeria valued for their handsome umbels of beautiful flowers |
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autumn crocus |
Noun
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bulbous autumn-flowering herb with white, purple or lavender-and-white flowers |
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amber lily |
Noun
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plant having basal grasslike leaves and a narrow open cluster of starlike yellowish-orange flowers atop a leafless stalk |
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asparagus fern |
Noun
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a fernlike plant native to South Africa |
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amberbell |
Noun
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eastern North American dogtooth having solitary yellow flowers marked with brown or purple and spotted interiors |
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aspidistra |
Noun
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evergreen perennial with large handsome basal leaves |
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avalanche lily |
Noun
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perennial herb having large white flowers marked with orange |
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alkali grass |
Noun
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plant of western North America having grasslike leaves and greenish-white flowers |
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agave family |
Noun
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chiefly tropical and xerophytic plants: includes Dracenaceae (Dracaenaceae) |
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agave |
Noun
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tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes |
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algarroba bean |
Noun
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long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp |
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amorpha |
Noun
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any plant of the genus Amorpha having odd-pinnate leaves and purplish spicate flowers |