plants having seeds in a closed ovary
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Nature and environment, Plants, Botany.
26,102
words currently have published synonym-style alternatives
90,593
searchable synonym connections
350,924
published thesaurus relationships of every type
Start with the meaning
Edelweiss
A little, perennial, white, woolly plant (Leontopodium alpinum), growing at high elevations in the Alps.
42
useful connections shown
0 reviewed relationships and
42 broader connections.
Reviewed set in progress
No hand-reviewed synonym set has been published for this word yet.
The broader connections below can still help you explore, but they are labelled by the evidence joining the words and should not automatically be treated as substitutes.
Explore further
Words from the same subject
These terms belong to the same specialist field or topic. They help you explore the subject, but they are not automatically synonyms.
(botany) a plant that completes its entire life cycle within the space of a year
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Nature and environment, Plants, Botany.(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
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Nature and environment, Plants, Botany.(botany) tissue that conducts synthesized food substances (e.g., from leaves) to parts where needed; consists primarily of sieve tubes
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Nature and environment, Plants, Botany.(botany) a plant having a life cycle that normally takes two seasons from germination to death to complete; flowering biennials usuall…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Nature and environment, Plants, Botany.(botany) a swelling on a plant similar to that on the skin
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Nature and environment, Plants, Botany.(botany) an isolated thickening of tissue, especially a stiff protuberance on the lip of an orchid
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Nature and environment, Plants, Botany.(botany) the whorl of sepals of a flower collectively forming the outer floral envelope or layer of the perianth enclosing and support…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Nature and environment, Plants, Botany.(botany) a usually terminal tuft of bracts (as in the pineapple) or tuft of hairs (especially on certain seeds)
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Nature and environment, Plants, Botany.(botany) the whorl of petals of a flower that collectively form an inner floral envelope or layer of the perianth; "we cultivate the f…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Nature and environment, Plants, Botany.(botany) the trumpet-shaped or cup-shaped outgrowth of the corolla of a daffodil or narcissus flower
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Nature and environment, Plants, Botany.(botany) a minute rudimentary plant contained within a seed or an archegonium
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Nature and environment, Plants, Botany.any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by s…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Nature and environment, Plants, Botany.plants having seeds in a closed ovary
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Nature and environment, Plants, Botany.(botany) a slender tubular outgrowth from a spore in germination
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Nature and environment, Plants, Botany.(botany) the small swelling that is the part of a plant stem from which one or more leaves emerge
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Nature and environment, Plants, Botany.(botany) any appendage to a plant that is shaped like a strap
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Nature and environment, Plants, Botany.(botany) either of the two parts of a bilabiate corolla or calyx
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Nature and environment, Plants, Botany.
Explore further
Words connected by meaning
Their definitions overlap or refer to similar ideas. Use these to widen your search, then compare the exact meanings.
Pertaining to the Alps, or other high mountains; as, Alpestrine diseases, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: little, perennial, white, woolly, plant.An herbaceous plant of the Barberry family (Epimedium alpinum), having leaves that are bitter and said to be sudorific.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: little, perennial, white, woolly, plant.perennial plant of Europe and America having racemes of white or purplish flowers and intensely bitter trifoliate leaves; often rootin…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: little, perennial, white, woolly, plant.A detached low mountain, or high rising abruptly from the general level of the surrounding plain; -- applied to peculiar elevations in…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: little, perennial, white, woolly, plant.weedy perennial of north temperate regions having woolly foliage and dirty white flowers in a leafy spike
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: little, perennial, white, woolly, plant.A branching perennial plant (Cichorium Intybus) with bright blue flowers, growing wild in Europe, Asia, and America; also cultivated f…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: little, perennial, white, woolly, plant.A genus of composite plants, mostly perennial, and of many species including the many varieties of garden chrysanthemums (annual and p…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: little, perennial, white, woolly, plant.On the hither side of the Alps with reference to Rome, that is, on the south side of the Alps; -- opposed to transalpine.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: little, perennial, white, woolly, plant.any of various plants of the genus Froelichia found in sandy soils and on rocky slopes in warmer regions of America; grown for their s…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: little, perennial, white, woolly, plant.any plant of the genus Filago having capitate clusters of small woolly flower heads
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: little, perennial, white, woolly, plant.A perennial plant (Pyrethrum, / Chrysanthemum, Parthenium) allied to camomile, having finely divided leaves and white blossoms; -- so…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: little, perennial, white, woolly, plant.A genus of perennial herbs (Iris) with swordlike leaves and large three-petaled flowers often of very gay colors, but probably white i…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: little, perennial, white, woolly, plant.
All dictionary tools
Explore Academic Dictionary
The same nine destinations available from the header menu are shown here as a clear, fully visible grid.
Aa
Dictionary
Definitions and meanings
⇄
Thesaurus
Synonyms with nuance
¶
Academic writing
Evidence and analysis
✓
Professional
Workplace vocabulary
⌛
Word origins
Etymology and roots
∑
Subjects
Specialist dictionaries
⠿
Word clusters
Connected vocabulary
≈
Word similarity
Compare two words
#
Crossword
Play with vocabulary