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Agave
noun · 78% connection
A genus of plants (order Amaryllidaceae) of which the chief species is the maguey or century plant (A. Americana), wrongly called Aloe…
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Ambrosia
noun · 78% connection
Formerly, a kind of fragrant plant; now (Bot.), a genus of plants, including some coarse and worthless weeds, called ragweed, hogweed,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, plants, order, scitamineae, including.
Anona
noun · 78% connection
A genus of tropical or subtropical plants of the natural order Anonaceae, including the soursop.
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Anonaceous
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to the order of plants including the soursop, custard apple, etc.
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Aphis
noun · 78% connection
A genus of insects belonging to the order Hemiptera and family Aphidae, including numerous species known as plant lice and green flies.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, plants, order, scitamineae, including.
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: genus, plants, order, scitamineae, including.
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…
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Bloodroot
noun · 78% connection
A plant (Sanguinaria Canadensis), with a red root and red sap, and bearing a pretty, white flower in early spring; -- called also pucc…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, plants, order, scitamineae, including.
Broom rape
unknown · 78% connection
A genus (Orobanche) of parasitic plants of Europe and Asia. They are destitute of chlorophyll, have scales instead of leaves, and spik…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, plants, order, scitamineae, including.
Chaetopoda
n. pl. · 78% connection
A very extensive order of Annelida, characterized by the presence of lateral setae, or spines, on most or all of the segments. They ar…
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Convolvulus
noun · 78% connection
A large genus of plants having monopetalous flowers, including the common bindweed (C. arwensis), and formerly the morning-glory, but…
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Coreopsis
noun · 78% connection
A genus of herbaceous composite plants, having the achenes two-horned and remotely resembling some insect; tickseed. C. tinctoria, of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, plants, order, scitamineae, including.
Crinum
noun · 78% connection
A genus of bulbous plants, of the order Amaryllidace/, cultivated as greenhouse plants on account of their beauty.
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Curcumin
noun · 78% connection
The coloring principle of turmeric, or curcuma root, extracted as an orange yellow crystalline substance, C14H14O4, with a green fluor…
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Dahlia
noun · 78% connection
A genus of plants native to Mexico and Central America, of the order Compositae; also, any plant or flower of the genus. The numerous…
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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…
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Henbane
noun · 78% connection
A plant of the genus Hyoscyamus (H. niger). All parts of the plant are poisonous, and the leaves are used for the same purposes as bel…
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Lettuce
noun · 78% connection
A composite plant of the genus Lactuca (L. sativa), the leaves of which are used as salad. Plants of this genus yield a milky juice, f…
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