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Aloe
noun · 78% connection
A genus of succulent plants, some classed as trees, others as shrubs, but the greater number having the habit and appearance of evergr…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, showy, flowering, shrubs, mostly.
Badger
noun · 78% connection
A carnivorous quadruped of the genus Meles or of an allied genus. It is a burrowing animal, with short, thick legs, and long claws on…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, showy, flowering, shrubs, mostly.
Bignonia
noun · 78% connection
A large genus of American, mostly tropical, climbing shrubs, having compound leaves and showy somewhat tubular flowers. B. capreolata…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, showy, flowering, shrubs, mostly.
Cactus
noun · 78% connection
Any plant of the order Cactacae, as the prickly pear and the night-blooming cereus. See Cereus. They usually have leafless stems and b…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, showy, flowering, shrubs, mostly.
Camellia
noun · 78% connection
An Asiatic genus of small shrubs, often with shining leaves and showy flowers. Camellia Japonica is much cultivated for ornament, and…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, showy, flowering, shrubs, mostly.
Candytuft
noun · 78% connection
any of various flowering plants of the genus Iberis cultivated for their showy clusters of white to red or purple flowers; native to M…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, showy, flowering, shrubs, mostly.
Casuarina
noun · 78% connection
A genus of leafless trees or shrubs, with drooping branchlets of a rushlike appearance, mostly natives of Australia. Some of them are…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, showy, flowering, shrubs, mostly.
Cathay
noun · 78% connection
China; -- an old name for the Celestial Empire, said have been introduced by Marco Polo and to be a corruption of the Tartar name for…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, showy, flowering, shrubs, mostly.
Chelone
noun · 78% connection
A genus of hardy perennial flowering plants, of the order Scrophulariaceae, natives of North America; -- called also snakehead, turtle…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, showy, flowering, shrubs, mostly.
Chinese
n. sing. & pl. · 78% connection
A native or natives of China, or one of that yellow race with oblique eyelids who live principally in China.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, showy, flowering, shrubs, mostly.
Cineraria
noun · 78% connection
A Linnaean genus of free-flowering composite plants, mostly from South Africa. Several species are cultivated for ornament.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, showy, flowering, shrubs, mostly.
Clematis
noun · 78% connection
A genus of flowering plants, of many species, mostly climbers, having feathery styles, which greatly enlarge in the fruit; -- called a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, showy, flowering, shrubs, mostly.
Coreopsis
noun · 78% connection
any of numerous plants of the genus Coreopsis having a profusion of showy usually yellow daisylike flowers over long periods; North an…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, showy, flowering, shrubs, mostly.
Crayfish
noun · 78% connection
Any crustacean of the family Astacidae, resembling the lobster, but smaller, and found in fresh waters. Crawfishes are esteemed very d…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, showy, flowering, shrubs, mostly.
Croup
noun · 78% connection
An inflammatory affection of the larynx or trachea, accompanied by a hoarse, ringing cough and stridulous, difficult breathing; esp.,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, showy, flowering, shrubs, mostly.
Efflorescence
noun · 78% connection
Flowering, or state of flowering; the blooming of flowers; blowth.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, showy, flowering, shrubs, mostly.
Epacris
noun · 78% connection
A genus of shrubs, natives of Australia, New Zealand, etc., having pretty white, red, or purple blossoms, and much resembling heaths.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, showy, flowering, shrubs, mostly.
False
superl. · 78% connection
Not genuine or real; assumed or designed to deceive; counterfeit; hypocritical; as, false tears; false modesty; false colors; false je…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, showy, flowering, shrubs, mostly.
