soapbox
A crate for packing soap.
A small platform, being or resembling a literal soapbox, on which a person stands in order to give an impromptu speech or espouse his or her views.
A platform or outlet, such as a media platform, that a person uses to express his or her opinions.
A figurative means of talking repeatedly or at length about one's opinions on one's pet topic.
A figurative means of talking repeatedly or at length about one's opinions on one's pet topic.
A soapbox car.

soapboxes
plural of soapbox

soapbush
Miconia crenata, a glossy-leaved shrub of the Americas, invasive in many parts of the tropics; .
Guaiacum angustifolium, a tree of the caltrop family, native to Texas and Mexico.

soapbushes
plural of soapbush

soda
Sodium bicarbonate.
Sodium carbonate.
Sodium in chemical combination.
Carbonated water (water impregnated with pressurised carbon dioxide, originally made with sodium bicarbonate).
Any carbonated (usually sweet) soft drink.
A glass, bottle or can of this drink.
The first card in the dealing box in the game of faro, which is discarded to leave 51 cards in play.

sodapop
Alternative form of soda pop.

sodas
plural of soda

sodawater
Alternative form of soda water.

sodawaters
plural of sodawater

sodies
plural of sody

sody
Pronunciation spelling of soda.

soopolallie
A variety of deciduous shrub (Shepherdia canadensis), the Canadian buffaloberry, the red fruit/berries of which may be used in the production of a frothy, aromatic drink.

soopolallies
plural of soopolallie

sorbet
Frozen fruit juice, sometimes mixed with egg whites, eaten as dessert or between courses of a meal.

sorbets
plural of sorbet

soridia
plural of soridium

soridium
Archaic form of soredium

sour gum
black tupelo, black gum, pepperidge (Nyssa sylvatica).
water tupelo (Nyssa aquatica).

sourgums
plural of sourgum

southern arrowwood
Viburnum dentatum, native to eastern North America.

southern beech
Any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Nothofagus native to South America and Australasia.

sowbane
Red goosefoot A plant, the (Oxybasis rubra, syn. Chenopodium rubrum).
Chenopodiastrum murale

sparrowwort
An evergreen shrub, Erica passerina.
Any plant in the genus Passerina.
Any plant in the genus Thymelaea.

spiceberries
plural of spiceberry

spiceberry
A compact flowering plant of species Ardisia crenata, native to East Asia.
Its fruit, a glossy, bright red drupe.

spiderflower
Alternative form of spider flower.

spiderflowers
plural of spiderflower

spiderwisp
Any of species Cleome gynandra (syn. Gynandropsis gynandra), of family Cleomaceae, native to Africa but widely cultivated as a vegetable.

spiderwisps
plural of spiderwisp

spignet
An aromatic plant of America; the spikenard (genus Aralia).

spignets
plural of spignet

spikenard
A perfumed ointment, extracted from the plant Nardostachys jatamansi that belongs to the Valerian family and grows in the Himalayas.
The plant Nardostachys jatamansi (syn. Nardostachys grandiflora).
Lavandula stoechas, another species used in antiquity to produce an aromatic oil.
Any plant of the genus Aralia of the Araliaceae family.
False spikenard (Maianthemum racemosum, syn. Smilacina racemosa)
Ploughman's spikenard (Inula conyza, now Pentanema conyzae).
Wild spikenard (Asarum europaeum).

spikenards
plural of spikenard

spinach
A particular edible plant, Spinacia oleracea, or its leaves.
Any of numerous plants, or their leaves, which are used for greens in the same way Spinacia oleracea is or resemble it in some way.

spinaches
plural of spinach

spinage
Obsolete spelling of spinach.

spinages
plural of spinage

spindle-tree
Alternative form of spindle tree.

spinnach
Obsolete spelling of spinach.

spiny hopsage
Any of species Grayia spinosa of hopsage.

spotted touch-me-not
A plant of the species Impatiens capensis, native to North America, naturalized elsewhere.

spring beauties
plural of spring beauty

spring beauty
Any of various species of flowering plant of the genus Claytonia, primarily native to the Americas and northeastern Asia.
A small American butterfly, the early hairstreak (Erora laeta), which appears in spring. The hind wings of the male are brown, bordered with deep blue; those of the female are mostly blue.

springbeauties
plural of springbeauty

springbeauty
Alternative spelling of spring beauty (“type of plant”).

spurge laurel
Alternative form of spurge-laurel (Daphne laureola)

spurge-laurel
A flowering plant of species Daphne laureola.

squashberries
plural of squashberry

squashberry
A pembina or lowbush cranberry (Viburnum edule).

staff vine
Any of several vines in the genus Celastrus.

star begonia
The American flowering plant Begonia heracleifolia.

stenandrium
Any of the genus Stenandrium of flowering plants of the Americas.

stenandriums
plural of stenandrium

stinking goosefoot
A plant of species Chenopodium vulvaria, native to the Mediterranean region and widely invasive.

storax
Any member of the genus Styrax of about 130 species of large shrubs or small trees, mostly native to temperate or tropical regions of the Northern Hemisphere.
The resin of the oriental sweetgum tree (Liquidambar orientalis), formerly used as a stimulating expectorant.

storaxes
plural of storax

streptocarpus
Any of several plants of the genus Streptocarpus; Cape primroses.

streptocarpuses
plural of streptocarpus

striga
A sharp bristle or hair-like scale.
A stripe or stria.
The flute of a column.

strigae
plural of striga

stylostixis
acupuncture

styrax
Alternative form of storax (“tree”).
Alternative form of storax (“resin”).

styraxes
plural of styrax

sueda
An area with a dense covering of plants of the genus Suaeda, family Amaranthaceae; such plants collectively; seepweed.

sugar beet
A type of beet whose root contains a high concentration of sucrose.
Darling; sweetheart

sugar-plum
A round or oval sweet/piece of candy made of boiled sugar.
A piece of flattery.
Term of endearment: sweetheart, darling.
Uapaca kirkiana, an southern African fruit tree.
The fruit of this tree.
The prune plum.

sugarbeet
Alternative spelling of sugar beet.

sugarbeets
plural of sugarbeet

sugarplum
Alternative spelling of sugar-plum.

sugarplums
plural of sugarplum

sultana
A pale yellow raisin made from a seedless grape.
A wife or mistress of a sultan.
A female ruler of a sultanate.
A type of viol, a cither viol.
An old form of necklace.

sultanas
plural of sultana

summer cypress
A plant of species Bassia scoparia.

summersweet
Clethra alnifolia, a deciduous flowering shrub of eastern North America.

summersweets
plural of summersweet

sunblinks
plural of sunblink

sunbright
Full of sunshine; bright like the sun or shining with reflected sunlight.

surfgrass
Any seagrass of the genus Phyllospadix

surfgrasses
plural of surfgrass

swamp holly
American winterberry, Ilex verticillata.

swamp tupelo
A type of wetland tree of species Nyssa biflora, native to the eastern United States.

swampweed
Any weed that is found in, or commonly grows in, a swamp.
Any of various plants in the genus Hygrophila.
The plant Selliera radicans.

swampweeds
plural of swampweed

sweet bursaria
A small tree or shrub of species Bursaria spinosa, in the family Pittosporaceae, of eastern and southern Australia.

sweet fern
A species of fern, Comptonia peregrina

sweet flag
A perennial wetland plant, Acorus calamus, with an aromatic medicinal root, formerly used to strew floors.

sweet flags
plural of sweet flag

sweet gale
An herbal shrub with a sweet resinous scent, Myrica gale, growing on moors and fens.

sweet gum
Any of several Oriental and American trees the genus Liquidambar, having brilliant autumn coloration; their wood is used for furniture, wood pulp and plywood.
Any of several Oriental and American trees the genus Liquidambar, having brilliant autumn coloration; their wood is used for furniture, wood pulp and plywood.

sweet pepperbush
Clethra alnifolia, a deciduous flowering shrub of eastern North America.