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FLORA |
Plant species |
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SARSAPARILLA |
Any plant of several tropical American species of
Smilax. |
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MAGUEY |
The century plant, a species of Agave (A. Americana). See
Agave. |
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COMFREY |
A rough, hairy, perennial plant of several species, of the
genus Symphytum. |
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LOUSE |
Any one of the numerous species of aphids, or plant lice.
See Aphid. |
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CARDAMOM |
A plant which produces cardamoms, esp. Elettaria
Cardamomum and several species of Amomum. |
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PHORMIUM |
A genus of liliaceous plants, consisting of one species
(Phormium tenax). See Flax-plant. |
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NOSESMART |
A kind of cress, a pungent cruciferous plant, including
several species of the genus Nasturtium. |
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COLEUS |
A plant of several species of the Mint family, cultivated
for its bright-colored or variegated leaves. |
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ALLOGAMY |
Fertilization of the pistil of a plant by pollen from
another of the same species; cross-fertilization. |
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EARTHPEA |
A species of pea (Amphicarpaea monoica). It is a climbing
leguminous plant, with hairy underground pods. |
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BRIAR |
A plant with a slender woody stem bearing stout prickles;
especially, species of Rosa, Rubus, and Smilax. |
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BROOKLIME |
A plant (Veronica Beccabunga), with flowers, usually
blue, in axillary racemes. The American species is V. Americana. |
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CLUB-RUSH |
A rushlike plant, the reed mace or cat-tail, or some
species of the genus Scirpus. See Bulrush. |
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LION'S FOOT |
A composite plant of the genus Prenanthes, of which
several species are found in the United States. |
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PANIC |
A plant of the genus Panicum; panic grass; also, the edible
grain of some species of panic grass. |
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BILBERRY |
Any similar plant or its fruit; esp., in America, the
species Vaccinium myrtilloides, V. caespitosum and V. uliginosum. |
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PONDWEED |
Any aquatic plant of the genus Potamogeton, of which many
species are found in ponds or slow-moving rivers. |
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GINGER |
A plant of the genus Zingiber, of the East and West Indies.
The species most known is Z. officinale. |
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SUMACH |
The powdered leaves, peduncles, and young branches of
certain species of the sumac plant, used in tanning and dyeing. |
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CANDOCK |
A plant or weed that grows in rivers; a species of
Equisetum; also, the yellow frog lily (Nuphar luteum). |
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SAW-WORT |
Any plant of the composite genus Serratula; -- so named
from the serrated leaves of most of the species. |
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FLEA-LOUSE |
A jumping plant louse of the family Psyllidae, of many
species. That of the pear tree is Psylla pyri. |
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WOODWARDIA |
A genus of ferns, one species of which (Woodwardia
radicans) is a showy plant in California, the Azores, etc. |
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IMMORTELLE |
A plant with a conspicuous, dry, unwithering involucre,
as the species of Antennaria, Helichrysum, Gomphrena, etc. See
Everlasting. |