xerohalophytes
plural of xerohalophyte

xeromesophyte
A mesophyte adapted to thrive in a very dry environment.

xeromesophytes
plural of xeromesophyte

xeromorph
Any plant, with xeromorphic leaves, that is adapted to a dry atmosphere; a xerophyte.

xeromorphs
plural of xeromorph

xerophyte
Any plant suited for life in a habitat where water is scarce, such as in a desert or chaparral. Such plants may be succulent, have small or reduced leaves, or spines.
A desert plant

xerophytes
plural of xerophyte

xoconostle
A prickly pear cactus of species Opuntia matudae, native to Central Mexico.
The acidic fruit of this cactus.

xoconostles
plural of xoconostle

xylocinnamon
The wood of the cinnamon tree.

xylophyte
Any woody plant.
Any plant that lives on wood.

xylophytes
plural of xylophyte

xylopia
Any plant of the genus Xylopia, trees of Africa.

xylopias
plural of xylopia

xyrid
Any of several North American plants, of the genus Xyris, resembling sedges.

xyrids
plural of xyrid

yacal
A Philippine timber tree with heavy hard wood.

yacals
plural of yacal

yacon
The Peruvian ground apple, Smallanthus sonchifolius
The crisp, sweet-tasting tuberous root of this plant

yage
Ayahuasca.

yagona
The kava plant.
The drink made from the kava plant.

yagonas
plural of yagona

yaje
Alternative spelling of yage.

yajmani
Alternative form of jajmani.

yakal
Shorea astylosa; a tree endemic to the Philippines.
The wood from this tree.

yakals
plural of yakal

yampe
A reddish vegetable, a form of yam with a vine that twists from left to right, the opposite of the ordinary yam vine.

yampes
plural of yampe

yanggona
Alternative spelling of yagona.

yanggonas
plural of yanggona

yangona
Alternative spelling of yagona.

yangonas
plural of yangona

yankeeweed
The herbaceous perennial plant Eupatorium compositifolium.

yaqona
Alternative form of yagona.

yaqonas
plural of yaqona

yaray
The palm tree Sabal causiarum.

yarb
herb

yarbs
plural of yarb

yardgrass
Grass in a lawn
Eleusine indica, a coarse annual grass often found as a weed

yareta
Azorella compacta, a South American flowering cushion plant in the family Apiaceae.

yaretas
plural of yareta

yataalii
Alternative spelling of hataalii.

yava
Alternative form of kava.

yawweed
The flowering plant Morinda royoc.

yaxche
ceiba tree

yeara
Toxicodendron diversilobum, western poison oak.

yellowcomet
The herbaceous flowering plant Mentzelia affinis.

yellowdicks
The plant Helenium amarum

yellowhorn
Xanthoceras sorbifolium, the Chinese flowering chestnut.

yellowhorns
plural of yellowhorn

yellowshow
A tropical American herb of the genus Amoreuxia.

yellowwort
Blackstonia perfoliata, a gentianaceous plant with bright yellow flowers.

yerb
Pronunciation spelling of herb.

yerbs
plural of yerb

yercum
The plant Calotropis gigantea.

yernut
The earthnut or hawknut, Bunium bulbocastanum.

yernuts
plural of yernut

yertchuk
Eucalyptus consideniana, an Australian plant of the myrtle family.

yewberries
plural of yewberry

yewberry
The berry of the yew tree.

yohimba
Alternative form of yohimbe.

yohimbe
An African tree Pausinystalia johimbe
The bark of this tree used as an aphrodisiac

yohimbes
plural of yohimbe

yohimbi
Alternative form of yohimbe.

youlk
Platysace deflexa, a small shrub endemic to the south west of Western Australia.

youlks
plural of youlk

youthwort
Drosera rotundifolia, the round-leaved sundew or common sundew.

yperite
Synonym of mustard gas.

yperites
plural of yperite

ysterbos
Dodonaea thunbergii; Dodonaea angustifolia.

yulan
Magnolia denudata, a species of magnolia with large white blossoms that open before the leaves.

yulans
plural of yulan

yuzu
A citrus fruit originating in East Asia, Citrus ichangensis x Citrus reticulata var. austera.

yuzuquat
A fruit that is a hybrid of yuzu and kumquat.

zachun
An oil extracted by from the fruit of a small thorny tree (Balanites aegyptiaca), which has healing properties.
The tree itself, found in northern Africa and the Arabian Peninsula

zagotzerno
A facility for storing and processing grain in certain rural locations in Soviet Russia.

zagotzernos
plural of zagotzerno

zamandoque
The plant Hesperaloe funifera.

zante
Alternative form of zantewood.

zantewood
The wood of the fustic tree.

zea
Any plant of the genus Zea.

zeas
plural of zea

zephyranth
A zephyr lily, of the genus Zephyranthes

zephyranths
plural of zephyranth

zieria
A plant of the genus Zieria.

zierias
plural of zieria

zigadene
Any of the poisonous perennial flowering plants formerly considered to be within the genus Zigadenus.

zigadenes
plural of zigadene

zinyamunga
Napier grass

ziricote
The tree Cordia dodecandra or its wood.

zitan
Wood of a red sandalwood tree (Pterocarpus santalinus).

zitherwood
Any of various plants of the genus Citharexylum.

zitherwoods
plural of zitherwood

zoidogamy
A form of plant reproduction in which male gametes swim towards the female gametes in a pool of water

zoocarp
Synonym of zoospore.

zoocarps
plural of zoocarp

zoochlorella
Any green algae that lives symbiotically within the body of an aquatic invertebrate or a protozoan.

zoochlorellae
plural of zoochlorella

zoochlorellas
plural of zoochlorella

zoochore
A plant whose seeds, spores, or fruit are dispersed by animals.

zoochores
plural of zoochore

zoogonidia
plural of zoogonidium

zoogonidium
A gonidium that contains spores

zoospore
A motile asexual spore of some algae and fungi

zoospores
plural of zoospore

zornia
Any plant of the genus Zornia

zornias
plural of zornia

zosterophyll
A zosterophyllophyte.

zosterophyllophyte
Any of the extinct class †Zosterophyllopsida of plants.

zosterophyllophytes
plural of zosterophyllophyte

zosterophylls
plural of zosterophyll

zucchetta
A tromboncini, a kind of squash.
The skullcap of an ecclesiastic, covering the tonsure.
A form of helmet worn in the 16th century.

zygadene
Alternative form of zigadene.

zygadenes
plural of zygadene

zygnematacean
Any green alga of the family Zygnemataceae.

zygnematophycean
Any of the class Zygnematophyceae of green algae.

zygnematophyceans
plural of zygnematophycean

zygnematophyte
zygnematophycean

zygnematophytes
plural of zygnematophyte

zygocacti
plural of zygocactus

zygocactus
Any cactus in the genus Schlumbergera (previously Zygocactus)

zygomorph
Any zygomorphic plant.

zygomorphs
plural of zygomorph

zygophyte
Any plant of a formerly proposed class or grand division (Zygophytes, Zygophyta, or Zygosporeae), in which reproduction consists in the union of two similar cells.

zygophytes
plural of zygophyte

zygosphere
A plant's gamete which can form a zygospore by uniting with a similar one.

zygospheres
plural of zygosphere

zygotospore
A zygotic spore of some red algae

zygotospores
plural of zygotospore

zymocarpus
refers to a genus of tropical American plants of the family Cucurbitaceae

alisma
A water plantain.

alismas
plural of alisma

arrowhead
The pointed part of an arrow (the weapon).
The pointed part of an arrow (the symbol).
Any plant in the genus Sagittaria.
An obstacle for a horse to jump over, consisting of a triangular fence with the point facing towards the ground.

arrowheads
plural of arrowhead

delta arrowhead
Sagittaria platyphylla, a certain alismataceous plant which grows in shallow waters, native to parts of the United States.

duck potato
A North American water plant with edible tubers, especially
A North American water plant with edible tubers, especially

starfruits
plural of starfruit

wapato
Broadleaf arrowhead (Sagittaria latifolia), or its edible bulbous root.

wapatoes
plural of wapato

wapatoo
Alternative form of wapato.

wapatoos
plural of wapatoo

wapatos
plural of wapato

wappato
Alternative form of wapato.

wappatoes
plural of wappato

wappatoo
Alternative form of wapato.

wappatos
plural of wappato

water plantain
Any of several plants, of the genus Alisma, that inhabit marshy places

water plantains
plural of water plantain