Dictionary

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acanthus Noun any plant of the genus Acanthus having large spiny leaves and spikes or white or purplish flowers
astilbe Noun any plant of the genus Astilbe having compound leaves and showy panicles of tiny colorful flowers
achimenes Noun any plant of the genus Achimenes having showy bell-shaped flowers that resemble gloxinias
aeschynanthus Noun a plant of the genus Aeschynanthus having somewhat red or orange flowers and seeds having distinctive hairs at base and apex
anise hyssop Noun much-branched North American herb with an odor like fennel
alehoof Noun trailing European aromatic plant of the mint family having rounded leaves and small purplish flowers often grown in hanging baskets
apple mint Noun mint with apple-scented stems of southern and western Europe
applemint Noun mint with apple-scented stems of southern and western Europe
apple of Peru Noun intensely poisonous tall coarse annual tropical weed having rank-smelling foliage, large white or violet trumpet-shaped flowers and prickly fruits
apple of Peru Noun coarse South American herb grown for its blue-and-white flowers followed by a bladderlike fruit enclosing a dry berry
angel's trumpet Noun a South American plant that is cultivated for its large fragrant trumpet-shaped flowers
angel's trumpet Noun South American plant cultivated for its very large nocturnally fragrant trumpet-shaped flowers
astrantia Noun any plant of the genus Astrantia
anise plant Noun native to Egypt but cultivated widely for its aromatic seeds and the oil from them used medicinally and as a flavoring in cookery
angelique Noun any of various tall and stout herbs of the genus Angelica having pinnately compound leaves and small white or greenish flowers in compound umbels
aquatic fern Noun ferns that grow in water
adder's tongue Noun ferns with fertile spikes shaped like a snake's tongue
adder's tongue fern Noun ferns with fertile spikes shaped like a snake's tongue
arctic moss Noun an erect greyish branching lichen of Arctic and even some north temperate regions constituting the chief food for reindeer and caribou and sometimes being eaten by humans
acellular slime mold Noun a slime mold of the class Myxomycetes
ascolichen Noun a lichen in which the fungus component is an ascomycete
agaric Noun a saprophytic fungus of the order Agaricales having an umbrellalike cap with gills on the underside
agaric Noun fungus used in the preparation of punk for fuses
archil Noun any of various lecanoras that yield the dye archil
archil Noun a purplish dye obtained from orchil lichens
ascomycete Noun any fungus of the class Ascomycetes (or subdivision Ascomycota) in which the spores are formed inside an ascus
ascomycetous fungus Noun any fungus of the class Ascomycetes (or subdivision Ascomycota) in which the spores are formed inside an ascus
aecium Noun fruiting body of some rust fungi bearing chains of aeciospores
aeciospore Noun spore of a rust fungus formed in an aecium
apple rust Noun rust fungus causing rust spots on apples and pears etc
arborescent plant Noun having the shape or characteristics of a tree
axil Noun the upper angle between an axis and an offshoot such as a branch or leafstalk
angiospermous tree Noun any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary
awn Noun slender bristlelike appendage found on the bracts of grasses
aril Noun fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelopes the seed
antheridium Noun the male sex organ of spore-producing plants
antheridiophore Noun gametophore bearing antheridia as in certain mosses and liverworts
ascus Noun saclike structure in which ascospores are formed through sexual reproduction of ascomycetes
ascospore Noun sexually produced fungal spore formed within an ascus
arthrospore Noun one of a string of thick walled vegetative resting cells formed by some algae and fungi
arthrospore Noun a body that resembles a spore but is not an endospore
aquatic plant Noun a plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth
aggregate fruit Noun fruit consisting of many individual small fruits or drupes derived from separate ovaries within a common receptacle: e.g. blackberry
androecium Noun a male gametoecium
air plant Noun plant that derives moisture and nutrients from the air and rain
annulus Noun (Fungi) a remnant of the partial veil that in mature mushrooms surrounds the stem like a collar
annulus Noun a toroidal shape
aerophyte Noun plant that derives moisture and nutrients from the air and rain
antherozoid Noun a motile male gamete of a plant such as an alga or fern or gymnosperm
accessory fruit Noun fruit containing much fleshy tissue besides that of the ripened ovary