plant : Idioms & Phrases

• noun prostrate or semi-erect subshrub of tropical America, and Australia; heavily armed with recurved thorns and having sensitive soft grey-green leaflets that fold and droop at night or when touched or cooled
  live-and-die; touch-me-not; sensitive plant; action plant; Mimosa pudica; humble plant.
  

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• . See Age of Acrogens, under Acrogen. Anthracite or Glance coal. See Anthracite.

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• noun plant that derives moisture and nutrients from the air and rain; usually grows on another plant but not parasitic on it
  aerophyte; air plant; epiphyte.
  

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Air" plant`

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1. (Bot.) A plant deriving its sustenance from the air alone; an aërophyte. ✍ The "Florida moss" (Tillandsia), many tropical orchids, and most mosses and lichens are air plants. Those which are lodged upon trees, but not parasitic on them, are epiphytes.

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• noun bulbous plants having a characteristic pungent onion odor
  

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• the species of Sarracenia. See Sarracenia.

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• noun native to Egypt but cultivated widely for its aromatic seeds and the oil from them used medicinally and as a flavoring in cookery
  anise; Pimpinella anisum.
  

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• noun a plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth
  hydrophyte; hydrophytic plant; aquatic plant.
  

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• noun having the shape or characteristics of a tree
  

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• noun Mediterranean thistlelike plant widely cultivated for its large edible flower head
  Cynara scolymus; artichoke; globe artichoke.
  

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• noun tropical American stingless nettle that discharges its pollen explosively
  Pilea microphylla.
  

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• noun a factory where manufactured parts are assembled into a finished product
  

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• noun a carnivorous perennial herb having a green pitcher and hinged lid both with red edges; western Australia
  Cephalotus follicularis.
  

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• the Cephalotus follicularis, a low saxifragaceous herb having two kinds of radical leaves, some oblanceolate and entire, others transformed into little ovoid pitchers, longitudinally triple-winged and ciliated, the mouth covered with a lid shaped like a cockleshell.

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• noun plant capable of synthesizing its own food from simple organic substances
  autotrophic organism; autophyte; autotroph.
  

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• noun evergreen perennial with large handsome basal leaves; grown primarily as a foliage houseplant
  aspidistra; Aspidistra elatio; bar-room plant.
  

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• noun any of various leguminous plants grown for their edible seeds and pods
  bean.
  

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• noun an ornamental plant suitable for planting in a flowerbed
  bedder.
  

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• noun South American plant having green to purple or red branches with green to purple ornamental foliage and spikes of insignificant woolly flowers with dry membranous bracts
  Iresine herbstii; beef plant; Iresine reticulata.
  

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• noun plant grown for its ornamental red or purple foliage
  Perilla frutescens crispa.
  
• noun South American plant having green to purple or red branches with green to purple ornamental foliage and spikes of insignificant woolly flowers with dry membranous bracts
  Iresine herbstii; beef plant; Iresine reticulata.
  

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• noun perennial Eurasian herb with reddish bell-shaped flowers and shining black berries; extensively grown in United States; roots and leaves yield atropine
  belladonna; deadly nightshade; Atropa belladonna.
  

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• noun a semiaquatic plant that grows in soft wet land; most are monocots: sedge, sphagnum, grasses, cattails, etc; possibly heath
  marsh plant; bog plant.
  

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• noun a plant where beverages are put into bottles with caps
  

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• noun Old World upright plant grown especially for its large flat edible seeds but also as fodder
  Vicia faba; field bean; European bean; English bean; broad bean; broad-bean.
  

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• noun plant growing from a bulb
  

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• noun very short-stemmed plant with thick leaves with soothing mucilaginous juice; leaves develop spiny margins with maturity; native to Mediterranean region; grown widely in tropics and as houseplants
  Aloe vera.
  

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• noun bush bean plant cultivated especially in southern United States having small flat edible seeds
  butter bean; lima bean; sieva bean; Phaseolus lunatus.
  

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• noun orchid having large elliptic to obovate fleshy leaves and fragrant pink-and-white flowers dotted with red
  Phalaenopsis amabilis.
  
• noun any orchid of the genus Oncidium: characterized by slender branching sprays of small yellow and brown flowers; often grown as houseplants
  dancing lady orchid; oncidium; butterfly orchid.
  

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• noun marsh or bog herb having solitary pendulous yellow-green flowers and somewhat twisted pitchers with broad wings below
  Darlingtonia californica.
  

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• the Darlingtonia California. See Darlingtonia.

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• noun any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers
  capsicum; pepper.
  

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• noun tropical Old World shrub having purple or red tubular flowers and leaf markings resembling the profile of a human face
  Graptophyllum pictum.
  

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• noun plants adapted to attract and capture and digest primarily insects but also other small animals
  

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• noun common European perennial naturalized worldwide; a troublesome weed
  whiteman's foot; Plantago major; common plantain; white-man's foot; broad-leaved plantain.
  

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• noun a plant of the family Caryophyllaceae
  

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• noun evergreen perennial with large handsome basal leaves; grown primarily as a foliage houseplant
  aspidistra; Aspidistra elatio; bar-room plant.
  

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• noun large shrub of tropical Africa and Asia having large palmate leaves and spiny capsules containing seeds that are the source of castor oil and ricin; widely naturalized throughout the tropics
  castor bean plant; palma christi; palma christ; Ricinus communis.
  

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• noun large shrub of tropical Africa and Asia having large palmate leaves and spiny capsules containing seeds that are the source of castor oil and ricin; widely naturalized throughout the tropics
  castor bean plant; palma christi; palma christ; Ricinus communis.
  

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• . Same as Palma Christi.

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• (Bot.), those flowerless plants which have no ducts or fiber in their tissue, as mosses, fungi, lichens, and algæ.

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• noun tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament or for fiber
  American aloe; agave.
  

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• (Bot.), the Agave Americana, formerly supposed to flower but once in a century; hence the name. See Agave.

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• noun beet lacking swollen root; grown as a vegetable for its edible leaves and stalks
  Swiss chard; Beta vulgaris cicla; leaf beet; chard; spinach beet.
  

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• noun an industrial plant where chemicals are produced
  

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• noun Asiatic herb cultivated for its short pods with one or two edible seeds
  Egyptian pea; chickpea; Cicer arietinum.
  

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• noun perennial Old World herb having rayed flower heads with blue florets cultivated for its root and its heads of crisp edible leaves used in salads
  chicory; succory; Cichorium intybus.
  

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• noun bellflower of southeastern Europe
  chimney bellflower; Campanula pyramidalis.
  

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• noun Old World perennial cultivated for its ornamental inflated papery orange-red calyx
  bladder cherry; Physalis alkekengi; winter cherry.
  

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• noun tall perennial herb of tropical Asia with dark green leaves; cultivated for the fiber from its woody stems that resembles flax
  Boehmeria nivea; China grass; ramie; ramee.
  

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• noun somewhat climbing bushy spurge of Madagascar having long woody spiny stems with few leaves and flowers with scarlet bracts
  Christ thorn; Euphorbia milii; crown of thorns.
  

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• (Geol.), one of the remains or impressions of plants found in the strata of the coal formation.

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• noun a South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes; a source of cocaine
  Erythroxylon coca; coca.
  

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• noun the common annual twining or bushy bean plant grown for its edible seeds or pods
  Phaseolus vulgaris; common bean.
  

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• noun perennial bog herb having dark red flowers and decumbent broadly winged pitchers forming a rosette; of northeastern North America and naturalized in Europe especially Ireland
  huntsman's cup; huntsman's cups; Sarracenia purpurea.
  

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• noun annual of southern United States to Mexico having large whitish or yellowish flowers mottled with purple and a long curving beak
  ram's horn; Proboscidea louisianica; elephant-tusk; devil's claw; common devil's claw; proboscis flower.
  

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• noun North American annual with red or rose-colored flowers
  Lotus americanus; prairie lotus; prairie bird's-foot trefoil; prairie trefoil.
  
• noun any of several plants having leaves so arranged on the axis as to indicate the cardinal points of the compass
  compass flower.
  

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• (Bot.), a plant of the American prairies (Silphium laciniatum), not unlike a small sunflower; rosinweed. Its lower and root leaves are vertical, and on the prairies are disposed to present their edges north and south.

  Its leaves are turned to the north as true as the magnet: This is the compass flower. Longefellow.

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• noun considered the most highly evolved dicotyledonous plants, characterized by florets arranged in dense heads that resemble single flowers
  composite.
  

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• noun Old World herb with aromatic leaves and seed resembling parsley
  coriander; Chinese parsley; cilantro; Coriandrum sativum.
  

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• noun plant growing from a corm
  

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• noun erect bushy mallow plant or small tree bearing bolls containing seeds with many long hairy fibers
  cotton.
  

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• (Bot.), a plant of the genus Gossypium, of several species, all growing in warm climates, and bearing the cotton of commerce. The common species, originally Asiatic, is G. herbaceum.

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• noun sprawling Old World annual cultivated especially in southern United States for food and forage and green manure
  Vigna sinensis; black-eyed pea; Vigna unguiculata; cowpea.
  

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• noun any of various plants of the family Cruciferae with edible leaves that have a pungent taste
  cress.
  

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• noun any of various plants of the family Cruciferae
  crucifer.
  

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• noun robust twining shrub having racemes of fragrant white or pink flowers with flat spreading terminal petals that trap nocturnal moths and hold them until dawn
  Araujia sericofera.
  

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• noun plants that are grown for their produce
  

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• noun a plant having foliage that is shed annually at the end of the growing season
  

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• noun plant adapted for life with a limited supply of water; compare hydrophyte and mesophyte
  desert plant; xerophile; xerophilous plant; xerophyte.
  

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• noun a plant for disposing of sewage
  disposal plant.
  

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Dove" plant`

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1. (Bot.) A Central American orchid (Peristeria elata), having a flower stem five or six feet high, with numerous globose white fragrant flowers. The column in the center of the flower resembles a dove; -- called also Holy Spirit plant.

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• noun utility that provides electricity
  electrical system.
  

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• noun plant that derives moisture and nutrients from the air and rain; usually grows on another plant but not parasitic on it
  aerophyte; air plant; epiphyte.
  

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• noun a plant having foliage that persists and remains green throughout the year
  evergreen.
  

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• (Bot.), plants capable of yielding fiber useful in the arts, as hemp, flax, ramie, agave, etc.

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• noun variety of pea plant native to the Mediterranean region and North Africa and widely grown especially for forage
  Pisum sativum arvense; field pea; Pisum arvense; Austrian winter pea.
  

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• noun commonly cultivated anthurium having bright scarlet spathe and spadix
  Anthurium andraeanum; flamingo flower; Anthurium scherzerianum.
  

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Flax"-plant` noun

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1. (Bot.) A plant in new Zealand (Phormium tenax), allied to the lilies and aloes. The leaves are two inches wide and several feet long, and furnish a fiber which is used for making ropes, mats, and coarse cloth.

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• noun plants having seeds in a closed ovary
  flowering plant; angiosperm.
  

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• noun plants having seeds in a closed ovary
  flowering plant; angiosperm.
  

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• plants which have stamens and pistils, and produce true seeds; phenogamous plants; distinguished from flowerless plants.

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• plants which have no true flowers, and produce no seeds; cryptigamous plants.

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• (Bot.), any plant cultivated for the beauty of its leaves, as many kinds of Begonia and Coleus.

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• noun yellow or orange leaf bug with four black stripes down the back; widespread in central and eastern North America
  Poecilocapsus lineatus; four-lined leaf bug.
  

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• noun low stingless nettle of Central and South America having velvety brownish-green toothed leaves and clusters of small green flowers
  panamiga; panamica; Pilea involucrata.
  

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• noun plant producing peas usually eaten fresh rather than dried
  Pisum sativum; garden pea; common pea.
  

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• noun any of a variety of plants usually grown especially in a flower or herb garden
  

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• noun Eurasian perennial herb with white flowers that emit flammable vapor in hot weather
  Dictamnus alba; dittany; burning bush; fraxinella.
  

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• (Bot.), a fucoid seaweed (Gloiopeltis tenax).

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• noun perennial herb with showy yellow flowers; the eastern United States
  Actinomeris alternifolia; yellow ironweed; Verbesina alternifolia; wingstem; golden ironweed.
  

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• noun cosmopolitan herbaceous or woody plants with hollow jointed stems and long narrow leaves
  graminaceous plant.
  

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• noun cosmopolitan herbaceous or woody plants with hollow jointed stems and long narrow leaves
  graminaceous plant.
  

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• (Bot.), a South African herb (Herpagophytum leptocarpum) having the woody fruits armed with long hooked or barbed thorns by which they adhere to cattle, causing intense annoyance.

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• a perennial herb of the Nettle family (Boehmeria nivea or Urtica nivea), which grows in Sumatra, China, and Assam, whose inner bark has fine and strong fibers suited for textile purposes.

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• noun any of various western American plants of the genus Grindelia having resinous leaves and stems formerly used medicinally; often poisonous to livestock
  rosinweed; gumweed; tarweed.
  

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• . (Bot.) Same as Hand tree (below).

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• noun any of various cultivated cabbage plants having a short thick stalk and large compact head of edible usually green leaves
  head cabbage; Brassica oleracea capitata.
  

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• noun utility to warm a building
  heating system; heat; heating.
  
  • the heating system wasn't working
  • they have radiant heating

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• noun a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
  herb.
  

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• . See Dove plant.

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• noun a plant that furnishes nectar suitable for making honey
  

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• noun yellow-flowered pitcher plant of southeastern United States having trumpet-shaped leaves with the orifice covered with an arched hood
  Sarracenia minor.
  

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• noun any plant of the genus Achimenes having showy bell-shaped flowers that resemble gloxinias
  achimenes.
  

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• noun prostrate or semi-erect subshrub of tropical America, and Australia; heavily armed with recurved thorns and having sensitive soft grey-green leaflets that fold and droop at night or when touched or cooled
  live-and-die; touch-me-not; sensitive plant; action plant; Mimosa pudica; humble plant.
  

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• (Bot.), a species of sensitive plant, of the genus Mimosa (M. sensitiva).

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• noun a plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth
  hydrophyte; hydrophytic plant; aquatic plant.
  

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• noun Old World annual widely naturalized in warm regions having white flowers and fleshy foliage covered with hairs that resemble ice
  Mesembryanthemum crystallinum; ice plant.
  

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Ice" plant`

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1. (Bot.) A plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum), sprinkled with pellucid, watery vesicles, which glisten like ice. It is native along the Mediterranean, in the Canaries, and in South Africa. Its juice is said to be demulcent and diuretic; its ashes are used in Spain in making glass.

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• noun Old World annual widely naturalized in warm regions having white flowers and fleshy foliage covered with hairs that resemble ice
  Mesembryanthemum crystallinum; ice plant.
  

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• noun large tropical Asian tree frequently dwarfed as a houseplant; source of Assam rubber
  India-rubber tree; Ficus elastica; India-rubber fig; India-rubber plant; Assam rubber.
  

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• noun deciduous subshrub of southeastern Asia having pinnate leaves and clusters of red or purple flowers; a source of indigo dye
  Indigofera tinctoria; indigo.
  

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• (Bot.), a leguminous plant of several species (genus Indigofera), from which indigo is prepared. The different varieties are natives of Asia, Africa, and America. Several species are cultivated, of which the most important are the I. tinctoria, or common indigo plant, the I. Anil, a larger species, and the I. disperma.

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• noun buildings for carrying on industrial labor
  plant; works.
  
  • they built a large plant to manufacture automobiles

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• (Bot.), a New Zealand shrub (Coriaria thumifolia), the berries of which uield a juice which forms an ink.

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• noun any bulbous plant of the family Iridaceae
  

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• noun a stemless palm tree of Brazil and Peru bearing ivory nuts
  ivory palm; Phytelephas macrocarpa; ivory-nut palm.
  

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• (Bot.), Australian name of an edible seaweed (Eucheuma speciosum), from which an excellent jelly is made. J. Smith.

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• noun small active cicada-like insect with hind legs adapted for leaping; feeds on plant juices
  psyllid; psylla.
  

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• noun sedgelike spring-flowering herb having clustered flowers covered with woolly hairs; Australia
  kangaroo's-foot; kangaroo paw; Anigozanthus manglesii; kangaroo's paw; Australian sword lily.
  

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• (Bot.), an aquatic plant of Madagascar (Ouvirandra fenestralis), whose leaves have interstices between their ribs and cross veins, so as to resemble latticework. A second species is O. Berneriana. The genus is merged in Aponogeton by recent authors.

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• noun shrub of sandy woodlands and stream banks of western United States having hoary pinnate flowers and dull-colored racemose flowers; thought to indicate the presence of lead ore
  leadplant; Amorpha canescens.
  

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• (Bot.), a low leguminous plant, genus Amorpha (A. canescens), found in the Northwestern United States, where its presence is supposed to indicate lead ore. Gray.

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• plants having no foliage, though leaves may be present in the form of scales and bracts. See Leaf, n., 1 and 2.

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• (Bot.), one or more New Zealand plants of the composite genus Celmisia, which have white or buff tomentose leaves.

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• noun an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae
  legume.
  

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• noun widely cultivated Eurasian annual herb grown for its edible flattened seeds that are cooked like peas and also ground into meal and for its leafy stalks that are used as fodder
  lentil; Lens culinaris.
  

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• noun any of various plants of temperate Eurasia; grown for their yellow flowers and handsome foliage
  

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• noun a plant having hard lignified tissues or woody parts especially stems
  ligneous plant.
  

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• noun plant growing from a bulb or corm or rhizome or tuber
  

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• noun bush or tall-growing bean plant having large flat edible seeds
  lima bean; Phaseolus limensis.
  

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• noun epiphyte or creeping on rocks; Malaysian plant having somewhat fleshy leaves and bright red flowers
  Aeschynanthus radicans.
  

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• noun plant that grows on rocks or stony soil and derives nourishment from the atmosphere
  lithophyte.
  

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• noun tropical American plant having poisonous milk and showy tapering usually scarlet petallike leaves surrounding small yellow flowers
  Euphorbia pulcherrima; painted leaf; Mexican flameleaf; Christmas star; poinsettia; Christmas flower.
  

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• noun small tree of coastal regions of Old World tropics whose leaves are silvery beneath
  Heritiera littoralis.
  

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• noun South American herb with sticky glandular foliage; source of madia oil
  Chile tarweed; Madia sativa; melosa.
  

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• noun a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing
  mill; factory; manufactory.
  

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• noun a semiaquatic plant that grows in soft wet land; most are monocots: sedge, sphagnum, grasses, cattails, etc; possibly heath
  marsh plant; bog plant.
  

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• noun land plant growing in surroundings having an average supply of water; compare xerophyte and hydrophyte
  mesophyte.
  

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• noun poinsettia of United States and eastern Mexico; often confused with Euphorbia heterophylla
  painted leaf; fire-on-the-mountain; Euphorbia cyathophora.
  

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• noun shrub or small tree often grown as a houseplant having foliage like mistletoe
  mistletoe fig; Ficus deltoidea; Ficus diversifolia.
  

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• noun showy poinsettia found from the southern United States to Peru
  paint leaf; Euphorbia heterophylla; Japanese poinsettia.
  
• noun poisonous Old World spurge; adventive in America; seeds yield a purgative oil
  Euphorbia lathyris; caper spurge; myrtle spurge.
  

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• noun southeastern European plant cultivated for its fragrant purplish flowers and round flat papery silver-white seedpods that are used for indoor decoration
  honesty; Lunaria annua; silver dollar; satinpod; satin flower.
  

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• noun a plant that bears fruit once and dies
  monocarpic plant; monocarp.
  

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• noun a plant that bears fruit once and dies
  monocarpic plant; monocarp.
  

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• noun any of various orchids of the genus Phalaenopsis having often drooping glossy broad obovate or oval leaves usually dark green flushed purple or mottled grey and silver
  moth orchid.
  

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• noun an evergreen plant with large showy dark green leaves; contains a poison that swells the tongue and throat hence the name
  dumb cane; Dieffenbachia sequine; mother-in-law's tongue.
  

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• (Bot.), a leguminous plant (Desmodium gyrans); so called because its leaflets have a distinct automatic motion.

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• (Bot.), the Mimulus moschatus, a plant found in Western North America, often cultivated, and having a strong musky odor.

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• noun a plant that does not bear flowers
  

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• noun plants having vascular tissue and reproducing by spores
  pteridophyte.
  

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• noun any of numerous plants of the division Bryophyta
  bryophyte.
  

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• noun white-flowered West Indian plant whose root yields arrowroot starch
  arrowroot; Maranta arundinaceae; American arrowroot.
  

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• noun North American plant having a spike of two-lipped pink or white flowers
  false dragon head; Physostegia virginiana; false dragonhead.
  

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• noun tall coarse annual of Old World tropics widely cultivated in southern United States and West Indies for its long mucilaginous green pods used as basis for soups and stews; sometimes placed in genus Hibiscus
  okra; Abelmoschus esculentus; Hibiscus esculentus; lady's-finger; gumbo.
  

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• noun bulbous plant having hollow leaves cultivated worldwide for its rounded edible bulb
  Allium cepa; onion.
  

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• noun any of numerous plants of the orchid family usually having flowers of unusual shapes and beautiful colors
  orchid.
  

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• noun edible root of the salsify plant
  salsify.
  
• noun Mediterranean biennial herb with long-stemmed heads of purple ray flowers and milky sap and long edible root; naturalized throughout United States
  salsify; Tragopogon porrifolius; vegetable oyster.
  
• noun long white salsify
  vegetable oyster.
  

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• . (Bot.) (a) A plant of the genus Tragopogon (T. porrifolius), the root of which, when cooked, somewhat resembles the oyster in taste; salsify; called also vegetable oyster. (b) A plant found on the seacoast of Northern Europe, America and Asia (Mertensia maritima), the fresh leaves of which have a strong flavor of oysters.

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• noun a plant where livestock are slaughtered and processed and packed as meat products
  packinghouse.
  

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• noun tall sedge of the Nile valley yielding fiber that served many purposes in historic times
  Egyptian paper rush; Cyperus papyrus; Egyptian paper reed; papyrus; paper rush.
  

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• noun plant living on another plant and obtaining organic nutriment from it
  

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• noun a leguminous plant of the genus Pisum with small white flowers and long green pods containing edible green seeds
  pea.
  

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• noun any of several South African plants of the genus Mesembryanthemum cultivated for showy pink or white flowers
  fig marigold.
  

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• noun an antineoplastic drug used to treat some forms of cancer
  

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• noun vigorous perennial herb with flowers in erect racemes and having young plants develop at the junction of a leaf blade and the leafstalk
  pickaback plant; Tolmiea menziesii; youth-on-age.
  

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• noun long cultivated hybrid of Rheum palmatum; stems often cooked in pies or as sauce or preserves
  Rheum rhaponticum; Rheum rhabarbarum; garden rhubarb; Rheum cultorum.
  

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• noun tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods; much cultivated in the tropics
  red gram; dahl; dhal; Cajanus cajan; cajan pea; catjang pea; pigeon pea.
  

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• noun vigorous perennial herb with flowers in erect racemes and having young plants develop at the junction of a leaf blade and the leafstalk
  pickaback plant; Tolmiea menziesii; youth-on-age.
  

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• noun a tropical American plant bearing a large fleshy edible fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves; widely cultivated in the tropics
  Ananas comosus; pineapple.
  

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• noun any of several insectivorous herbs of the order Sarraceniales
  

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• any plant with the whole or a part of the leaves transformed into pitchers or cuplike organs, especially the species of Nepenthes. See Nepenthes.

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• noun insectivorous plants
  family Sarraceniaceae; Sarraceniaceae.
  

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• noun small bright-colored insect that feeds on plant juices
  leaf bug.
  

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• (Zoöl.), any one of numerous hemipterous insects which injure the foliage of plants, as Lygus lineolaris, which damages wheat and trees.

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• noun a cell that is a structural and functional unit of a plant
  

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• noun act of shutting down operation of a plant
  

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• (Zoöl.), a South American passerine bird of the genus Phytotoma, family Phytotomidæ. It has a serrated bill with which it cuts off the young shoots and buds of plants, often doing much injury.

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• noun the division of a business responsible for building and maintaining the physical plant
  building department.
  

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• noun a disease that affects plants
  

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• noun a family of plants
  

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• noun fiber derived from plants
  plant fiber.
  

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• noun fiber derived from plants
  plant fiber.
  

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• noun any substance such as manure or a mixture of nitrates used to make soil more fertile
  fertilizer; fertiliser.
  

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• noun a genus of plants
  

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• noun related to the leafhoppers and spittlebugs but rarely damages cultivated plants
  planthopper.
  

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• noun (botany) a plant product that acts like a hormone
  growth regulator; phytohormone.
  

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• noun (botany) the taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct plants
  kingdom Plantae; Plantae.
  

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• noun (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion
  plant; flora.
  

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• noun any of several small insects especially aphids that feed by sucking the juices from plants
  louse.
  

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• (Zoöl.), any small hemipterous insect which infests plants, especially those of the families Aphidæ and Psyllidæ; an aphid.

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• noun material derived from plants
  plant material.
  

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• noun the order of plants
  

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• noun a functional and structural unit of a plant or fungus
  

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• noun any part of a plant or fungus
  plant part.
  

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• noun a natural projection or outgrowth from a plant body or organ
  enation.
  

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• noun a product made from plant material
  

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• noun a biologist specializing in the study of plants
  phytologist; botanist.
  

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• noun any part of a plant or fungus
  plant part.
  

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• noun material derived from plants
  plant material.
  

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• noun the tissue of a plant
  

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• noun any substance produced by plants that is similar in its properties to extracellular bacterial toxin
  phytotoxin.
  

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• noun a plant pathogen that is a virus consisting of a single strand of RNA
  

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Plant"-cane` noun

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1. A stalk or shoot of sugar cane of the first growth from the cutting. The growth of the second and following years is of inferior quality, and is called rattoon.

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• adjective satellite (of animals) feeding on plants
  phytophilous; phytophagic; phytophagous.
  

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Plant"-eat`ing adjective

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1. Eating, or subsisting on, plants; as, a plant-eating beetle.

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• noun medium-sized shrubby tree of South Africa having thick leathery evergreen leaves and white or pink flowers and globose usually two-seeded purplish black fruits
  Acocanthera oblongifolia; winter sweet; Acocanthera spectabilis.
  

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• noun a plant that when touched or ingested in sufficient quantity can be harmful or fatal to an organism
  

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• noun clump-forming plant of South Africa with spikes of scarlet flowers
  Kniphofia uvaria.
  

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• noun a plant suitable for growing in a flowerpot (especially indoors)
  

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• (Bot.), either of the trees which bear the monkey-pot.

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• noun an electrical generating station
  powerhouse; power station.
  

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• noun Javanese foliage plant grown for their handsome velvety leaves with violet-purple hairs
  purple velvet plant; Gynura aurantiaca; royal velvet plant.
  

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• noun any of various tall perennial herbs constituting the genus Frasera; widely distributed in warm dry upland areas of California, Oregon, and Washington
  American columbo; American gentian; deer's-ear; columbo; deer's-ears.
  

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• noun Australian plant of genus Pipturus whose fiber is used in making cloth
  Pipturus argenteus.
  

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• noun a cruciferous plant of the genus Raphanus having a pungent edible root
  radish.
  

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• noun a plant for reprocessing used or abandoned materials
  

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• noun Asian herb (Himalayas)
  Rheum australe; Indian rhubarb; Himalayan rhubarb; Rheum emodi.
  

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• noun densely tufted fern ally of southwestern United States to Peru; curls up in a tight ball when dry and expands and grows under moist conditions
  rose of Jericho; Selaginella lepidophylla.
  
• noun small grey Asiatic desert plant bearing minute white flowers that rolls up when dry and expands when moist
  rose of Jericho; Anastatica hierochuntica.
  

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• (Bot.), a name given to several species of Selaginella (as S. convoluta and S. lepidophylla), flowerless plants which, when dry, close up so as to resemble a bird's nest, but revive and expand again when moistened. The name is sometimes also given to the rose of Jericho. See under Rose.

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• noun plants having long green or reddish acidic leafstalks growing in basal clumps; stems (and only the stems) are edible when cooked; leaves are poisonous
  rhubarb.
  

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• noun iris with purple flowers and foul-smelling leaves; southern and western Europe and North Africa
  gladdon iris; stinking iris; stinking gladwyn; Iris foetidissima; gladdon.
  

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• noun plant that grows on or among rocks or is suitable for a rock garden
  

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• noun plant of western North America having trifoliate leaves and white or pink spider-shaped flowers; sometimes used as an ornamental
  stinking clover; Cleome serrulata.
  

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• the locomotives and vehicles of a railway.

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• noun bushy houseplant having white to pale pink flowers followed by racemes of scarlet berries; tropical Americas
  rougeberry; bloodberry; Rivina humilis; blood berry.
  

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• noun Javanese foliage plant grown for their handsome velvety leaves with violet-purple hairs
  purple velvet plant; Gynura aurantiaca; royal velvet plant.
  

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• noun large tropical Asian tree frequently dwarfed as a houseplant; source of Assam rubber
  India-rubber tree; Ficus elastica; India-rubber fig; India-rubber plant; Assam rubber.
  

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• noun any of numerous trees or shrubs or vines of the family Rubiaceae
  madderwort.
  

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• noun plants growing among rocks
  rupestral plant; rupestrine plant; rupicolous plant.
  

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• noun plants growing among rocks
  rupestral plant; rupestrine plant; rupicolous plant.
  

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• noun plants growing among rocks
  rupestral plant; rupestrine plant; rupicolous plant.
  

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• noun a cruciferous plant with a thick bulbous edible yellow root
  rutabaga; Brassica napus napobrassica; turnip cabbage; Swedish turnip; swede.
  

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• noun plants growing among rocks
  rupestral plant; rupestrine plant; rupicolous plant.
  

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• noun plant that reproduces by means of seeds not spores
  spermatophyte; phanerogam.
  

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• noun erect tropical Asian shrub whose small lateral leaflets rotate on their axes and jerk up and down under the influence of sunshine
  Desmodium gyrans; semaphore plant; Codariocalyx motorius; Desmodium motorium.
  

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• noun prostrate or semi-erect subshrub of tropical America, and Australia; heavily armed with recurved thorns and having sensitive soft grey-green leaflets that fold and droop at night or when touched or cooled
  live-and-die; touch-me-not; sensitive plant; action plant; Mimosa pudica; humble plant.
  
• noun semi-climbing prickly evergreen shrub of tropical America having compound leaves sensitive to light and touch
  Mimosa sensitiva.
  

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• . (Bot.) (a) A leguminous plant (Mimosa pudica, or M. sensitiva, and other allied species), the leaves of which close at the slightest touch. (b) Any plant showing motions after irritation, as the sensitive brier (Schrankia) of the Southern States, two common American species of Cassia (C. nictitans, and C. Chamæcrista), a kind of sorrel (Oxalis sensitiva), etc.

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• noun a plant for disposing of sewage
  disposal plant.
  

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• noun prostrate or semi-erect subshrub of tropical America, and Australia; heavily armed with recurved thorns and having sensitive soft grey-green leaflets that fold and droop at night or when touched or cooled
  live-and-die; touch-me-not; sensitive plant; action plant; Mimosa pudica; humble plant.
  

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• noun perennial prostrate mat-forming herb with hoary woolly foliage
  Raoulia lutescens; vegetable sheep; Raoulia australis.
  
• noun cushion-forming New Zealand herb having leaves densely covered with tawny hairs
  Haastia pulvinaris; vegetable sheep.
  

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• noun a bean plant grown primarily for its edible seed rather than its pod
  shell bean.
  

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• noun large showy Asiatic shrub or small tree having large single or double red to deep-red flowers
  Hibiscus rosa-sinensis; Chinese hibiscus; China rose; shoe black; Rose of China.
  

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• (Bot.), a state of plants, usually at night, when their leaflets approach each other, and the flowers close and droop, or are covered by the folded leaves.

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• noun any of several tropical American shrubby succulent plants resembling cacti but having foot-shaped bracts
  slipper spurge.
  

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• noun stemless plant having narrow rigid leaves often cultivated as a houseplant
  Sansevieria trifasciata; mother-in-law's tongue.
  

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• noun a fleshy bright red saprophytic plant of the mountains of western North America that appears in early spring while snow is on the ground
  Sarcodes sanguinea.
  

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• (Bot.), a fleshy parasitic herb (Sarcodes sanguinea) growing in the coniferous forests of California. It is all of a bright red color, and is fabled to grow from the snow, through which it sometimes shoots up.

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• (Bot.), one of several plants used in the place of soap, as the Chlorogalum pomeridianum, a California plant, the bulb of which, when stripped of its husk and rubbed on wet clothes, makes a thick lather, and smells not unlike new brown soap. It is called also soap apple, soap bulb, and soap weed.

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• noun erect bushy hairy annual herb having trifoliate leaves and purple to pink flowers; extensively cultivated for food and forage and soil improvement but especially for its nutritious oil-rich seeds; native to Asia
  soya bean; Glycine max; soja bean; soya; soybean; soy; soja.
  

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• noun a golden thistle of southwestern Europe cultivated for its edible sweet roots and edible leaves and stalks; its yellow flowers are used as a substitute for saffron
  Scolymus hispanicus.
  

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• noun native to South America but naturalized in warm parts of United States; grown for its long-lasting spider-shaped white to pink-purple flowers
  spider flower; Cleome hassleriana.
  

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• noun southwestern Asian plant widely cultivated for its succulent edible dark green leaves
  Spinacia oleracea; prickly-seeded spinach; spinach.
  

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• (Bot.), a plant in which a single bud or offset suddenly assumes a new, and sometimes very different, character from that of the rest of the plant. Darwin.

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• noun a factory where steel is made
  steelworks; steel mill; steel factory.
  

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• noun highly succulent stemless clump-forming plants with grey-green leaves similar in texture to lumps of granite; South Africa
  living rock; living granite.
  

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• noun any plant of the genus Lithops native to Africa having solitary yellow or white flowers and thick leaves that resemble stones
  stone-face; living stone; stoneface; lithops; flowering stone; stone life face.
  

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• (Bot.), a plant which requires artificial heat to make it grow in cold or cold temperate climates.

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• noun widely cultivated in many varieties for its fleshy moss-like foliage and profusion of brightly colored flowers
  Portulaca grandiflora; rose moss.
  

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• noun any of various bog plants of the genus Drosera having leaves covered with sticky hairs that trap and digest insects; cosmopolitan in distribution
  sundew; daily dew.
  

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• noun a semiaquatic plant that grows in soft wet land; most are monocots: sedge, sphagnum, grasses, cattails, etc; possibly heath
  marsh plant; bog plant.
  

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• noun a corn plant developed in order to have young ears that are sweet and suitable for eating
  Zea saccharata; sweet corn; green corn; Zea mays rugosa; sugar corn.
  

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• noun plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits; the principal salad peppers
  pimiento; sweet pepper; paprika; bell pepper; pimento; Capsicum annuum grossum.
  

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• noun a herbaceous plant of the genus Proboscidea
  Martynia fragrans; Proboscidea fragrans.
  

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• noun plant bearing very hot medium-sized oblong red peppers; grown principally in the Gulf Coast states for production of hot sauce
  hot pepper; tabasco pepper; Capsicum frutescens.
  

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• noun cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems; used especially to make cassiri (an intoxicating drink) and tapioca
  Manihot utilissima; mandioca; Manihot esculenta; gari; mandioc; manioc; bitter cassava.
  

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• noun widespread plant and fruit pest
  Lygus lineolaris.
  

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• noun herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves
  Colocasia esculenta; dalo; dasheen; taro.
  

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• (Bot.), any plant, the leaves of which are used in making a beverage by infusion; specifically, Thea Chinensis, from which the tea of commerce is obtained.

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• noun erect tropical Asian shrub whose small lateral leaflets rotate on their axes and jerk up and down under the influence of sunshine
  Desmodium gyrans; semaphore plant; Codariocalyx motorius; Desmodium motorium.
  

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• (Bot.), a leguminous plant (Desmodium gyrans) native of the East Indies. The leaflets move up and down like the signals of a semaphore.

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• (Bot.), plants which bear their seeds on the back of their leaves, as ferns.

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• a plant which produces four seeds in each flower.

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• noun aromatic annual or perennial herbs and shrubs
  tobacco.
  

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• noun native to South America; widely cultivated in many varieties
  tomato; Lycopersicon esculentum; love apple.
  

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• noun South African vine having a massive rootstock covered with deeply fissured bark
  Dioscorea elephantipes; Hottentot's bread vine; elephant's-foot; Hottentot bread vine.
  

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• . (Bot.) See Elephant's foot, under Elephant.

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• noun any of several tropical carnivorous shrubs or woody herbs of the genus Nepenthes
  

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• noun plant growing from a tuber
  

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• noun any of several widely cultivated plants having edible roots
  

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• noun any of numerous aromatic herbs of the family Umbelliferae
  umbellifer.
  

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• noun rhizomatous perennial herb with large dramatic peltate leaves and white to bright pink flowers in round heads on leafless stems; colonizes stream banks in the Sierra Nevada in California
  Peltiphyllum peltatum; Darmera peltata; Indian rhubarb.
  
• noun late blooming perennial plant of shale barrens of Virginia having flowers in flat-topped clusters
  Eriogonum allenii.
  
• noun African sedge widely cultivated as an ornamental water plant for its terminal umbrellalike cluster of slender grasslike leaves
  umbrella sedge; Cyperus alternifolius.
  

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• noun green plant having a vascular system: ferns, gymnosperms, angiosperms
  tracheophyte; vascular plant.
  

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• noun green plant having a vascular system: ferns, gymnosperms, angiosperms
  tracheophyte; vascular plant.
  

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• (Bot.), plants composed in part of vascular tissue, as all flowering plants and the higher cryptogamous plants, or those of the class Pteridophyta. Cf. Cellular plants, Cellular.

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• noun any of various plants of the genus Verbascum having large usually woolly leaves and terminal spikes of yellow or white or purplish flowers
  mullein; flannel leaf.
  
• noun Javanese foliage plant grown for their handsome velvety leaves with violet-purple hairs
  purple velvet plant; Gynura aurantiaca; royal velvet plant.
  

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• . See 4th Mother.

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• noun a plant of the genus Trapa bearing spiny four-pronged edible nutlike fruits
  caltrop; water chestnut.
  

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• noun a plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth
  hydrophyte; hydrophytic plant; aquatic plant.
  

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Wa"ter plant`

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1. A plant that grows in water; an aquatic plant.

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• noun floating aquatic carnivorous perennial of central and southern Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia having whorls of 6 to 9 leaves ending in hinged lobes for capturing e.g. water fleas
  Aldrovanda vesiculosa.
  

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• noun succulent climber of southern Asia with umbels of pink and white star-shaped flowers
  Hoya carnosa.
  

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• (Bot.), a name given to several plants , as: (a) The Indian pipe (see under Indian). (b) The Hoya carnosa, a climbing plant with polished, fleshy leaves. (c) Certain species of Begonia with similar foliage.

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• noun tropical American plant having leaflets somewhat sensitive to the touch; sometimes placed in genus Cassia
  Cassia fasciculata; partridge pea; Chamaecrista fasciculata; sensitive pea.
  

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• (Bot.), either one of two annual leguminous herbs (Cassia Chamæcrista, and C. nictitans), in both of which the leaflets close quickly when the plant is disturbed.

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Wind"-plant` noun

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1. (Bot.) A windflower.

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• noun any of various plants of the species Cucurbita maxima and Cucurbita moschata producing squashes that have hard rinds and mature in the fall
  winter squash.
  

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• noun any of several shrubs or trees of the genus Hamamelis; bark yields an astringent lotion
  witch hazel; wych hazel; witch hazel plant.
  

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• noun a plant having hard lignified tissues or woody parts especially stems
  ligneous plant.
  

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• noun secretes a waxy substance like a mass of fine curly white cotton or woolly threads
  woolly aphid.
  

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• noun any of several shrubs or trees of the genus Hamamelis; bark yields an astringent lotion
  witch hazel; wych hazel; witch hazel plant.
  

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• noun plant adapted for life with a limited supply of water; compare hydrophyte and mesophyte
  desert plant; xerophile; xerophilous plant; xerophyte.
  

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• noun plant adapted for life with a limited supply of water; compare hydrophyte and mesophyte
  desert plant; xerophile; xerophilous plant; xerophyte.
  

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• noun any of a number of tropical vines of the genus Dioscorea many having edible tuberous roots
  yam.
  

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• (Bot.), the vegetable organism, or fungus, of which beer yeast consists. The yeast plant is composed of simple cells, or granules, about one three-thousandth of an inch in diameter, often united into filaments which reproduce by budding, and under certain circumstances by the formation of spores. The name is extended to other ferments of the same genus. See Saccharomyces.

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• noun pitcher plant of southeastern United States having erect yellow trumpet-shaped pitchers with wide mouths and erect lids
  Sarracenia flava; trumpets; huntsman's horns; huntsman's horn; yellow trumpet.
  

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