murcott
A variety of hybrid citrus tree (tangor), or the tangerine-type fruit of the tree.

muriti
The moriche palm.

muritis
plural of muriti

murlins
A kind of seaweed; badderlocks (Alaria esculenta)

mursalski
The ironwood plant Sideritis scardica or the Bulgarian mountain tea made from it

murumuru
A rainforest palm, Astrocaryum murumuru, whose seeds contain a butter used in moisturizers.

murunga
Terminalia ferdinandiana, a tree native to Australia with a yellowish-green fruit.

murungas
plural of murunga

muruxi
The astringent bark of Samadera indica.

muskgrass
A green alga of the genus Chara.

mustard
A plant of certain species of the genus Brassica, or of related genera (especially Sinapis alba, in the family Brassicaceae, with yellow flowers, and linear seed pods).
Powder or paste made from seeds of the mustard plant, and used as a condiment or a spice.
The leaves of the mustard plant, used as a salad.
Dark yellow colour, the colour of mustard.
One of a family of vesicants containing one or more 2-chloroethyl (C₂H₄Cl) groups, commonly used in chemical warfare and cancer chemotherapy.
The tomalley of a crab, which resembles the condiment.
Ellipsis of mustard gas.
Energy, power (when throwing a baseball).

muzzlewood
The tree Eucalyptus stellulata.

mycophycobiont
The alga or the fungus involved in mycophycobiosis.

mycophycobionts
plural of mycophycobiont

mycorhiza
Alternative form of mycorrhiza.

mycorhizae
plural of mycorhiza

mycorhizas
plural of mycorhiza

mycorrhiza
A plant root formed in symbiosis with a fungus; the symbiosis between the mycelium of a fungus and the roots of a plant.

mycorrhizae
plural of mycorrhiza

mycorrhizas
plural of mycorrhiza

mycorrhizosphere
The region around a mycorrhizal fungus and its associated plant root in which nutrients released from the fungus increase the microbial population and its activities

mycorrhizospheres
plural of mycorrhizosphere

mycotroph
Any mycotrophic plant

mycotrophs
plural of mycotroph

mycropyle
Obsolete form of micropyle.

mycropyles
plural of mycropyle

myoga
A Japanese type of ginger, Zingiber mioga, of which only the shoots and flower buds are used in cooking.

myosote
Myosotis.

myosotes
plural of myosote

myosotis
Any plant of the genus Myosotis, the forget-me-nots.

myosotises
plural of myosotis

myricanone
A cyclic diarylheptanoid isolated from the bark of Myrica rubra ( ⇒ Morella rubra).

myrmecochore
Any myrmecochorous plant or its seed / fruit.

myrmecochores
plural of myrmecochore

myrmecodomatia
plural of myrmecodomatium

myrmecodomatium
A domatium specifically adapted to the accommodation of ants.

myrmecophyte
A plant that lives in association with a colony of ants. The degree of association varies and is assumed to be symbiotic in some cases.

myrmecophytes
plural of myrmecophyte

myrmecophytism
The situation where a plant lives in association with a colony of ants.

naboot
A quarterstaff constructed of palm wood or rattan, originated in Egypt and used in the martial art of tahtib.

naboots
plural of naboot

nagaimo
Dioscorea opposita, a variety of yam.

nageire
A Japanese style of flower arrangement, characterised by informality and spontaneity.

nagkassar
Alternative form of nagkesar.

nagkesar
Mesua ferrea (Ceylon ironwood).

nagsara
Alternative form of nagkesar.

nahor
Mesua ferrea (Ceylon ironwood).

naio
Myoporum sandwicense, a flowering plant in the figwort family.

nakedweed
The plant Chondrilla juncea.

nakedwood
Any of various plants in the genus Colubrina.

nalita
The flowering tree Trema orientale.
Synonym of mulukhiyah (“leaves of the jute plant used as a vegetable”).

nandiniid
Any palm civet of the family Nandiniidae

nandiniids
plural of nandiniid

nanea
The vine Vigna marina.

nannandria
plural of nannandrium

nannandrium
A small male filament in certain green algae.

nannybush
The sheepberry or nannyberry plant (Viburnum lentago).

nanobloom
A nanoscale bloom

nanoblooms
plural of nanobloom

nanofern
A nanosubstrate in the form of a fern

nanoferns
plural of nanofern

nanoflower
A nanocrystal that resembles a flower

nanoflowers
plural of nanoflower

nanogranule
A nanosized granule

nanogranules
plural of nanogranule

nanoleaf
A nanoscale leaf (part of a larger structure) that converts wind and solar energy into electricity

nanoleaves
plural of nanoleaf

nanophanerophyte
Any phanerophyte between about 10 and 80 inches in height

nanophanerophytes
plural of nanophanerophyte

nanoseed
A nanoscale seed

nanoseeds
plural of nanoseed

nanten
The nandina or heavenly bamboo.

narrawood
The wood of a narra tree.

natchnee
An annual grass, Eleusine coracana, native to Africa. It is cultivated in India for grain.

nativar
A cultivar of a native plant species.

nativars
plural of nativar

nato
A tree of the genus Mora
The wood of such trees

natos
plural of nato

naupaka
Any of many species of tropical flowering plants of the genus Scaevola.

naupakas
plural of naupaka

nebari
The surface roots that flare out from the base of a bonsai tree

nebbek
Archaic form of nebek.

nebbeks
plural of nebbek

nebbiolo
Alternative letter-case form of Nebbiolo.

nebbiolos
plural of nebbiolo

nebbuck
Alternative form of nebek.

nebbucks
plural of nebbuck

nebek
Paliurus spina-christi, a deciduous shrub or small tree native to the Mediterranean region and southwest and central Asia.

nebeks
plural of nebek

necriscence
serotiny as a result of the death of a plant

necrophyte
Any plant or fungus that grows on dead plant material

necrophytes
plural of necrophyte

necroplasm
The equivalent of protoplasm in a dead seed.

nectaplum
A nectarine-plum hybrid.

nectarotheca
The portion of a flower that immediately surrounds a nectariferous pore.

nectarthode
A pore, in the base of a flower, through which nectar is secreted

nectarthodes
plural of nectarthode

needlebush
The plant Hakea sericea.

needlebushes
plural of needlebush

neep
The swede (rutabaga); turnip.

negundo
Any plant of the former genus Negundo.

negundos
plural of negundo.

neinei
The plant Dracophyllum latifolium from New Zealand.

nemathecia
plural of nemathecium

nemathecium
A kind of fructification on certain red algae, consisting of an external mass of filaments that separate into tetraspores.

nematotheca
A stem, in some hydroids, from which nematophores develop

nematothecae
plural of nematotheca

nemesia
Any plant of the genus Nemesia in the family Scrophulariaceae.

nemesias
plural of nemesia

nemophila
Any plant of the genus Nemophila in the family Boraginaceae

nemophilas
plural of nemophila

neocyclomorusin
The cytotoxin 8,9-dihydro-6,12-dihydroxy-9-(1-hydroxy-1-methylethyl)-3,3-dimethyl-3H,7H-pyrano[2',3':7,8][1]benzopyrano[3,2-d][1]benzoxepin-7-one

neohybrid
A newly-formed hybrid, typically of a crop plant

neohybrids
plural of neohybrid

nepeta
Any plant of the genus Nepeta of flowering plants, including catnip.

nepetas
plural of nepeta

nepitella
A herb, Clinopodium nepeta, lesser calamint.

neprosin
A peptidase present in the digestive fluid of the pitcher plant Nepenthes ventrata

nerion
oleander (Nerium oleander)

nervule
A minor, nonsupporting vein in a leaf of a plant; a branch vein of a nervure (supporting vein) or of another nervule.
A minor vein in a wing of an insect.

nervules
plural of nervule

nervulet
A nervule.

nervulets
plural of nervulet

neststraw
Any of the plants in the genus Stylocline.

netbush
Any of various plants of the genus Calothamnus.