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WORT |
Herbaceous plant |
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ANISE |
Herbaceous plant |
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SESAME |
Tropical herbaceous plant |
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ACANTHUS |
Shrub or herbaceous plant |
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MUDWORT |
A small herbaceous plant growing on muddy shores
(Limosella aquatica). |
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KNOTWORT |
A small, herbaceous, trailing plant, of the genus
Illecebrum (I. verticillatum). |
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SNEEZEWORT |
A European herbaceous plant (Achillea Ptarmica) allied
to the yarrow, having a strong, pungent smell. |
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BANANA |
A perennial herbaceous plant of almost treelike size (Musa
sapientum); also, its edible fruit. See Musa. |
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BIRTHROOT |
An herbaceous plant (Trillium erectum), and its
astringent rootstock, which is said to have medicinal properties. |
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CARDOON |
A large herbaceous plant (Cynara Cardunculus) related to
the artichoke; -- used in cookery and as a salad. |
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BARRENWORT |
An herbaceous plant of the Barberry family (Epimedium
alpinum), having leaves that are bitter and said to be sudorific. |
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ARROW GRASS |
An herbaceous grasslike plant (Triglochin palustre,
and other species) with pods opening so as to suggest barbed
arrowheads. |
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TRUMPETWEED |
An herbaceous composite plant (Eupatorium purpureum),
often having hollow stems, and bearing purplish flowers in small
corymbed heads. |
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WOAD |
An herbaceous cruciferous plant (Isatis tinctoria). It was
formerly cultivated for the blue coloring matter derived from its
leaves. |
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BISTORT |
An herbaceous plant of the genus Polygonum, section
Bistorta; snakeweed; adderwort. Its root is used in medicine as an
astringent. |
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ASARABACCA |
An acrid herbaceous plant (Asarum Europaeum), the
leaves and roots of which are emetic and cathartic. It is principally
used in cephalic snuffs. |
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GLYCYRRHIZA |
A genus of papilionaceous herbaceous plants, one
species of which (G. glabra), is the licorice plant, the roots of which
have a bittersweet mucilaginous taste. |
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CAUDEX |
The stem of a tree., esp. a stem without a branch, as of a
palm or a tree fern; also, the perennial rootstock of an herbaceous
plant. |
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COREOPSIS |
A genus of herbaceous composite plants, having the
achenes two-horned and remotely resembling some insect; tickseed. C.
tinctoria, of the Weste... |
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PALMA CHRISTI |
...e and
palmately cleft foliage, growing as a woody perennial in the tropics,
and cultivated as an herbaceous annual in temperate regions; -- call... |
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ALKEKENGI |
An herbaceous plant of the nightshade family (Physalis
alkekengi) and its fruit, which is a well flavored berry, the size of a
cherry, loosely ... |
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CELANDINE |
A perennial herbaceous plant (Chelidonium majus) of the
poppy family, with yellow flowers. It is used as a medicine in
jaundice, etc., and its ... |
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VIOLET |
Any plant or flower of the genus Viola, of many species.
The violets are generally low, herbaceous plants, and the flowers of
many of the speci... |
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BELLADONNA |
An herbaceous European plant (Atropa belladonna) with
reddish bell-shaped flowers and shining black berries. The whole plant
and its fruit are ... |