ambatch
A large shrub or small tree found in and around water in the African tropics, Aeschynomene elaphroxylon, formerly used to make rafts due to its extremely lightweight wood.
A raft made from bundles of the stems of this plant.

ambatches
plural of ambatch

ambigrams
plural of ambigram

anemograms
plural of anemogram

anil
The indigo shrub; or the indigo dye obtained from the plant.
Any imine in which the N-radical is a phenyl (or substituted phenyl) group.
1,4-Benzoquinones including chloranil, DDQ, bromanil, & cyanil.

anils
plural of anil

antiparallelograms
plural of antiparallelogram

apple blossom
The flower of an apple tree that will eventually turn into an apple.

appleblossom
Alternative form of apple blossom.

appleblossoms
plural of appleblossom

aptagrams
plural of aptagram

aroma
A smell; especially a pleasant spicy or fragrant one.

aromas
plural of aroma

aromata
plural of aroma

aromatograms
plural of aromatogram

aspalathus
Any of the genus Aspalathus of flowering plants.
A thorny shrub yielding a fragrant oil.

aspalathuses
plural of aspalathus

asphere
An aspherical object, usually a lens.

astraciceran
A fungicidal isoflavan found in Astragalus cicer.

astragali
plural of astragalus

astragalus
Synonym of anklebone.
Synonym of milkvetch: a plant of the genus Astragalus.

autocovariograms
plural of autocovariogram

ayocote
The runner bean (Phaseolus coccineus).

badmaash
Alternative spelling of badmash.

ballistocardiograms
plural of ballistocardiogram

baptisia
Any of various ornamental plants of the genus Baptisia.

baptisias
plural of baptisia

barwood
Red wood of a leguminous African tree, Baphia nitida, used as a dyewood and for various other purposes such as ramrods, violin bows and handles for woodturning tools.
A tree of species Pterocarpus erinaceus.

barwoods
plural of barwood

bastard umbrella thorn
Acacia luederitzii, a tree of Namibia.

beach pea
Various plants in family Fabaceae:
Various plants in family Fabaceae:
Various plants in family Fabaceae:
Various plants in family Fabaceae:

bedeguars
plural of bedeguar

beggarweed
A type of plant, Desmodium incanum, native to Central and South America.

beggarweeds
plural of beggarweed

bhokra
Synonym of silk tree (“Albizia julibrissin”).

bird's-foot
Alternative form of birdsfoot.

bird's-foot trefoil
Alternative spelling of birdsfoot trefoil.

birdsfoot trefoil
Plants of certan species of genus Lotus, especially common birdsfoot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus), a flowering plant native to grassland in Eurasia and North Africa.

bisabol
Synonym of opopanax (“gum resin”).

bissabol
Alternative form of bisabol.

bitter vetch
A plant with bitter, lentil-like seeds that are edible with special processing, but are now mostly fed to livestock, Vicia ervilia.
A heath pea (Lathyrus linifolius)

black gram
A bean from the seed of Vigna mungo, native to the Indian subcontinent.

black locust
A tree, Robinia pseudoacacia, in the subfamily Faboideae of the pea family Fabaceae, native to the southeastern United States, but widely planted and naturalized elsewhere in temperate North America, Europe and Asia; considered an invasive species in some areas.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see black, locust.

blackbead
A tree or shrub of the genus Pithecellobium, native to the Americas.

blackbeads
plural of blackbead

blackbrush
A shrub of the genus Coleogyne

blackbrushes
plural of blackbrush

blackwood
Any of several species of trees yielding a very dark wood.
Any of several species of trees yielding a very dark wood.
Any of several species of trees yielding a very dark wood.
Any of several species of trees yielding a very dark wood.
The very dark wood of such trees.

blackwoods
plural of blackwood

bladder senna
Colutea arborescens, a leguminous shrub.

blanco
To polish using Blanco.

blue fenugreek
Trigonella caerulea, a variety of fenugreek with blue flowers.

bodhicitta
In Mahayana Buddhism, the intense ontological aspiration to save all beings by following the bodhisattva path to enlightenment.
The bodhisattva path to nirvana.

bohemia
Alternative letter-case form of Bohemia.

bohemias
plural of bohemia

bolograms
plural of bologram

bonduc
Synonym of nicker tree.

bonducs
plural of bonduc

boree
Any of various species of wattle tree (genus Acacia), especially Acacia pendula and Acacia glaucescens.

borees
plural of boree

brasilwood
Alternative form of brazilwood.

brasilwoods
plural of brasilwood

brazilwood
A Brazilian timber tree (Paubrasilia echinata, syn. Caesalpinia echinata), used primarily to make bows for string instruments.
The wood of this tree.

brazilwoods
plural of brazilwood

breadroot
The edible root of a leguminous plant (Psoralea esculenta).

breadroots
plural of breadroot

brigalow
Any of various Australian acacia trees, especially Acacia harpophylla of New South Wales and Queensland.

brigalows
plural of brigalow

briglow
Alternative form of brigalow.

briglows
plural of briglow

broad bean
An edible bean that has broad seeds (Vicia faba).

broadbean
Alternative form of broad bean.

broadbeans
plural of broadbean

brownea
Any member of the genus Brownea.

browneas
plural of brownea

bugwood
Cutover scrap lumber.
Acacia verticillata

bullock poison
The plant Gastrolobium trilobum.

bunkerman
A man in charge of an industrial coal storage bunker.

bunkermen
plural of bunkerman

burclover
Any of various European and North African herbs of the genus Medicago.

burclovers
plural of burclover

bush clover
Lespedeza spp.

bush vetch
A leguminous climing plant with lilac or blue flowers that grows in hedgerows, grasslands and roadsides; Vicia sepium.

butter bean
Any bean of certain species, including:
Any bean of certain species, including:

caatingas
plural of caatinga

caesalpin
A furanoditerpene isolated from Guilandina bonduc (syn. Caesalpinia bonducella).

caesalpinia
Any member of the genus Caesalpinia.

caesalpinias
plural of caesalpinia

cajans
plural of cajan

calliandra
A flowering plant of the genus Calliandra.

calligramme
Alternative form of calligram.

calligrammes
plural of calligramme

calligrams
plural of calligram

calomba
Synonym of Menindee clover.

camachile
Pithecellobium dulce, a fabaceous flowering plant.
The edible fruit of this plant.

camachiles
plural of camachile

camelthorn
Vachellia erioloba, formerly Acacia erioloba, a tree native to southern Africa.
Alhagi, a genus of shrubs native to northern Africa and Asia Minor.

camelthorns
plural of camelthorn

camwood
An African hardwood tree, Baphia nitida, that is a form of sandalwood.
The wood of this tree.

camwoods
plural of camwood

canalograms
plural of canalogram

candlebush
Alternative form of candle bush.

caragana
Any of several shrubs or small trees, of the genus Caragana, that often have golden flowers

caraganas
plural of caragana

cardiogramme
Rare spelling of cardiogram.

cardiogrammes
plural of cardiogramme

cardiograms
plural of cardiogram

carob
An evergreen shrub or tree, Ceratonia siliqua, native to the Mediterranean region.
The fruit of that tree.
A sweet chocolate-like confection made with the pulp of the fruit.

carobs
plural of carob

cashoo
Archaic form of catechu.
Misspelling of cashew.

cashoos
plural of cashoo

cassie
A thorny shrub with fragrant yellow flowers, Vachellia farnesiana; the needle bush.
A perfume obtained from this plant.

cassies
plural of cassie