death camas
A member of a species of poisonous perennial flowering plants, Toxicoscordion venenosum (formerly Zigadenus venosus), easily confused with the edible camas, whose bulbs (rhizomes) look, but do not smell, like onion.
A member of any of various similar species, also called star lilies, of tribe Melanthieae in family Melanthiaceae, and formerly grouped into the genus Zigadenus (only Zigadenus glaberrimus remains there).

deathcamas
Alternative form of death camas.

deis
Obsolete form of dais.

deises
plural of deis; obsolete form of daises.

desert mistletoe
Synonym of mesquite mistletoe

devil's bit
devil's bit scabious (Succisa pratensis), native to Europe.
blazing star (Chamaelirium luteum), native to North America.

devil's claw
Anything considered ugly or potentially harmful resembling a claw in appearance or behavior
Anything considered ugly or potentially harmful resembling a claw in appearance or behavior:
Anything considered ugly or potentially harmful resembling a claw in appearance or behavior:
Anything considered ugly or potentially harmful resembling a claw in appearance or behavior:
Anything considered ugly or potentially harmful resembling a claw in appearance or behavior:
Anything considered ugly or potentially harmful resembling a claw in appearance or behavior:
A metal hook for grabbing a ship's anchor chain.

devil's club
Oplopanax horridus (devil's walking stick) (large understory shrub native to the Pacific Northwest and the islands of Lake Superior)

devil's-bit
Alternative spelling of devil's bit.

devil's-club
Alternative form of devil's club.

diapensia
An evergreen arctic shrub, Diapensia lapponica.

diapensias
plural of diapensia

diastema
A gap or space between two adjacent teeth, especially the upper front incisors (in humans).
A gap between teeth of different types, e.g. incisors and molars, which is a feature of some rodents and ungulates.
Any abnormal space, fissure, or cleft in an organ or other part of the body.
The modified protoplasm at the equator of a cell, existing before mitotic division.

diastemas
plural of diastema

diastemata
plural of diastema

dicots
plural of dicot

ditch stonecrop
Penthorum sedoides, a plant of eastern North America.

ditchweed
Alternative form of ditch weed.

djave nut
The nut of the tree Baillonella toxisperma.

dockmackie
A viburnum of species Viburnum acerifolium, native to eastern North America.

dockmackies
plural of dockmackie

dogwood
Any of various small trees of the genus Cornus, especially the wild cornel and the flowering cornel.
The wood of such trees and shrubs.
A wood or tree similar to this genus, used in different parts of the world.

dogwoods
plural of dogwood

doona
A padded blanket used as a cover in bed; a duvet.

doonas
plural of doona

dove tree
A Chinese tree grown ornamentally for the large white bracts around the flowers, which are said to resemble dove wings or handkerchiefs, Davidia involucrata.

drimys
A genus of evergreen trees and shrubs in the family Winteraceae.

drumheads
plural of drumhead

drumstick tree
An economically useful tree, Moringa oleifera, probably native to India, but grown throughout the tropics.

dunderpates
plural of dunderpate

dwarf elder
A small European herbaceous perennial elder, species Sambucus ebulus.

dwarf mistletoe
Any mistletoe of the New World genus Arceuthobium, parasitic on conifers.

eaglewood
Synonym of agarwood.

earthberries
plural of earthberry

earthberry
A berry whose fruit lies upon the ground, in particular the strawberry (plant and fruit)

eastern leatherwood
Synonym of leatherbark.

ebonies
plural of ebony

ebontree
ebony wood

ebony
A hard, dense, deep black wood from various subtropical and tropical trees, especially of the genus Diospyros.
A tree that yields such wood.
A deep, dark black colour.
Dark skin colour.
A black key on a piano or other keyboard instrument (as opposed to ivory).

eelgrasses
plural of eelgrass

elders
plural of elder

elephant tree
A distinctive shrub or small tree native to northern Mexico and the farthest southern edge of California and Arizona (Bursera microphylla), having a smooth-skinned, bulging round trunk reminiscent of an elephant's trunk or legs.

eleuthero
The shrub Eleutherococcus senticosus, used in traditional medicine.

emblic
The fruit of Emblica officinalis (now Phyllanthus emblica, the Indian gooseberry, once used as a remedy against dysentery)

emblica
emblic

emblics
plural of emblic

empodia
plural of empodium

empodium
A bristle-like or pad-like structure between the tarsal claws of Diptera

endopleura
tegmen (inner coating of a seed)

epiphyton
periphyton growing on other plants

episcia
Any member of the flowering plant genus Episcia; a flame violet.

episcias
plural of episcia

epithema
A horny excrescence on the top of the beak of some birds, notably the hornbill.

epithemata
plural of epithema

eranthemum
Any of the genus Eranthemum of herbaceous plants.

escallonia
Any of several South American flowering plants of the genus Escallonia

escallonias
plural of escallonia

euonymus
Any of many (often decorative) trees, shrubs and woody vines, of the genus Euonymus.

euonymuses
plural of euonymus

euphrasia
Any of many flowering plants of the genus Euphrasia

euphrasias
plural of euphrasia

evonymus
Alternative form of euonymus.

evonymuses
plural of evonymus

exomion
Synonym of exomis (“Ancient Greek tunic”).

exomis
A sleeveless Ancient Greek tunic worn by workers and light infantry.

explicantia
plural of explicans

eyebright
Any of the flowering plants of the genus Euphrasia, originally as used to treat eye infections.

eyebrights
plural of eyebright

false foxglove
Any of the genus Agalinis (syn. Gerardia) of flowering plants.

false foxgloves
plural of false foxglove

false hellebore
Any plant in the genus Veratrum.
A flowering plant, Adonis vernalis.

false hellebores
plural of false hellebore

false mastic
Sideroxylon foetidissimum, a flowering plant in the chicle family, native to Florida, the Caribbean, and northern Central America.

false mermaid
Any of various plants in the family Limnanthaceae.

false pimpernel
The chaffweed (Centunculus minimus).
A type of figwort (Lindernia dubia), found in wet or muddy places.

false pimpernels
plural of false pimpernel

false sandalwood
Myoporum sandwicense, a flowering tree or shrub in the figwort family endemic to Hawai'i, highly variable in its form, the size and shape of its leaves, in the number of flowers in a group and in the shape of its fruit.

fameflower
Any of several flowering plants in different families within the order Caryophyllales.

fameflowers
plural of fameflower

fanwort
Any of the genus Cabomba of aquatic plants, having divided submerged leaves in the shape of a fan.

fanworts
plural of fanwort

fat hen
Hen and chicks, a group of small succulent flowering plants native to Europe and northern Africa
Thin-leaf orach (Atriplex prostrata).
White goosefoot (Chenopodium album), a fast-growing weedy annual plant cultivated in some places and a weed elsewhere.
Other species, such as Good King Henry (Blitum bonus-henricus)

fathen
Alternative form of fat hen.

fatsia
Any of the genus Fatsia of Asian evergreen shrubs.

fatsias
plural of fatsia

fiddlewood
The wood of several West Indian trees, mostly of the genus Citharexylum.
Any of these trees.

fiddlewoods
plural of fiddlewood

field beet
Mangelwurzel.

fig-leaved goosefoot
A flowering plant of species Chenopodium ficifolium, native to the Irano-Turanian floristic region.

firebird
A scarlet tanager (Piranga olivacea). (This species is now classified as belonging to the cardinal family: Cardinalidae)
A Baltimore oriole (Icterus galbula).
A vermilion flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubinus).
A magical and prophetic glowing or burning bird from a faraway land, which is both a blessing and a harbinger of doom to its captor

firebirds
plural of firebird