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Adansonia
noun · 78% connection
A genus of great trees related to the Bombax. There are two species, A. digitata, the baobab or monkey-bread of Africa and India, and…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, leafless, trees, shrubs, drooping.
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, leafless, trees, shrubs, drooping.
Arbustive
adjective · 78% connection
Containing copses of trees or shrubs; covered with shrubs.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, leafless, trees, shrubs, drooping.
Asparagus
noun · 78% connection
A genus of perennial plants belonging to the natural order Liliaceae, and having erect much branched stems, and very slender branchlet…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, leafless, trees, shrubs, drooping.
Azalea
noun · 78% connection
A genus of showy flowering shrubs, mostly natives of China or of North America; false honeysuckle. The genus is scarcely distinct from…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, leafless, trees, shrubs, drooping.
Basswood
noun · 78% connection
any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia with heart-shaped leaves and drooping cymose clusters of yellowish often fragrant fl…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, leafless, trees, shrubs, drooping.
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, leafless, trees, shrubs, drooping.
Boomerang
noun · 78% connection
A very singular missile weapon used by the natives of Australia and in some parts of India. It is usually a curved stick of hard wood,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, leafless, trees, shrubs, drooping.
Brush
noun · 78% connection
A thicket of shrubs or small trees; the shrubs and small trees in a wood; underbrush.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, leafless, trees, shrubs, drooping.
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, leafless, trees, shrubs, drooping.
Club-rush
noun · 78% connection
A rushlike plant, the reed mace or cat-tail, or some species of the genus Scirpus. See Bulrush.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, leafless, trees, shrubs, drooping.
Dodder
noun · 78% connection
A plant of the genus Cuscuta. It is a leafless parasitical vine with yellowish threadlike stems. It attaches itself to some other plan…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, leafless, trees, shrubs, drooping.
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, leafless, trees, shrubs, drooping.
Eugenia
noun · 78% connection
A genus of myrtaceous plants, mostly of tropical countries, and including several aromatic trees and shrubs, among which are the trees…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, leafless, trees, shrubs, drooping.
Fuchsia
noun · 78% connection
A genus of flowering plants having elegant drooping flowers, with four sepals, four petals, eight stamens, and a single pistil. They a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, leafless, trees, shrubs, drooping.
Halesia
noun · 78% connection
A genus of American shrubs containing several species, called snowdrop trees, or silver-bell trees. They have showy, white flowers, dr…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, leafless, trees, shrubs, drooping.
Hibiscus
noun · 78% connection
A genus of plants (herbs, shrubs, or trees), some species of which have large, showy flowers. Some species are cultivated in India for…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, leafless, trees, shrubs, drooping.
Horsetail
noun · 78% connection
A leafless plant, with hollow and rushlike stems. It is of the genus Equisetum, and is allied to the ferns. See Illust. of Equisetum.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, leafless, trees, shrubs, drooping.
