water-plantain
Alternative form of water plantain.

water-plantains
plural of water-plantain

waterplantain
Alternative form of water plantain.

waterplantains
plural of waterplantain

waterpoppies
plural of waterpoppy

waterpoppy
Alternative form of water poppy.

arrowroot
Maranta arundinacea from the Marantaceae family, a large perennial herb native to the Caribbean area with green leaves about 15 centimeters long.
Usually preceded by an attributive word: some other plant whose rhizomes are used to prepare a substance similar to arrowroot (sense 3), such as Zamia integrifolia (Florida arrowroot) or Pueraria montana var. lobata (Japanese arrowroot or kudzu).
A starchy substance obtained from the rhizomes of an arrowroot plant used as a thickener.
Other plants with similar appearance or properties, such as common yarrow (Achillea millefolium)|

arrowroots
plural of arrowroot

calathea
Any of the genus Calathea of plants belonging to the family Marantaceae.

calatheas
plural of calathea

maranta
Any of the family Marantaceae of plants
Any of the family Marantaceae of plants
Arrowroot starch, traditional and commonly made from Maranta arundinacea.

marantas
plural of maranta

prayer plant
A tropical Brazilian plant related to arrowroot, Maranta leuconeura, grown as a houseplant for its attractive foliage.

thalia
Any of the genus Thalia of tropical plants found in aquatic or marshy habitats.

thalias
plural of thalia

aglaonema
Any of the genus Aglaonema of tropical foliage plants.

aglaonemas
plural of aglaonema

alocasia
Any of several tropical Asian plants, of the genus Alocasia, having heart- or arrowhead-shaped leaves.

alocasias
plural of alocasia

anthuria
plural of anthurium

anthurium
Any of several tropical American evergreen plants, of the genus Anthurium, grown for their ornamental leaves and spathes.

anthuriums
plural of anthurium

aroids
plural of aroid

arrow arum
A plant of genus Peltandra, which has an edible root.

arum
A flower or plant in the genus Arum

arum lily
Any of several flowering plants, of the family Araceae, but especially Zantedeschia aethiopica, the calla lily that has a showy white spathe.

arums
plural of arum

benefice
Land granted to a priest in a church that has a source of income attached to it.
A favour or benefit.
An estate in lands; a fief.

benefices
plural of benefice

beneficia
plural of beneficium

beneficium
Synonym of benefice.

benifice
Rare form of benefice.

benifices
plural of benifice

caladium
Any of the genus Caladium of flowering plants, especially an ornamental cultivar of Caladium bicolor.

caladiums
plural of caladium

calaloo
Alternative spelling of callaloo.

calalu
Alternative spelling of callaloo.

calla
A marsh plant native to cooler areas throughout the northern hemisphere, Calla palustris, having pale green flowers in a white spathe.
A calla lily (Zantedeschia aethiopica).

calla lily
A common name for certain flowering plants in the genus Zantedeschia; not related to either the genus Calla or the true lilies (Liliaceae)
A flower of one of these plants.

callaloo
Any of various tropical plants grown in the Americas, especially of the genera Amaranthus and Xanthosoma, cultivated for their edible leaves.
spicy soup or stew made from such leaves.

callaloos
plural of callaloo

callalou
Alternative spelling of callaloo.

callalous
plural of callalou

callaria
water-arum

callas
plural of calla

capote
A long coat or cloak with a hood.
A coat made from a blanket, worn by 19th-century Canadian woodsmen.
A close-fitting woman's bonnet.

capotes
plural of capote

cappo
Synonym of capote (“coat”).

cappos
plural of cappo

cocoyam
New cocoyam: Xanthosoma, particularly Xanthosoma sagittifolium, or the edible root of that plant; malanga.
Old cocoyam: Colocasia esculenta; taro.

cocoyams
plural of cocoyam

common duckweed
Any of species Limna minor of freshwater aquatic plants used for bioremediation and advanced for other environmental uses, found worldwide, except in arctic and subarctic environments.

conjevoi
Alternative form of cunjevoi.

crowdipper
A weedy plant, Pinellia ternata, native to East Asia and invasive in Europe and the United States.

cuckoo pint
Alternative form of cuckoopint.

cuckoopint
A flowering plant with arrow-shaped leaves and a cluster of scarlet berries, of species Arum maculatum.
A flowering plant of species Arum italicum.

cuckoopintle
Alternative form of cuckoopint.

cuckoopints
plural of cuckoopint

cunjevoi
A coastal sea squirt (Pyura stolonifera), found in some parts of Australia and South Africa.

cunjevois
plural of cunjevoi

cunji
Clipping of cunjevoi.

dasheen
Old cocoyam; the edible starchy yellow tuber of the taro plant.

dasheens
plural of dasheen

dashine
Alternative form of dasheen.

dashines
plural of dashine

dieffenbachia
Any of several plants, of the genus Dieffenbachia, cultivated as houseplants

dieffenbachias
plural of dieffenbachia

dracontium
The roots and rhizomes of skunk cabbage, Symplocarpus foetidus

dracunculi
plural of dracunculus

dracunculus
A dragonet, a fish of families Callionymidae or Draconettidae.
A Guinea worm (Filaria medinensis, now Dracunculus medinensis).

dragon arum
Any of species Dracunculus vulgaris of aroid plants.

dragonroot
Green dragon, certain plants of family Araceae.

duckmeat
The flesh of a duck.
Synonym of duckweed.

ducksmeat
Synonym of duckweed.

duckweed
Any of several reduced floating aquatic plants in the subfamily Lemnoideae of the family Araceae.

duckweeds
plural of duckweed

dumb cane
Alternative form of dumbcane (Dieffenbachia seguine)

dumbcane
A tropical plant of the genus Dieffenbachia.

dumbcanes
plural of dumbcane

giant taro
A plant of species Alocasia macrorrhizos, native to maritime Southeast Asia, New Guinea, and Queensland introduced in many tropical areas, grown for its edible rhizomes and shoots and as an ornamental.

golden pothos
Any of species Epipremnum aureum of vines often used as ornamentals.

green dragon
Any of several plants in the family Araceae:
Any of several plants in the family Araceae:
Pitaya or dragon fruit, of genus Stenocereus.
A tincture of cannabis, typically made by soaking the flowers, leaves, or stems in ethyl alcohol.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see green, dragon.

hera
A female hero; a heroine, especially in lesbian or feminist circles.

jack-in-the-pulpit
Alternative form of Jack-in-the-pulpit.

kallaloo
Alternative spelling of callaloo.

kitharodes
plural of kitharode

konjac
A foul-smelling plant grown in Asia, Amorphophallus konjac.
Any of various food products made from the plant, including a flour and a gelatin, used to make noodles and candies, and as a food supplement for weight reduction.

konjacs
plural of konjac

konjak
Alternative form of konjac.

konjaku
Alternative form of konjac.

konnyaku
Alternative form of konjac.

laceleaf
Alternative form of lace-leaf.

laceleafs
plural of laceleaf

laceleaves
plural of laceleaf

lenticula
A kind of eruption upon the skin; lentigo; freckle.
A small lens.
A lenticel.

lenticulae
plural of lenticula

lenticulas
plural of lenticula

lenticule
Alternative form of lenticula.

lenticules
plural of lenticule

lords-and-ladies
Alternative form of lords and ladies (“type of flowering plant”).

monkey tail
An ornamental tail that completes certain letters in D'Nealian handwriting.
A short lever for training a carronade on its target.
A piece of knotted rope by which to attach a hook, to save the hand from jamming.

monstera
Any of the plants of the genus Monstera, known for their holey leaves.

monsteras
plural of monstera

new cocoyam
The cocoyam Xanthosoma sagittifolium (or other Xanthosoma), so called to distinguish it from old cocoyam.

pandarums
plural of pandarum

philodendra
plural of philodendron

philodendron
Any of several climbing plants, of the genus Philodendron, native to America and the West Indies that are often grown as house plants.

philodendrons
plural of philodendron