Nouns denoting plants
- Eastern hop hornbeam
- medium-sized hop hornbeam of eastern North America
- jewel orchid
- any of several delicate Asiatic orchids grown especially for their velvety leaves with metallic white or gold veining
- crab apple
- any of numerous varieties of crab apples cultivated for their small acidic (usually bright red) fruit used for preserves or as ornamentals for their blossoms
- Erica arborea
- evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipes
- Kennedia coccinea
- prostrate or twining woody vine with small leathery leaves and umbels of red flowers; Australia and Tasmania
- onion
- the bulb of an onion plant
- genus Pinckneya
- small genus of shrubs or small trees of southeastern United States and northern South America
- Primula polyantha
- florists' primroses; considered a complex hybrid derived from oxlip, cowslip, and common primrose
- family Cordaitaceae
- chiefly Paleozoic plants; Cordaites is the chief and typical genus
- Indian bean
- tree of the genus Catalpa with large leaves and white flowers followed by long slender pods
- fairy lantern
- any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having egg-shaped flowers
- Nemophila menziesii
- delicate California annual having blue flowers marked with dark spots
- gaillardia
- any plant of western America of the genus Gaillardia having hairy leaves and long-stalked flowers in hot vibrant colors from golden yellow and copper to rich burgundy
- genus Paphiopedilum
- horticulturally important genus of mainly terrestrial orchids including many hybrids; southeastern Asia and Indonesia to Philippines and Solomon Islands; Paphiopedilum species sometimes included in genus Cypripedium
- Illicium verum
- small tree of China and Vietnam bearing anise-scented star-shaped fruit used in food and medicinally as a carminative
- genus Panicum
- panic grass
- Dalmatian iris
- European iris having soft lilac-blue flowers
- Aralia nudicaulis
- common perennial herb having aromatic roots used as a substitute for sarsaparilla; central and eastern North America
- gutta balata
- when dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls
- old maid flower
- any of various plants of the genus Zinnia cultivated for their variously and brightly colored flower heads
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