Nouns denoting plants

beggar lice

any of various tropical and subtropical plants having trifoliate leaves and rough sticky pod sections or loments

 

mallow

any of various plants of the family Malvaceae

 

lobe

(botany) a part into which a leaf is divided

 

yew

wood of a yew; especially the durable fine-grained light brown or red wood of the English yew valued for cabinetwork and archery bows

 

Carissa grandiflora

very large closely branched South African shrub having forked bright green spines and shiny leaves

 

moss genus

a genus of mosses

 

Iris foetidissima

iris with purple flowers and foul-smelling leaves; southern and western Europe and North Africa

 

European woolly thistle

woolly thistle of western and central Europe and Balkan Peninsula

 

family Zygophyllaceae

small trees, shrubs, and herbs of warm arid and saline regions; often resinous; some poisonous: genera Zygophyllum, Tribulus, Guaiacum, Larrea

 

soapberry vine

tendril-climbing vine

 

genus Thielavia

genus of fungi having spherical brown perithecia and some conidia borne in chains; cause root rot

 

Cape primrose

any of various African plants of the genus Streptocarpus widely cultivated especially as houseplants for their showy blue or purple flowers

 

achillea

any of several plants of the genus Achillea native to Europe and having small white flowers in flat-topped flower heads

 

Clematis ochreleuca

shrubby clematis of the eastern United States having curly foliage

 

Penstemon palmeri

fragrant puffed-up white to reddish-pink flowers in long narrow clusters on erect stems; Arizona to New Mexico and Utah

 

genus Lecanora

type genus of Lecanoraceae; crustaceous lichens

 

bugle

any of various low-growing annual or perennial evergreen herbs native to Eurasia; used for ground cover

 

Thrinax parviflora

small palm of southern Florida and West Indies closely resembling the silvertop palmetto

 

family Mimosaceae

family of spiny woody plants (usually shrubs or small trees) whose leaves mimic animals in sensitivity to touch; commonly included in the family Leguminosae

 

American oil palm

palm of Central and South America