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Ragwort

A name given to several species of the composite genus Senecio.

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Weed 76% connected

A garment; clothing; especially, an upper or outer garment.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Butterweed 92% connected

An annual composite plant of the Mississippi valley (Senecio lobatus).

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Ragweed 92% connected

A common American composite weed (Ambrosia artemisiaefolia) with finely divided leaves; hogweed.

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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

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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

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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

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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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Analogue noun · 78% connection

A species or genus in one country closely related to a species of the same genus, or a genus of the same group, in another: such speci…

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Baptize verb · 78% connection

To christen ( because a name is given to infants at their baptism); to give a name to; to name.

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Basil noun · 78% connection

The name given to several aromatic herbs of the Mint family, but chiefly to the common or sweet basil (Ocymum basilicum), and the bush…

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Calendula noun · 78% connection

A genus of composite herbaceous plants. One species, Calendula officinalis, is the common marigold, and was supposed to blossom on the…

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Chat noun · 78% connection

A bird of the genus Icteria, allied to the warblers, in America. The best known species are the yellow-breasted chat (I. viridis), and…

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Cineraria noun · 78% connection

A Linnaean genus of free-flowering composite plants, mostly from South Africa. Several species are cultivated for ornament.

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Claret noun · 78% connection

The name first given in England to the red wines of Medoc, in France, and afterwards extended to all the red Bordeaux wines. The name…

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Cocklebur noun · 78% connection

A coarse, composite weed, having a rough or prickly fruit; one of several species of the genus Xanthium; -- called also clotbur.

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Crocodile noun · 78% connection

A large reptile of the genus Crocodilus, of several species. They grow to the length of sixteen or eighteen feet, and inhabit the larg…

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Cudweed noun · 78% connection

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