watersprout
An upright shoot growing from a latent (dormant) bud on the trunk or older branch of a tree.

watersprouts
plural of watersprout

waxbush
A plant of species Cuphea viscosissima.

waxflower
Any plant of the genus Hoya.
Hoya carnosa, the waxplant.
Chamelaucium
Stephanotis floribunda, the Madagascar jasmine

waxflowers
plural of waxflower

waxpod
A dwarf variety of French bean.

waxpods
plural of waxpod

waxweed
Any of various plants of the genus Cuphea.

waxweeds
plural of waxweed

waywort
pimpernel or any similar wayside plant

wayworts
plural of waywort

weedling
A small weed.

weedlings
plural of weedling

weenong
A tree of the genus Tetrameles.

weenongs
plural of weenong

weigela
Any plant of the genus Weigela.

weigelas
plural of weigela

weisiensin
Any of a class of ent-kaurane diterpenoids isolated from the herb Rabdosia weisiensis.

weisiensins
plural of weisiensin

weki
Alternative form of wheki (“the tree fern Dicksonia squarrosa”).

welpenela
balloon plant

welshnut
A walnut (nut or tree).

welshnuts
plural of welshnut

wenge
A very dark and hard tropical timber, from the tree species Millettia laurentii.
A reddish shade of brown associated with this wood.

whampee
Alternative spelling of wampee.

whampees
plural of whampee

wheki
Dicksonia squarrosa, a fast-growing tree fern endemic to New Zealand.

whismore
The African flowering tree Heritiera utilis.

whiteberries
plural of whiteberry

whiteberry
Actaea pachypoda, a species of flowering plant.
A white variety of blackberry.

whiteblow
whitlow grass, Draba verna

whitecorn
Any white variety of field corn.

whiteroot
The plant Gouania lupuloides.

whitewort
wild camomile (Matricaria recutita)
Polygonatum odoratum, a kind of Solomon's seal.

whiteywood
a small type of New Zealand tree related to violets - Melicytus ramiflorus

whiteywoods
plural of whiteywood

whorlywort
The plant Veronicastrum virginicum.

whortle
The whortleberry or bilberry.

whortles
plural of whortle

wickawee
The plant Castilleja coccinea.

wicken
The European rowan tree.

widgeonweed
Any of various aquatic plants in the genus Ruppia.

widgeonweeds
plural of widgeonweed

wilcos
plural of wilco

wildcane
A tall grass of the species Gynerium sagittatum.

wildegranaat
Burchellia bubalina, the wild pomegranate.

wildflower
A wild (uncultivated) flowering plant.
A flower from such a plant.

wildflowers
plural of wildflower

wildling
A wild, i.e. not cultivated, plant.
A wild animal.

wildlings
plural of wildling

wiliwili
A fabaceous flowering tree of species Erythrina sandwicensis, endemic to the Hawaiian Islands.

wiliwilis
plural of wiliwili

willowtree
Alternative form of willow tree.

willowtrees
plural of willowtree

willowwort
Any plant of the willow family Salicaceae.
Yellow loosestrife (Lysimachia vulgaris) or purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria).

willowworts
plural of willowwort

wimbi
bulrush millet, Eleusine coracana.

wincopipe
The pimpernel flower, Anagallis arvensis.

wincopipes
plural of wincopipe

windball
A tumbleweed.

windshake
A crack in wood caused by the force of wind while the tree was growing.

windshakes
plural of windshake

windsnap
The breaking of the bole of a tree by the wind.
Trees broken in this manner.

windsnaps
plural of windsnap

windsway
The swaying in the wind of an otherwise fixed object such as a tree or a man-made construction.

windthrow
The uprooting and/or overthrowing of a tree caused by the wind.
Trees uprooted as above.

windthrows
plural of windthrow

wintercreeper
Euonymus fortunei, a woody evergreen vine native to China, Korea, and Japan.

wintercreepers
plural of wintercreeper

winterweed
Various small weeds that grow in winter
Various small weeds that grow in winter

witchen
Alternative form of wicken (“European rowan tree”).

witchens
plural of witchen

witgat
Synonym of motlopi.

witgats
plural of witgat

withertip
A plant disease, often of citrus plants, that causes dieback and wilting.

withthrow
Alternative form of windthrow.

witteboom
silver tree

wittebooms
plural of witteboom

woad
The plant Isatis tinctoria.
The blue vat dye made from the leaves of the plant through partial drying and fermentation.

woaded
Coloured or stained with woad; woaden

woads
plural of woad

wocas
Alternative form of wokas.

wocus
A large yellow water lily (Nuphar polysepala) found in the northwestern United States.
The seeds of this water lily, eaten by the Klamath and others.

wodgil
The plant Acacia neurophylla, a shrub or tree endemic to southwestern Australia.
A poor, acidic soil, upon which shrubby vegetation dominated by acacia grows.

wodgils
plural of wodgil

wodjil
Alternative form of wodgil (“acacia”).

woevine
A plant of species Cassytha filiformis.

wokas
A large yellow water lily (Nuphar polysepala) found in the northwestern United States.
seeds of this water lily, eaten by the Klamath and others.

wokus
Alternative form of wokas.

wolveboon
A South African tree with poisonous seeds, of species Hyaenanche globosa.

womandrake
A white form of the plant mandrake, or one with a white root.

womandrakes
plural of womandrake

wongshy
An Asian tree, Gardenia jasminoides.
A yellow dye said to contain crocin derived from the pods of the wongshy.

wongsky
Alternative form of wongshy.

woodbalm
Lepechinia calycina, an herb native to California.

woodflesh
The substance making up the central part of the trunk and branches of a tree, wood.

woodgrain
The grain of wood.
The grained pattern of a wooden surface, especially as on a non-wooden object decorated as to appear wooden.

woodgrains
plural of woodgrain

woodmarch
An umbelliferous plant, a species of sanicle (Sanicula europaea).

woodmarches
plural of woodmarch

woodoats
A North American grass of genus Chasmanthium.

woodrush
Any of several perennial flowering plants, of the genus Luzula, that have grass-like leaves.

woodvamp
A large deciduous vine or ground-cover related to the hydrangeas, with fragrant white flowers, native to the southeastern US, Decumaria barbara.

woodvamps
plural of woodvamp

woollystar
Any of the flowering plants of genus Eriastrum.

woollystars
plural of woollystar.

woorali
curare

woorara
Archaic form of curare.

wooraras
plural of woorara

woorari
Alternative form of curare.

worcesterberries
plural of worcesterberry

worcesterberry
Ribes divaricatum, a gooseberry plant of the Pacific coast of North America
The black berry of this plant.

wormweed
A seaweed of species Ascophyllum nodosum.

wourali
curare

wourari
curare

wride
A bush having multiple stalks proceeding from a single root.

wrides
plural of wride

wrightwort
Any of a genus of shrubs, Carlowrightia

wrightworts
plural of wrightwort

wroo
A corner; nook.
An enclosure in a grass field, in which cattle are penned up at night.

wroos
plural of wroo

wurali
curare

wurari
curare

wymote
The marshmallow (Althaea officinalis).

xanthatin
The sesquiterpenoid xanthanolide (3~{a}~{R},7~{S},8~{a}~{S})-7-methyl-3-methylidene-6-[(~{E})-3-oxobut-1-enyl]-4,7,8,8~{a}-tetrahydro-3~{a}~{H}-cyclohepta[b]furan-2-one present in Xanthium strumarium leaves.

xanthinosin
The sesquiterpenoid xanthanolide (3~{a}~{R},7~{S},8~{a}~{S})-7-methyl-3-methylidene-6-(3-oxobutyl)-4,7,8,8~{a}-tetrahydro-3~{a}~{H}-cyclohepta[b]furan-2-one present in Xanthium strumarium leaves

xanthophyte
Any yellow-green alga (of the class Xanthophyceae).

xanthophytes
plural of xanthophyte

xanthopicrin
A bitter principle obtained from the bark of Zanthoxylum clava-herculis.

xanthopicrine
Alternative form of xanthopicrin.

xenogamy
The transfer of pollen from the anthers of one plant to the stigma of another; cross-pollination.
Cross-cultural marriage.

xeractinol
A flavanonol found in the leaves of Paepalanthus argenteus.

xeriphyte
Alternative form of xerophyte.

xeriphytes
plural of xeriphyte

xerobranching
The repression of lateral root formation while roots are not in contact with water or wet soil.

xerohalophyte
A halophyte that thrives in very dry conditions.