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Primula

The genus of plants including the primrose (Primula vera).

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Auricula 76% connected

A species of Primula, or primrose, called also, from the shape of its leaves, bear's-ear.

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Cowslip 76% connected

A common flower in England (Primula veris) having yellow blossoms and appearing in early spring. It is often cultivated in the United States.

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Oxlip 76% connected

The great cowslip (Primula veris, var. elatior).

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Paigle 76% connected

A species of Primula, either the cowslip or the primrose.

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Polyanthus 76% connected

The oxlip. So called because the peduncle bears a many-flowered umbel. See Oxlip. (b) A bulbous flowering plant of the genus Narcissus (N. Tazetta, o…

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Herb 76% connected

A plant whose stem does not become woody and permanent, but dies, at least down to the ground, after flowering.

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Primrose 92% connected

An early flowering plant of the genus Primula (P. vulgaris) closely allied to the cowslip. There are several varieties, as the white-, the red-, the…

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Angiosperm noun · 86% connection

plants having seeds in a closed ovary

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Annual noun · 86% connection

(botany) a plant that completes its entire life cycle within the space of a year

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Apophysis noun · 86% connection

(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

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Bast noun · 86% connection

(botany) tissue that conducts synthesized food substances (e.g., from leaves) to parts where needed; consists primarily of sieve tubes

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Biennial noun · 86% connection

(botany) a plant having a life cycle that normally takes two seasons from germination to death to complete; flowering biennials usuall…

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Blister noun · 86% connection

(botany) a swelling on a plant similar to that on the skin

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Callus noun · 86% connection

(botany) an isolated thickening of tissue, especially a stiff protuberance on the lip of an orchid

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Calyx noun · 86% connection

(botany) the whorl of sepals of a flower collectively forming the outer floral envelope or layer of the perianth enclosing and support…

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Coma noun · 86% connection

(botany) a usually terminal tuft of bracts (as in the pineapple) or tuft of hairs (especially on certain seeds)

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Corolla noun · 86% connection

(botany) the whorl of petals of a flower that collectively form an inner floral envelope or layer of the perianth; "we cultivate the f…

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Corona noun · 86% connection

(botany) the trumpet-shaped or cup-shaped outgrowth of the corolla of a daffodil or narcissus flower

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Embryo noun · 86% connection

(botany) a minute rudimentary plant contained within a seed or an archegonium

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Fern noun · 86% connection

any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by s…

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Flowering plant noun · 86% connection

plants having seeds in a closed ovary

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Germ tube noun · 86% connection

(botany) a slender tubular outgrowth from a spore in germination

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Leaf node noun · 86% connection

(botany) the small swelling that is the part of a plant stem from which one or more leaves emerge

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Ligule noun · 86% connection

(botany) any appendage to a plant that is shaped like a strap

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Lip noun · 86% connection

(botany) either of the two parts of a bilabiate corolla or calyx

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Allium noun · 78% connection

A genus of plants, including the onion, garlic, leek, chive, etc.

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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,…

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Anacardium noun · 78% connection

A genus of plants including the cashew tree. See Cashew.

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Anona noun · 78% connection

A genus of tropical or subtropical plants of the natural order Anonaceae, including the soursop.

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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…

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Asclepias noun · 78% connection

A genus of plants including the milkweed, swallowwort, and some other species having medicinal properties.

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Bear's-ear noun · 78% connection

A kind of primrose (Primula auricula), so called from the shape of the leaf.

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Bird's-eye noun · 78% connection

A plant with a small bright flower, as the Adonis or pheasant's eye, the mealy primrose (Primula farinosa), and species of Veronica, G…

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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…

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Centaurea noun · 78% connection

A large genus of composite plants, related to the thistles and including the cornflower or bluebottle (Centaurea Cyanus) and the star…

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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…

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