Nouns denoting plants

family Pyrolaceae

evergreen herbs of temperate regions: genera Pyrola, Chimaphila, Moneses, Orthilia

 

Chrysanthemum balsamita

tansy-scented Eurasian perennial herb with buttonlike yellow flowers; used as potherb or salad green and sometimes for potpourri or tea or flavoring; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum

 

Salvia clarea

stout Mediterranean sage with white or pink or violet flowers; yields oil used as a flavoring and in perfumery

 

rosid dicot genus

a genus of dicotyledonous plants

 

Decumaria barbata

woody climber of southeastern United States having white flowers in compound terminal clusters

 

Helichrysum secundiflorum

shrub with white woolly branches and woolly leaves having fragrant flowers forming long sprays; flowers suitable for drying; sometimes placed in genus Helichrysum

 

genus Asplenium

in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae

 

Cyperus esculentus

European sedge having small edible nutlike tubers

 

genus Agalinis

semiparasitic herb with purple or white or pink flowers; grows in the United States and West Indies

 

genus Grammatophyllum

small genus of large epiphytic or terrestrial orchids of southeastern Asia to Polynesia; the giants of the Orchidaceae having long narrow leaves and drooping flower clusters often 6 feet long

 

beard

a tuft or growth of hairs or bristles on certain plants such as iris or grasses

 

Chenin blanc

white grape grown especially in California and the lower Loire valley of France

 

family Entomophthoraceae

mostly parasitic lower fungi that typically develop in the bodies of insects

 

family Rhyniaceae

primitive plants of the Paleozoic

 

Erythroxylon truxiuense

a South American shrub whose leaves are a source of cocaine

 

family Roccellaceae

a fungus family of division Lichenes

 

genus Shortia

evergreen perennial herbs of North America and eastern Asia: oconee bells

 

American gentian

any of various tall perennial herbs constituting the genus Frasera; widely distributed in warm dry upland areas of California, Oregon, and Washington

 

order Bryales

category used in some classification systems for mosses having the spore case separated from the capsule wall by a hollow intercellular space

 

genus Dracocephalum

genus of American herbs and dwarf shrubs of the mint family: dragonheads