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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: pertaining, resembling, natural, order, tropical.
Anabas
noun · 78% connection
A genus of fishes, remarkable for their power of living long out of water, and of making their way on land for considerable distances,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, resembling, natural, order, tropical.
Arbustive
adjective · 78% connection
Containing copses of trees or shrubs; covered with shrubs.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, resembling, natural, order, tropical.
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: pertaining, resembling, natural, order, tropical.
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: pertaining, resembling, natural, order, tropical.
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: pertaining, resembling, natural, order, tropical.
Casuarina
noun · 78% connection
any of various trees and shrubs of the genus Casuarina having jointed stems and whorls of scalelike leaves; some yield heavy hardwood
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, resembling, natural, order, tropical.
Caulocarpous
adjective · 78% connection
Having stems which bear flowers and fruit year after year, as most trees and shrubs.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, resembling, natural, order, tropical.
Circumnutation
noun · 78% connection
The successive bowing or bending in different directions of the growing tip of the stems of many plants, especially seen in climbing p…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, resembling, natural, order, tropical.
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: pertaining, resembling, natural, order, tropical.
Guttiferous
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to a natural order of trees and shrubs (Guttiferae) noted for their abounding in a resinous sap.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, resembling, natural, order, tropical.
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: pertaining, resembling, natural, order, tropical.
Lauraceous
adjective · 78% connection
Belonging to, or resembling, a natural order (Lauraceae) of trees and shrubs having aromatic bark and foliage, and including the laure…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, resembling, natural, order, tropical.
Leguminous
adjective · 78% connection
Belonging to, or resembling, a very large natural order of plants (Leguminosae), which bear legumes, including peas, beans, clover, lo…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, resembling, natural, order, tropical.
Liana
noun · 78% connection
A luxuriant woody plant, climbing high trees and having ropelike stems. The grapevine often has the habit of a liane. Lianes are abund…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, resembling, natural, order, tropical.
Malvaceous
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of plants (Malvaceae), of which the mallow is the type. The cotton plant, hollyhock, and…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, resembling, natural, order, tropical.
Menispermaceous
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to a natural order (Menispermace/) of climbing plants of which moonseed (Menispermum) is the type.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, resembling, natural, order, tropical.
Myrtaceous
adjective · 78% connection
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a large and important natural order of trees and shrubs (Myrtaceae), of which the myrtle is the type…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: pertaining, resembling, natural, order, tropical.