copperleaf
Acalypha wilkesiana, a shrub with shiny bronze-green leaves and small green flowers.
Other similar-looking species of Acalypha

copperleafs
plural of copperleaf

copperleaves
plural of copperleaf

coral plant
Any of several flowering plants:
Any of several flowering plants:
Any of several flowering plants:
Any of several flowering plants:

corkscrew
An implement for opening bottles that are sealed by a cork. Sometimes specifically such an implement that includes a screw-shaped part, or worm.
The screw-shaped worm of a typical corkscrew.
A type of sharp, twisting punch, often one thrown close and from the side.
A type of inversion used in roller coasters.

corkscrews
plural of corkscrew

croton
Any of various plants, of the genus Croton, that yield croton oil.
A tropical evergreen shrub (Codiaeum variegatum), having glossy foliage, cultivated as a houseplant.

crotons
plural of croton

crown of thorns
The crown made of a thorny plant that Christ was forced to wear before his Crucifixion, in mocking reference to his alleged status as ‘king of the Jews’, or a representation of this.
A spiny Mediterranean tree, Ziziphus spina-christi.
A spiny spurge, Euphorbia milii, native to Madagascar.
The plant Koeberlinia spinosa.
Ellipsis of crown-of-thorns starfish
A woodworking technique, used in tramp art, in which interlocking pieces are notched to intersect at right angles and form joints and self-supporting objects.

curcas
A spurge, Jatropha curcas, from Central America

cushion spurge
A perennial spurge forming small clumps of bright yellow flowers, native to Central and Southeast Europe, of species Euphorbia epithymoides (previously known as Euphorbia polychroma).

cypress spurge
An erect, perennial spurge, native to Europe and an invasive species in North America, of species Euphorbia cyparissias.

devil's walking stick
Aralia spinosa, a woody plant native to eastern North America.
Oplopanax horridus, a large understory shrub with large palmate leaves and erect, woody stems covered in irritating spines.

dog's mercury
Mercurialis perennis, a herbaceous, downy perennial woodland plant with erect stems bearing simple, serrate leaves, found in much of Europe.

dove weed
Synonym of turkey mullein (Croton setiger)

doveweed
Alternative form of dove weed.

dragon's blood
A bright red resin, obtained from different species of a number of distinct plants Calamus rotang and genera Croton, Dracaena, Daemonorops, and Pterocarpus, used in the manufacture of varnishes, lacquers, medicines, and incenses.

epanaphora
anaphora

euphorbium
An acrid dull yellow or brown resin consisting of the concreted milky juice of several species of Euphorbia, formerly used as a purgative and emetic.

garden croton
Any of species Codiaeum variegatum of spurges commonly used as a houseplant for its leaves, which can vary in color.

gout stalk
Jatropha podagrica, a leafy plant of the spurge family grown as an ornamental.

heartleaf
Wild ginger (Asarum caudatum).
Any of various plants with heart-shaped leaves, such as Houttuynia cordata.

heartleafs
plural of heartleaf

heartleaves
plural of heartleaf

hogwort
Woolly croton (Croton capitatus, syn. Heptallon graveolens), an annual plant of the southeastern US.

jatropha
Any of several plants, of the genus Jatropha, native to the Northern Hemisphere; some have medicinal attributes and others are grown as a source of biodiesel.

jatrophas
plural of jatropha

leafy spurge
Euphorbia esula, a spurge native to Eurasia.

leatherstem
A stalky plant of Mexico and Texas, Jatropha dioica

macaranga
Any of the large genus Macaranga of Old World tropical euphorbiaceous trees.

macarangas
plural of macaranga

manchineal
Obsolete form of manchineel.

manchineel
A tropical American tree (Hippomane mancinella), having apple-like, poisonous fruit, and a sap that causes blisters on contact with the skin.

manchineel tree
A tropical American tree, Hippomane mancinella, having apple-like, highly poisonous fruit, and a sap that causes blisters on contact with the skin.

manchineels
plural of manchineel

mandioc
Obsolete form of manioc.

mandioca
manioc

mandiocca
manioc

manihoc
Obsolete form of manioc.

manihot
manioc

manioc
The tropical plant Manihot esculenta, from which tapioca is prepared; cassava, yuca.
Cassava root, eaten as a food.
A food starch prepared from the root.

manioca
Alternative form of manioc

maniocs
plural of manioc

manketti
mongongo (tree)
mongongo (fruit)

mankettis
plural of manketti

manzanilla
A pale, dry fino sherry.
A kind of small roundish olive with a small freestone pit, a fine skin, and a somewhat bitter taste.

manzanillas
plural of manzanilla

mappemond
Synonym of mappa mundi.

mappemonds
plural of mappemond

mogo
cassava

mongongo
A large, spreading tree (Schinziophyton rautanenii) of the family Euphorbiaceae, found on wooded hills and among sand dunes, with distinctive hand-shaped leaves, whose pale yellow wood resembles balsa.
Its egg-shaped, velvety fruit, having a thin layer of edible flesh surrounding a highly nutritious nut.

mongongos
plural of mongongo

moron
A stupid person; an idiot; a fool.
A person of mild mental subnormality in the former classification of mental retardation, having an intelligence quotient of 50–70.
A hypothetical particle whose existence and configuration can make a moral judgment true.

morons
plural of moron

mugongo
Alternative form of mongongo.

naboom
Synonym of candelabra tree (“Euphorbia ingens”).

nabooms
plural of naboom

natural rubber
Rubber derived from the sap of the rubber tree; a hydrocarbon biopolymer of isoprene.

oilnut
Any nut from which oil may be commercially extracted.
The buffalo nut (from Pyrularia oleifera).

oilnuts
plural of oilnut

oysterwood
Any of the flowering species of the genus Gymnanthes.

palmcrist
Synonym of palma Christi (“castor oil plant (Ricinus communis)”).

palmcrists
plural of palmcrist

parasol leaf tree
A species of shrub or bushy tree, Macaranga tanarius, family Euphorbiaceae, found throughout South, East, and Southeast Asia, through to New Guinea, and eastern Australia.

petty spurge
The plant Euphorbia peplus.

physic nut
A small tropical American euphorbiaceous tree (Jatropha curcas) with poisonous seeds, cultivated to produce biodiesel fuel.

purple spurge
A plant of species Euphorbia peplis.

red kamala
A tree of species Mallotus philippensis.
Red dye produced from trees of species Mallotus philippensis.

sampladelia
sampladelic music

sandbox tree
Hura crepitans, an evergreen tree of the spurge family Euphorbiaceae, native to tropical regions of North and South America.

sandmat
Sand carpet, a plant of species Cardionema ramosissimum, of the arid western Americas
Sand mat; certain plants of subgenus Euphorbia subg. Chamaescye, formerly genus Chamaesyce.

silverbush
Any of several bushes with a silvery appearance.
Any of several bushes with a silvery appearance.
Any of several bushes with a silvery appearance.

silverbushes
plural of silverbush

snow on the mountain
Alternative form of snow on the mountaintop.

snow-on-the-mountain
A small shrub in the family Euphorbiaceae, having white-margined leaves and white flowers; Euphorbia marginata.

spotted spurge
A prostrate, annual spurge, native to North America and an invasive species throughout the rest of the world, of species Euphorbia maculata.
An erect, annual spurge, native to North and Central America and an invasive species in Europe, Japan, and New Zealand, of species Euphorbia nutans.

sun spurge
The flowering plant Euphorbia helioscopia.

tamboti
The tree Spirostachys africana.

tapioca
A starchy food made from the cassava plant, used in puddings.
The cassava plant, Manihot esculenta, from which tapioca is derived; manioc.

tapiocas
plural of tapioca

toro
A traditional Japanese lantern.

toros
plural of toro

tuitui
candlenut

turkey mullein
A plant of species Croton setiger, native to the western US and northwestern Mexico.