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elephant ear |
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any plant of the genus Alocasia having large showy basal leaves and boat-shaped spathe and reddish berries |
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elephant yam |
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putrid-smelling aroid of southeastern Asia (especially the Philippines) grown for its edible tuber |
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evening lychnis |
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bluish-green herb having sticky stems and clusters of large evening-opening white flowers with much-inflated calyx |
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echinocactus |
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any cactus of the genus Echinocactus |
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epiphyllum |
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any cactus of the genus Epiphyllum having flattened jointed irregularly branching stems and showy tubular flowers |
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early winter cress |
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of southwestern Europe |
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everlasting flower |
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any of various plants of various genera of the family Compositae having flowers that can be dried without loss of form or color |
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elephant's-foot |
Noun
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any plant of the genus Elephantopus having heads of blue or purple flowers |
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elephant's-foot |
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South African vine having a massive rootstock covered with deeply fissured bark |
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engelmannia |
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common erect hairy perennial of plains and prairies of southern and central United States having flowers that resemble sunflowers |
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elecampane |
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tall coarse Eurasian herb having daisylike yellow flowers with narrow petals whose rhizomatous roots are used medicinally |
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edelweiss |
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alpine perennial plant native to Europe having leaves covered with whitish down and small flower heads held in stars of glistening whitish bracts |
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epidendron |
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any of various orchids of the genus Epidendrum |
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early purple orchid |
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Eurasian orchid with showy pink or purple flowers in a loose spike |
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early coral root |
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plant having clumps of nearly leafless pale yellowish to greenish stems bearing similarly colored flowers with white lower lips |
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elegant Habenaria |
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slender inland rein orchid similar to coastal rein orchid but with pale greenish-yellow flowers |
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early spider orchid |
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spring-blooming spider orchid having a flower with yellow or green or pink sepals and a broad brown velvety lip |
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evergreen grass |
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coarse perennial Eurasian grass resembling oat |
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emmer |
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hard red wheat grown especially in Russia and Germany |
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evergreen millet |
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tall perennial grass that spreads by creeping rhizomes and is grown for fodder |
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earth almond |
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European sedge having small edible nutlike tubers |
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exploding cucumber |
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Mediterranean vine having oblong fruit that when ripe expels its seeds and juice violently when touched |
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elaeocarpus family |
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genus of trees and shrubs widely distributed in warm regions some yielding useful timber |
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erica |
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any plant of the genus Erica |
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epacris family |
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Australasian shrubs or small trees |
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epacris |
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any heathlike evergreen shrub of the genus Epacris grown for their showy and crowded spikes of small bell-shaped or tubular flowers |
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evergreen blueberry |
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shrub of the eastern United States having shining evergreen leaves and bluish-black fruit |
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evergreen huckleberry |
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stiff bushy evergreen shrub of western North America having sour black berries and glossy green foliage used in floral arrangements |
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eastern chinquapin |
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shrubby chestnut tree of southeastern United States having small edible nuts |
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evergreen beech |
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any of various beeches of the southern hemisphere having small usually evergreen leaves |
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evergreen oak |
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evergreen oak of southern Europe having leaves somewhat resembling those of holly |
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explorer's gentian |
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tufted sometimes sprawling perennial with blue flowers spotted with green |
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evening primrose |
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any of several plants of the family Onagraceae |
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eucalyptus gum |
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reddish-brown dried gummy exudation from any of several trees of the genus Eucalyptus especially Eucalyptus camaldulensis |
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eucalyptus kino |
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reddish-brown dried gummy exudation from any of several trees of the genus Eucalyptus especially Eucalyptus camaldulensis |
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evening-primrose family |
Noun
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a large and widely distributed family of plants of the order Myrtales |
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enchanter's nightshade |
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any of several erect perennial rhizomatous herbs of the genus Circaea having white flowers that open at dawn |
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eucalyptus |
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a tree of the genus Eucalyptus |
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eucalyptus |
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wood of any of various eucalyptus trees valued as timber |
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eucalypt |
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a tree of the genus Eucalyptus |
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eucalyptus tree |
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a tree of the genus Eucalyptus |
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edible banana |
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widely cultivated species of banana trees bearing compact hanging clusters of commercially important edible yellow fruit |
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elm family |
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a dicot family of the order Urticales including: genera Ulmus, Celtis, Planera, Trema |
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elm |
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any of various trees of the genus Ulmus: important timber or shade trees |
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elm |
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hard tough wood of an elm tree |
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elm tree |
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any of various trees of the genus Ulmus: important timber or shade trees |
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elmwood |
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hard tough wood of an elm tree |
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eschalot |
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type of onion plant producing small clustered mild-flavored bulbs used as seasoning |
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elegant brodiaea |
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brodiaea having an umbel of violet or blue-violet flowers atop a leafless stalk |
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elegant cat's ears |
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small plant with slender bent stems bearing branched clusters of a few white star-shaped flowers with petals shaped like cat's ears |