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Amorpha
noun · 78% connection
A genus of leguminous shrubs, having long clusters of purple flowers; false or bastard indigo.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, leguminous, plants, many, species.
Anil
noun · 78% connection
A West Indian plant (Indigofera anil), one of the original sources of indigo; also, the indigo dye.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, leguminous, plants, many, species.
Begonia
noun · 78% connection
A genus of plants, mostly of tropical America, many species of which are grown as ornamental plants. The leaves are curiously one-side…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, leguminous, plants, many, species.
Botfly
noun · 78% connection
A dipterous insect of the family (Estridae, of many different species, some of which are particularly troublesome to domestic animals,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, leguminous, plants, many, species.
Brazil wood
unknown · 78% connection
A very heavy wood of a reddish color, imported from Brazil and other tropical countries, for cabinet-work, and for dyeing. The best is…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, leguminous, plants, many, species.
Caltrap
noun · 78% connection
A genus of herbaceous plants (Tribulus) of the order Zygophylleae, having a hard several-celled fruit, armed with stout spines, and re…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, leguminous, plants, many, species.
Cassia
noun · 78% connection
A genus of leguminous plants (herbs, shrubs, or trees) of many species, most of which have purgative qualities. The leaves of several…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, leguminous, plants, many, species.
Chrysanthemum
noun · 78% connection
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: genus, leguminous, plants, many, species.
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, leguminous, plants, many, species.
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, leguminous, plants, many, species.
Galactin
noun · 78% connection
An amorphous, gummy carbohydrate resembling gelose, found in the seeds of leguminous plants, and yielding on decomposition several sug…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, leguminous, plants, many, species.
Garfish
noun · 78% connection
One of several species of similar fishes of the genus Tylosurus, of which one species (T. marinus) is common on the Atlantic coast. T.…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, leguminous, plants, many, species.
Genus
noun · 78% connection
An assemblage of species, having so many fundamental points of structure in common, that in the judgment of competent scientists, they…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, leguminous, plants, many, species.
Indican
noun · 78% connection
A glucoside obtained from woad (indigo plant) and other plants, as a yellow or light brown sirup. It has a nauseous bitter taste, a de…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, leguminous, plants, many, species.
Indigo
noun · 78% connection
A blue dyestuff obtained from several plants belonging to very different genera and orders; as, the woad, Isatis tinctoria, Indigofera…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, leguminous, plants, many, species.
Indigogen
noun · 78% connection
See Indigo white, under Indigo.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, leguminous, plants, many, species.
Indigotin
noun · 78% connection
See Indigo blue, under Indigo.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, leguminous, plants, many, species.
Indol
noun · 78% connection
A white, crystalline substance, C8H7N, obtained from blue indigo, and almost all indigo derivatives, by a process of reduction. It is…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, leguminous, plants, many, species.
