Nouns denoting plants

dodder
a leafless annual parasitic vine of the genus Cuscuta having whitish or yellow filamentous stems; obtain nourishment through haustoria
 
Amanita caesarea
widely distributed edible mushroom resembling the fly agaric
 
Calophyllum candidissimum
tropical American tree; valued for its hard durable wood
 
genus Strongylodon
genus of Polynesian or southeastern Asian shrubs or vines
 
genus Crateva
tropical genus of small trees or shrubs
 
Libocedrus decurrens
tall tree of the Pacific coast of North America having foliage like cypress and cinnamon-red bark
 
plant order
the order of plants
 
amaryllis
bulbous plant having showy white to reddish flowers
 
custard apple
any of several tropical American trees bearing fruit with soft edible pulp
 
Magnolia virginiana
shrub or small tree having rather small fragrant white flowers; abundant in southeastern United States
 
Sticherus flabellatus
large Australasian fern with fanlike repeatedly forked fronds; sometimes placed in genus Gleichenia
 
fleur-de-lis
plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals
 
genus Stellaria
common chickweed; stitchwort
 
Peronospora destructor
fungus causing a downy mildew on onions
 
Urnula craterium
an urn-shaped discomycete with a nearly black interior
 
genus Apium
celery
 
Crambe maritima
perennial of coastal sands and shingles of northern Europe and Baltic and Black Seas having racemes of small white flowers and large fleshy blue-green leaves often used as potherbs
 
briony
a vine of the genus Bryonia having large leaves and small flowers and yielding acrid juice with emetic and purgative properties
 
order Proteales
coextensive with the family Proteaceae
 
Western honey mesquite
thorny deep-rooted drought-resistant shrub native to southwestern United States and Mexico bearing pods rich in sugar and important as livestock feed; tends to form extensive thickets
 
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