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Achene
noun · 78% connection
small dry indehiscent fruit with the seed distinct from the fruit wall
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prickly, fruit, seed, certain, plants.
Achenium
noun · 78% connection
A small, dry, indehiscent fruit, containing a single seed, as in the buttercup; -- called a naked seed by the earlier botanists.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prickly, fruit, seed, certain, plants.
Artemisia
noun · 78% connection
A genus of plants including the plants called mugwort, southernwood, and wormwood. Of these A. absinthium, or common wormwood, is well…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prickly, fruit, seed, certain, plants.
Bilsted
noun · 78% connection
a North American tree of the genus Liquidambar having prickly spherical fruit clusters and fragrant sap
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prickly, fruit, seed, certain, plants.
Bond
noun · 78% connection
A writing under seal, by which a person binds himself, his heirs, executors, and administrators, to pay a certain sum on or before a f…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prickly, fruit, seed, certain, plants.
Bruise
noun · 78% connection
An injury to the flesh of animals, or to plants, fruit, etc., with a blunt or heavy instrument, or by collision with some other body;…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prickly, fruit, seed, certain, plants.
Brush
noun · 78% connection
An instrument composed of bristles, or other like material, set in a suitable back or handle, as of wood, bone, or ivory, and used for…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prickly, fruit, seed, certain, plants.
Bur marigold
noun · 78% connection
any of several plants of the genus Bidens having yellow flowers and prickly fruits that cling to fur and clothing
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prickly, fruit, seed, certain, plants.
Burr
noun · 78% connection
A prickly seed vessel. See Bur, 1.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prickly, fruit, seed, certain, plants.
Caryopsis
noun · 78% connection
A one-celled, dry, indehiscent fruit, with a thin membranous pericarp, adhering closely to the seed, so that fruit and seed are incorp…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prickly, fruit, seed, certain, plants.
Christ's-thorn
noun · 78% connection
One of several prickly or thorny shrubs found in Palestine, especially the Paliurus aculeatus, Zizyphus Spina-Christi, and Z. vulgaris…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prickly, fruit, seed, certain, plants.
Cocklebur
noun · 78% connection
A coarse, composite weed, having a rough or prickly fruit; one of several species of the genus Xanthium; -- called also clotbur.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prickly, fruit, seed, certain, plants.
Cucumber
noun · 78% connection
A creeping plant, and its fruit, of several species of the genus Cucumis, esp. Cucumis sativus, the unripe fruit of which is eaten eit…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prickly, fruit, seed, certain, plants.
Dewberry
noun · 78% connection
The fruit of certain species of bramble (Rubus); in England, the fruit of R. caesius, which has a glaucous bloom; in America, that of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prickly, fruit, seed, certain, plants.
Durion
noun · 78% connection
The fruit of the durio. It is oval or globular, and eight or ten inches long. It has a hard prickly rind, containing a soft, cream-col…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prickly, fruit, seed, certain, plants.
Fingrigo
noun · 78% connection
A prickly, climbing shrub of the genus Pisonia. The fruit is a kind of berry.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prickly, fruit, seed, certain, plants.
Granadilla
noun · 78% connection
The fruit of certain species of passion flower (esp. Passiflora quadrangularis) found in Brazil and the West Indies. It is as large as…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prickly, fruit, seed, certain, plants.
Hound's-tongue
noun · 78% connection
A biennial weed (Cynoglossum officinale), with soft tongue-shaped leaves, and an offensive odor. It bears nutlets covered with barbed…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: prickly, fruit, seed, certain, plants.
