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Bean
noun · 78% connection
A name given to the seed of certain leguminous herbs, chiefly of the genera Faba, Phaseolus, and Dolichos; also, to the herbs.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, herbs, pinguicula, simple, leaves.
Bile
noun · 78% connection
A yellow, or greenish, viscid fluid, usually alkaline in reaction, secreted by the liver. It passes into the intestines, where it aids…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, herbs, pinguicula, simple, leaves.
Catchfly
noun · 78% connection
A plant with the joints of the stem, and sometimes other parts, covered with a viscid secretion to which small insects adhere. The spe…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, herbs, pinguicula, simple, leaves.
Chalcid fly
unknown · 78% connection
One of a numerous family of hymenopterous insects (Chalcididae. Many are gallflies, others are parasitic on insects.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, herbs, pinguicula, simple, leaves.
Chalcidfly
noun · 78% connection
any of various tiny insects whose larvae are parasites on eggs and larvae of other insects; many are beneficial in destroying injuriou…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, herbs, pinguicula, simple, leaves.
Crypt
noun · 78% connection
A vault wholly or partly under ground; especially, a vault under a church, whether used for burial purposes or for a subterranean chap…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, herbs, pinguicula, simple, leaves.
Darlingtonia
noun · 78% connection
A genus of California pitcher plants consisting of a single species. The long tubular leaves are hooded at the top, and frequently con…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, herbs, pinguicula, simple, leaves.
Deergrass
noun · 78% connection
An American genus (Rhexia) of perennial herbs, with opposite leaves, and showy flowers (usually bright purple), with four petals and e…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, herbs, pinguicula, simple, leaves.
Echidnine
noun · 78% connection
The clear, viscid fluid secreted by the poison glands of certain serpents; also, a nitrogenous base contained in this, and supposed to…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, herbs, pinguicula, simple, leaves.
Flytrap
noun · 78% connection
A trap for catching flies.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, herbs, pinguicula, simple, leaves.
Follicle
noun · 78% connection
A simple podlike pericarp which contains several seeds and opens along the inner or ventral suture, as in the peony, larkspur and milk…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, herbs, pinguicula, simple, leaves.
Gall
noun · 78% connection
The bitter, alkaline, viscid fluid found in the gall bladder, beneath the liver. It consists of the secretion of the liver, or bile, m…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, herbs, pinguicula, simple, leaves.
Ganglion
noun · 78% connection
A mass or knot of nervous matter, including nerve cells, usually forming an enlargement in the course of a nerve.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, herbs, pinguicula, simple, leaves.
Grume
noun · 78% connection
A thick, viscid fluid; a clot, as of blood.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, herbs, pinguicula, simple, leaves.
Herbalist
noun · 78% connection
One skilled in the knowledge of plants; a collector of, or dealer in, herbs, especially medicinal herbs.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, herbs, pinguicula, simple, leaves.
Honey
noun · 78% connection
A sweet viscid fluid, esp. that collected by bees from flowers of plants, and deposited in the cells of the honeycomb.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, herbs, pinguicula, simple, leaves.
Labrum
noun · 78% connection
A lip or edge, as of a basin.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, herbs, pinguicula, simple, leaves.
Lobelia
noun · 78% connection
A genus of plants, including a great number of species. Lobelia inflata, or Indian tobacco, is an annual plant of North America, whose…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, herbs, pinguicula, simple, leaves.
