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Mallow

Alt. of Mallows

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Abelmosk 76% connected

An evergreen shrub (Hibiscus -- formerly Abelmoschus -- moschatus), of the East and West Indies and Northern Africa, whose musky seeds are used in pe…

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Althaea 76% connected

Alt. of Althea

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Althea 76% connected

A genus of plants of the Mallow family. It includes the officinal marsh mallow, and the garden hollyhocks.

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Cheese 76% connected

The curd of milk, coagulated usually with rennet, separated from the whey, and pressed into a solid mass in a hoop or mold.

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Hibiscus 76% connected

A genus of plants (herbs, shrubs, or trees), some species of which have large, showy flowers. Some species are cultivated in India for their fiber, w…

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Hollyhock 76% connected

A species of Althaea (A. rosea), bearing flowers of various colors; -- called also rose mallow.

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Velvetleaf 76% connected

A name given to several plants which have soft, velvety leaves, as the Abutilon Avicennae, the Cissampelos Pareira, and the Lavatera arborea, and eve…

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Bush 76% connected

A thicket, or place abounding in trees or shrubs; a wild forest.

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Shrub 76% connected

A liquor composed of vegetable acid, especially lemon juice, and sugar, with spirit to preserve it.

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Adventitious root noun · 78% connection

root growing in an unusual location e.g. from a stem

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Apomict noun · 78% connection

a plant that reproduces or is reproduced by apomixis

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Archespore noun · 78% connection

primitive cell or group of cells from which a mother cell develops

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Archesporium noun · 78% connection

primitive cell or group of cells from which a mother cell develops

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Arthrospore noun · 78% connection

a body that resembles a spore but is not an endospore; produced by some bacteria

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Autophyte noun · 78% connection

plant capable of synthesizing its own food from simple organic substances

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Autophytic plant noun · 78% connection

plant capable of synthesizing its own food from simple organic substances

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Autotrophic organism noun · 78% connection

plant capable of synthesizing its own food from simple organic substances

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Briarroot noun · 78% connection

hard woody root of the briar Erica arborea

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Button snakeroot noun · 78% connection

any of various North American plants of the genus Liatris having racemes or panicles of small discoid flower heads

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Chicory root noun · 78% connection

the dried root of the chicory plant: used as a coffee substitute

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Cocoyam noun · 78% connection

edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants

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Corn silk noun · 78% connection

each of the long filamentous styles that grow as a silky tuft at the tip of an ear of Indian corn

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Cornsilk noun · 78% connection

each of the long filamentous styles that grow as a silky tuft at the tip of an ear of Indian corn

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Cultivar noun · 78% connection

a variety of a plant developed from a natural species and maintained under cultivation

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Dasheen noun · 78% connection

edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants

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Daughter cell noun · 78% connection

a cell formed by the division or budding of another cell; "anthrax grows by dividing into two daughter cells that are generally identi…

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Dicot family noun · 78% connection

family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination

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Sarcobasis noun · 78% connection

A fruit consisting of many dry indehiscent cells, which contain but few seeds and cohere about a common style, as in the mallows.

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Mallows noun · 72% connection

A genus of plants (Malva) having mucilaginous qualities. See Malvaceous.

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