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edible asparagus |
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plant whose succulent young shoots are cooked and eaten as a vegetable |
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early wake-robin |
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a low perennial white-flowered trillium found in the southeastern United States |
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evening trumpet flower |
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poisonous woody evergreen vine of southeastern United States having fragrant yellow funnel-shaped flowers |
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earth-nut pea |
Noun
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European herb bearing small tubers used for food and in Scotland to flavor whiskey |
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earthnut pea |
Noun
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European herb bearing small tubers used for food and in Scotland to flavor whiskey |
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erythrina |
Noun
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any of various shrubs or shrubby trees of the genus Erythrina having trifoliate leaves and racemes of scarlet to coral red flowers and black seeds |
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ezo-yama-hagi |
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Asian shrub having conspicuous racemose rose-purple flowers widely used as an ornamental and in erosion control and as a source of feed for wild birds |
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everlasting pea |
Noun
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any of several perennial vines of the genus Lathyrus |
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edible-pod pea |
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a variety of pea plant producing peas having soft thick edible pods lacking the fibrous inner lining of the common pea |
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edible-podded pea |
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a variety of pea plant producing peas having soft thick edible pods lacking the fibrous inner lining of the common pea |
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esparcet |
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Eurasian perennial herb having pale pink flowers and curved pods |
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emerald creeper |
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vigorous Philippine evergreen twining liana |
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eelgrass |
Noun
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submerged aquatic plant with ribbonlike leaves |
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eelgrass |
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submerged marine plant with very long narrow leaves found in abundance along North Atlantic coasts |
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eriogonum |
Noun
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any plant of the genus Eriogonum with small clustered flowers |
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eelgrass family |
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used in some classifications: essentially equivalent to Potamogetonaceae |
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eglantine |
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Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips |
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expressed almond oil |
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pale yellow fatty oil expressed from sweet or bitter almonds |
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evergreen cherry |
Noun
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California evergreen wild plum with spiny leathery leaves and white flowers |
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evergreen thorn |
Noun
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evergreen hawthorn of southeastern Europe |
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elderberry bush |
Noun
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any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical northern hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit |
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elemi |
Noun
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fragrant resin obtain from trees of the family Burseraceae and used as incense |
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elephant tree |
Noun
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small tree or shrub of the southwestern United States having a spicy odor and odd-pinnate leaves and small clusters of white flowers |
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elk nut |
Noun
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oily drupaceous fruit of rabbitwood |
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evergreen bittersweet |
Noun
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broad and bushy Asiatic twining shrub with pinkish fruit |
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evergreen winterberry |
Noun
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evergreen holly of eastern North America with oblong leathery leaves and small black berries |
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eastern poison oak |
Noun
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poisonous shrub of southeastern United States causing a rash on contact |
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ebony family |
Noun
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fruit and timber trees of tropical and warm regions including ebony and persimmon |
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ebony tree |
Noun
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tropical tree of southern Asia having hard dark-colored heartwood used in cabinetwork |
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evening-snow |
Noun
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small California annual with white flowers |
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episcia |
Noun
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any plant of the genus Episcia |
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erect bugle |
Noun
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upright rhizomatous perennial with bright blue flowers |
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eau de cologne mint |
Noun
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mint with leaves having perfume like that of the bergamot orange |
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elsholtzia |
Noun
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any of various aromatic herbs of the genus Elsholtzia having blue or purple flowers in one-sided spikes |
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eggplant bush |
Noun
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hairy upright herb native to southeastern Asia but widely cultivated for its large glossy edible fruit commonly used as a vegetable |
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elephant-tusk |
Noun
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annual of southern United States to Mexico having large whitish or yellowish flowers mottled with purple and a long curving beak |
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eryngo |
Noun
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any plant of the genus Eryngium |
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eringo |
Noun
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any plant of the genus Eryngium |
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eleuthera bark |
Noun
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aromatic bark of cascarilla |
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eastern flowering dogwood |
Noun
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deciduous tree |
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ergot |
Noun
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a fungus that infects various cereal plants forming compact black masses of branching filaments that replace many grains of the plant |
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ergot |
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a plant disease caused by the ergot fungus |
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earthball |
Noun
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any of various fungi of the genus Scleroderma having hard-skinned subterranean fruiting bodies resembling truffles |
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earth-ball |
Noun
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any of various highly prized edible subterranean fungi of the genus Tuber |
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elf cup |
Noun
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apothecium of a fungus of the family Pezizaceae |
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early morel |
Noun
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resembles a thimble on a finger |
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ear fungus |
Noun
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widely distributed edible fungus shaped like a human ear and growing on decaying wood |
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earthstar |
Noun
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any fungus of the family Geastraceae |
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evergreen plant |
Noun
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a plant having foliage that persists and remains green throughout the year |
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enation |
Noun
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a natural projection or outgrowth from a plant body or organ |