tall evergreen of Japan and China yielding valuable soft wood
short-leaf pine
Noun
large pine of southern United States having short needles in bunches of 2-3 and red-brown bark when mature
shortleaf yellow pine
Noun
large pine of southern United States having short needles in bunches of 2-3 and red-brown bark when mature
subalpine fir
Noun
medium-tall timber tree of the Rocky Mountains having a narrowly conic to columnar crown
scrub pine
Noun
common small shrubby pine of the eastern United States having straggling often twisted or branches and short needles in bunches of 2
southern red cedar
Noun
juniper of swampy coastal regions of southeastern United States
savin
Noun
procumbent or spreading juniper
sequoia
Noun
either of two huge coniferous California trees that reach a height of 300 feet
smooth bark kauri
Noun
Australian timber tree resembling the kauri but having wood much lighter in weight and softer
swamp cypress
Noun
common cypress of southeastern United States having trunk expanded at base
stinking cedar
Noun
rare small evergreen of northern Florida
stinking yew
Noun
rare small evergreen of northern Florida
southern cypress
Noun
common cypress of southeastern United States having trunk expanded at base
sandarac
Noun
large coniferous evergreen tree of North Africa and Spain having flattened branches and scalelike leaves yielding a hard fragrant wood
sandarac
Noun
a brittle and faintly aromatic translucent resin used in varnishes
sandarac
Noun
durable fragrant wood
sandarac tree
Noun
large coniferous evergreen tree of North Africa and Spain having flattened branches and scalelike leaves yielding a hard fragrant wood
sandarach
Noun
a brittle and faintly aromatic translucent resin used in varnishes
sporophyte
Noun
the spore-producing individual or phase in the life cycle of a plant having alternation of generations
stamen
Noun
the male reproductive organ of a flower
spore mother cell
Noun
cell from which a spore develops
simple pistil
Noun
consists of one carpel
stylopodium
Noun
an enlargement at the base of the style in some Umbelliferae
subdivision Ginkgophytina
Noun
ginkgos: in some systems classified as a class and in others as a subdivision
sepal
Noun
one of the green parts that form the calyx of a flower
subdivision Pteropsida
Noun
used in former classifications to include all ferns and flowering plants and divided into the three classes Filicinae and Gymnospermae and Angiospermae
stomate
Noun
a minute epidermal pore in a leaf or stem through which gases and water vapor can pass
seed coat
Noun
protective outer layer of seeds of flowering plants
strobilus
Noun
cone-shaped mass of ovule- or spore-bearing scales or bracts
strobile
Noun
cone-shaped mass of ovule- or spore-bearing scales or bracts
soursop tree
Noun
small tropical American tree bearing large succulent slightly acid fruit
seed vessel
Noun
the ripened and variously modified walls of a plant ovary
sweetsop tree
Noun
tropical American tree bearing sweet pulpy fruit with thick scaly rind and shiny black seeds
silique
Noun
narrow elongated seed capsule peculiar to the family Cruciferae
siliqua
Noun
narrow elongated seed capsule peculiar to the family Cruciferae
silicle
Noun
short broad silique occurring in some cruciferous plants
subdivision Taxophytina
Noun
yews: in some systems classified as a class (Taxopsida) and in others as a subdivision (Taxophytina) used in some classifications for one of five subdivisions of Gymnospermophyta
seed leaf
Noun
embryonic leaf in seed-bearing plants
sacred lotus
Noun
native to eastern Asia
saucer magnolia
Noun
large deciduous shrub or small tree having large open rosy to purplish flowers
star magnolia
Noun
deciduous shrubby magnolia from Japan having fragrant white starlike flowers blooming before leaves unfold
sweet bay
Noun
shrub or small tree having rather small fragrant white flowers
swamp bay
Noun
shrub or small tree having rather small fragrant white flowers
swamp laurel
Noun
shrub or small tree having rather small fragrant white flowers
swamp laurel
Noun
laurel of bogs of northwestern United States having small purple flowers and pale leaves that are glaucous beneath
squawroot
Noun
tall herb of eastern North America and Asia having blue berrylike fruit and a thick knotty rootstock formerly used medicinally
squaw root
Noun
tall herb of eastern North America and Asia having blue berrylike fruit and a thick knotty rootstock formerly used medicinally
spice bush
Noun
deciduous shrub of the eastern United States having highly aromatic leaves and bark and yellow flowers followed by scarlet or yellow berries
sassafras tree
Noun
yellowwood tree with brittle wood and aromatic leaves and bark