a group of families of trees and shrubs and herbs having well-developed perianths and apocarpous ovaries and generally regarded as the most primitive extant flowering plants
red bay
Noun
small tree of southern United States having dark red heartwood
red baneberry
Noun
North American perennial herb with alternately compound leaves and racemes of small white flowers followed by bright red oval poisonous berries
redberry
Noun
North American perennial herb with alternately compound leaves and racemes of small white flowers followed by bright red oval poisonous berries
redberry
Noun
small spiny evergreen shrub of western United States and Mexico with minute flowers and bright red berries
red-berry
Noun
North American perennial herb with alternately compound leaves and racemes of small white flowers followed by bright red oval poisonous berries
red-berry
Noun
small spiny evergreen shrub of western United States and Mexico with minute flowers and bright red berries
rocket larkspur
Noun
commonly cultivated larkspur of southern Europe having unbranched spikelike racemes of blue or sometimes purplish or pinkish flowers
rue anemone
Noun
woodland flower native to eastern North America having cup-shaped flowers reminiscent of anemone but more delicate
rattle-top
Noun
North American bugbane found from Maine and Ontario to Wisconsin and south to Georgia
rush family
Noun
tufted herbs resembling grasses: rushes
rain tree
Noun
large ornamental tropical American tree with bipinnate leaves and globose clusters of flowers with crimson stamens and seed pods that are eaten by cattle
red clover
Noun
erect to decumbent short-lived perennial having red-purple to pink flowers
rose periwinkle
Noun
commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers
red periwinkle
Noun
commonly cultivated Old World woody herb having large pinkish to red flowers
red sandalwood
Noun
East Indian tree with racemes of yellow-white flowers
red sandalwood
Noun
tree of India and East Indies yielding a hard fragrant timber prized for cabinetwork and dark red heartwood used as a dyewood
red sandalwood
Noun
hard durable wood of red sandalwood trees (Pterocarpus santalinus)
rheumatism weed
Noun
North American perennial having pinkish flowers in loose cymes
rheumatism weed
Noun
Canadian dogbane yielding a tough fiber used as cordage by Native Americans
rauwolfia
Noun
any shrub or small tree of the genus Rauwolfia having leaves in whorls and cymose flowers
rauwolfia
Noun
any of several alkaloids extracted from the shrub Rauwolfia serpentina
rauvolfia
Noun
any shrub or small tree of the genus Rauwolfia having leaves in whorls and cymose flowers
rose bay
Noun
an ornamental but poisonous flowering shrub having narrow evergreen leaves and clusters of fragrant white to pink or red flowers: native to East Indies but widely cultivated in warm regions
rock sandwort
Noun
low perennial tufted plant of southeastern North America
red campion
Noun
biennial European catchfly having red or pink flowers
red bird's eye
Noun
biennial European catchfly having red or pink flowers
rainbow pink
Noun
Chinese pink with deeply toothed rose-lilac flowers with a purplish eye
red amaranth
Noun
tall showy tropical American annual having hairy stems and long spikes of usually red flowers above leaves deeply flushed with purple
rupturewort
Noun
common prostrate Old World herb often used as a ground cover
ragged robin
Noun
common perennial native to Europe and western Asia having usually pink flowers with ragged petals
rose campion
Noun
an old cottage garden plant of southeastern Europe widely cultivated for its attractive white woolly foliage and showy crimson flowers
rattail cactus
Noun
commonly cultivated tropical American cactus having slender creeping stems and very large showy crimson flowers that bloom for several days
rat's-tail cactus
Noun
commonly cultivated tropical American cactus having slender creeping stems and very large showy crimson flowers that bloom for several days
red goosefoot
Noun
herb considered fatal to swine
red goosefoot
Noun
common Eurasian weed
rainbow cactus
Noun
a stout cylindrical cactus of the southwest United States and adjacent Mexico
redmaids
Noun
succulent carpet-forming plant having small brilliant reddish-pink flowers
rutabaga plant
Noun
a cruciferous plant with a thick bulbous edible yellow root
rose of Jericho
Noun
small grey Asiatic desert plant bearing minute white flowers that rolls up when dry and expands when moist
rose of Jericho
Noun
densely tufted fern ally of southwestern United States to Peru
resurrection plant
Noun
small grey Asiatic desert plant bearing minute white flowers that rolls up when dry and expands when moist
resurrection plant
Noun
densely tufted fern ally of southwestern United States to Peru
rapeseed
Noun
seed of rape plants
rape oil
Noun
edible light yellow to brown oil from rapeseed used also as a lubricant or illuminant
rock cress
Noun
any of several rock-loving cresses of the genus Arabis
rapeseed oil
Noun
edible light yellow to brown oil from rapeseed used also as a lubricant or illuminant
rockcress
Noun
any of several rock-loving cresses of the genus Arabis