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Baneberry

A genus (Actaea) of plants, of the order Ranunculaceae, native in the north temperate zone. The red or white berries are poisonous.

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Berry 76% connected

Any small fleshy fruit, as the strawberry, mulberry, huckleberry, etc.

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Cohosh 70% connected

A perennial American herb (Caulophyllum thalictroides), whose rootstock is used in medicine; -- also called pappoose root. The name is sometimes also…

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Cohosh 92% connected

A perennial American herb (Caulophyllum thalictroides), whose rootstock is used in medicine; -- also called pappoose root. The name is sometimes also…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Angiosperm noun · 86% connection

plants having seeds in a closed ovary

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Annual noun · 86% connection

(botany) a plant that completes its entire life cycle within the space of a year

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Apophysis noun · 86% connection

(botany) a natural swelling or enlargement: at the base of the stalk or seta in certain mosses or on the cone scale of certain conifers

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Bast noun · 86% connection

(botany) tissue that conducts synthesized food substances (e.g., from leaves) to parts where needed; consists primarily of sieve tubes

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Biennial noun · 86% connection

(botany) a plant having a life cycle that normally takes two seasons from germination to death to complete; flowering biennials usuall…

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Blister noun · 86% connection

(botany) a swelling on a plant similar to that on the skin

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Callus noun · 86% connection

(botany) an isolated thickening of tissue, especially a stiff protuberance on the lip of an orchid

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Calyx noun · 86% connection

(botany) the whorl of sepals of a flower collectively forming the outer floral envelope or layer of the perianth enclosing and support…

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Coma noun · 86% connection

(botany) a usually terminal tuft of bracts (as in the pineapple) or tuft of hairs (especially on certain seeds)

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Corolla noun · 86% connection

(botany) the whorl of petals of a flower that collectively form an inner floral envelope or layer of the perianth; "we cultivate the f…

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Corona noun · 86% connection

(botany) the trumpet-shaped or cup-shaped outgrowth of the corolla of a daffodil or narcissus flower

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Embryo noun · 86% connection

(botany) a minute rudimentary plant contained within a seed or an archegonium

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Fern noun · 86% connection

any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by s…

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Flowering plant noun · 86% connection

plants having seeds in a closed ovary

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Germ tube noun · 86% connection

(botany) a slender tubular outgrowth from a spore in germination

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Leaf node noun · 86% connection

(botany) the small swelling that is the part of a plant stem from which one or more leaves emerge

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Ligule noun · 86% connection

(botany) any appendage to a plant that is shaped like a strap

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Lip noun · 86% connection

(botany) either of the two parts of a bilabiate corolla or calyx

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Adonis noun · 78% connection

A genus of plants of the family Ranunculaceae, containing the pheasant's eye (Adonis autumnalis); -- named from Adonis, whose blood wa…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, actaea, plants, order, ranunculaceae.
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Apricot noun · 78% connection

A fruit allied to the plum, of an orange color, oval shape, and delicious taste; also, the tree (Prunus Armeniaca of Linnaeus) which b…

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Autumn noun · 78% connection

The third season of the year, or the season between summer and winter, often called "the fall." Astronomically, it begins in the north…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, actaea, plants, order, ranunculaceae.
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Bittersweet noun · 78% connection

poisonous perennial Old World vine having violet flowers and oval coral-red berries; widespread weed in North America

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, actaea, plants, order, ranunculaceae.
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Bugbane noun · 78% connection

A perennial white-flowered herb of the order Ranunculaceae and genus Cimiciguga; bugwort. There are several species.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, actaea, plants, order, ranunculaceae.
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Butterwort noun · 78% connection

A genus of low herbs (Pinguicula) having simple leaves which secrete from their glandular upper surface a viscid fluid, to which insec…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, actaea, plants, order, ranunculaceae.
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Catchfly noun · 78% connection

mostly perennial herbs with sticky stems that catch insects; widespread in north temperate zone

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, actaea, plants, order, ranunculaceae.
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Cloudberry noun · 78% connection

creeping raspberry of north temperate regions with yellow or orange berries

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, actaea, plants, order, ranunculaceae.
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Cowberry noun · 78% connection

low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, actaea, plants, order, ranunculaceae.
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Figwort noun · 78% connection

A genus of herbaceous plants (Scrophularia), mostly found in the north temperate zones. See Brownwort.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, actaea, plants, order, ranunculaceae.
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Fraxinus noun · 78% connection

A genus of deciduous forest trees, found in the north temperate zone, and including the true ash trees.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, actaea, plants, order, ranunculaceae.
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