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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…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, plants, spurge, family, containing.
Benne
noun · 78% connection
The name of two plants (Sesamum orientale and S. indicum), originally Asiatic; -- also called oil plant. From their seeds an oil is ex…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, plants, spurge, family, containing.
Bergamot
noun · 78% connection
A tree of the Orange family (Citrus bergamia), having a roundish or pear-shaped fruit, from the rind of which an essential oil of deli…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, plants, spurge, family, containing.
Butternut
noun · 78% connection
An American tree (Juglans cinerea) of the Walnut family, and its edible fruit; -- so called from the oil contained in the latter. Some…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, plants, spurge, family, containing.
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, plants, spurge, family, containing.
Caryopsis
noun · 78% connection
A one-celled, dry, indehiscent fruit, with a thin membranous pericarp, adhering closely to the seed, so that fruit and seed are incorp…
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Castor bean
noun · 78% connection
the toxic seed of the castor-oil plant; source of castor oil
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, plants, spurge, family, containing.
Castor oil
unknown · 78% connection
A mild cathartic oil, expressed or extracted from the seeds of the Ricinus communis, or Palma Christi. When fresh the oil is inodorous…
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Cucumber
noun · 78% connection
A creeping plant, and its fruit, of several species of the genus Cucumis, esp. Cucumis sativus, the unripe fruit of which is eaten eit…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, plants, spurge, family, containing.
Datura
noun · 78% connection
A genus of solanaceous plants, with large funnel-shaped flowers and a four-celled, capsular fruit.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, plants, spurge, family, containing.
Dipterocarpus
noun · 78% connection
A genus of trees found in the East Indies, some species of which produce a fragrant resin, other species wood oil. The fruit has two l…
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Euphorbia
noun · 78% connection
Spurge, or bastard spurge, a genus of plants of many species, mostly shrubby, herbaceous succulents, affording an acrid, milky juice.…
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Gourd
noun · 78% connection
A fleshy, three-celled, many-seeded fruit, as the melon, pumpkin, cucumber, etc., of the order Cucurbitaceae; and especially the bottl…
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Illicium
noun · 78% connection
A genus of Asiatic and American magnoliaceous trees, having star-shaped fruit; star anise. The fruit of Illicium anisatum is used as a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, plants, spurge, family, containing.
Lavender
noun · 78% connection
An aromatic plant of the genus Lavandula (L. vera), common in the south of Europe. It yields and oil used in medicine and perfumery. T…
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Lemon
noun · 78% connection
An oval or roundish fruit resembling the orange, and containing a pulp usually intensely acid. It is produced by a tropical tree of th…
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Lily
noun · 78% connection
A plant and flower of the genus Lilium, endogenous bulbous plants, having a regular perianth of six colored pieces, six stamens, and a…
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Macassar oil
unknown · 78% connection
A kind of oil formerly used in dressing the hair; -- so called because originally obtained from Macassar, a district of the Island of…
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