mirliton
A pear-shaped vegetable or its vine; the chayote.
The eunuch flute, a kind of kazoo or membranophone.
An 18th-century hussar hat resembling a slightly conical shako or tall fez.
A tartlet or biscuit garnished with almond, first produced in Rouen around 1800.

mirlitons
plural of mirliton

miscellane
A mixture of two or more sorts of grain; maslin; meslin.

miterwort
Any plant of the genus Mitella, slender perennial herbs with flower slightly resembling a bishop's miter.

miterworts
plural of miterwort

mitraphylline
An oxindole derivative found in the leaves of the tree Mitragyna speciosa.

mitrewort
Alternative form of miterwort.

mitreworts
plural of mitrewort

mitsuba
An East Asian herb grown, especially in Japan, for its flavorful leaves, Cryptotaenia japonica.

mixtilion
Mixed grain, such as rye and wheat.

mochila
A large leather flap that covers the saddle tree.

mochilas
plural of mochila

moepel
Mimusops zeyheri, the milkwood.

moepels
plural of moepel

mogra
Arabian jasmine (Jasminum sambac, syn. Mogorium sambac).

mogras
plural of mogra

moha
foxtail millet (a kind of millet, Setaria italica

mohri
The plant Aconitum chasmanthum.

mokihana
The plant Melicope anisata.

mokimoki
Microsorum scandens, a fragrant fern of New Zealand and Australia.

molave
A tree, either Vitex parviflora or Vitex cofassus in the family Lamiaceae.
Wood from these trees.

molaves
plural of molave

molompi
The light, elastic wood of the tree Pterocarpus erinaceus.

mombin
Any of several tropical American trees, of the genus Spondias.
The purple fruit of these trees

mombins
plural of mombin

momordica
Any plant of the genus Momordica.

momordicas
plural of momordica

monesia
A vegetable extract originating from South America, believed to be derived from the bark of the tree Pradosia lactescens, and used as an alterative and astringent.

mongcorn
Alternative form of mangcorn.

monilophyte
Any fern of the former class Monilophyta (now Polypodiopsida)

monilophytes
plural of monilophyte

monkswort
A hairy Old World plant of the borage family, genus Nonea.

monocalypt
Any eucalypt of the subgenus Monocalyptus

monocalypts
plural of monocalypt

monocarp
Any monocarpic plant.

monocarps
plural of monocarp

monochasia
plural of monochasium

monochasium
A type of cyme on which each single axis bears one flower.

monochasy
monochasium

monocotyl
monocotyledon (any monocotyledonous plant).

monocotyledon
Any plant whose seedlings typically have one cotyledon (seed leaf) (in contrast to the two cotyledons typical of dicots), thereby belonging to the taxonomic monocots, formerly variously known as Monocotyledones, Monocotyledonae, or Liliopsida, a class in the angiosperms (Angiospermae), the flowering plants.

monocotyledons
plural of monocotyledon

monocotyls
plural of monocotyl

monoi
A Tahitian oil infused with flower petals

monophagism
Synonym of monophagy.

monophagy
The feeding on a single type of food (e.g., a single plant species).

monosperm
A monospermous plant; a plant only having one seed.

monosperms
plural of monosperm

monotrope
Any plant belonging to the Monotropoideae.
A polymorph that does not have a reversible transformation into another form; A polymorphic crystal for which one form is more stable than any other form when cooled below the melting point.

monotropes
plural of monotrope

monotropoid
Any of the subfamily Monotropoideae of flowering plants.

monotropoids
plural of monotropoid

montbretia
Any plant of the genus Crocosmia (once called Montbretia), especially the garden hybrid Crocosmia × crocosmiiflora.

montbretias
plural of montbretia

monterry
Alternative form of muntrie

moonflower
Any of several plants that flower at night:
Any of several plants that flower at night:
Any of several plants that flower at night:
Any of several plants that flower at night:
Any of several plants that flower at night:
Any of several plants that flower at night:

moonflowers
plural of moonflower

moonj
Alternative form of munja (“type of grass”).

moonja
Alternative form of munja (“type of grass”).

moonjah
Alternative form of munja (“type of grass”).

moorball
A freshwater alga (Aegagropila linnaei) which forms a ball-shaped mass.

moorballs
plural of moorball

moorlog
Peat, especially that composed of decaying wood (brushwood, tree trunks, etc), obtained from below the surface of the waters of a bog.

moorlogs
plural of moorlog

moorwort
A plant, the staggerbush.

moorworts
plural of moorwort

morabukea
The wood of the tree Mora gonggrijpii.

morelloflavone
A particular biflavonoid found in the tropical fruit tree Garcinia dulcis.

morindin
A yellow dyestuff extracted from the rootbark of plants of the genus Morinda.

morusin
A phytochemical found in the root bark of the mulberry.

moschatel
A plant of species Adoxa moschatellina, with distinctively configured pale green flowers and a musky smell, of boreal circumpolar distribution.

moschatels
plural of moschatel

mossycup
The bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa)

mossycups
plural of mossycup

motherumbah
Alternative form of motherumbung.

motherumbung
The eastern Australian tree Acacia cheelii.

motia
Jasmine (the flower).

motlopi
The shepherd tree or shepherd's tree (Boscia albitrunca), an evergreen tree native to southern and tropical Africa which is one of the most important forage trees of the Kalahari.

motlopis
plural of motlopi

motswere
The tree Combretum imberbe or its wood; leadwood.

mountainheath
Any of various plants of the genus Phyllodoce.

mountainheaths
plural of mountainheath

mousetail
Any plant of the genus Ivesia, in the rose family.
Any plant of the genus Myosurus, in the buttercup family.

mousetails
plural of mousetail

moutan
The Chinese tree peony, Paeonia suffruticosa, a shrub with large flowers of various colours.

moutans
plural of moutan

movingui
The deciduous tree Distemonanthus benthamianus or its wood.

msasa
A tree of Southern Africa, Brachystegia spiciformis.

msasas
plural of msasa

muawi
The name used in the 19th and early 20th centuries for a poisonous tree native to Mozambique whose bark was being studied for its pharmaceutical properties. Later sources determined it to be the same as sassywood, Erythrophleum suaveolens, to which it was often compared by earlier writers.

mudar
Any shrub of two species of milkweed-like shrubs, which yield a strong fibre and an acrid milky juice used medicinally:
Any shrub of two species of milkweed-like shrubs, which yield a strong fibre and an acrid milky juice used medicinally:

muddar
Alternative form of mudar (“plant”).

mudwort
Any of the plant of genus Limosella, found in muddy areas.

mudworts
plural of mudwort

muermo
Eucryphia cordifolia, a South American tree.

muermos
plural of muermo

mugunghwa
The plant Hibiscus syriacus or its flower; a national symbol of Korea.

mugweed
A slender European weed (Galium cruciata); the crossweed.

mugwort
The plant Artemisia vulgaris, family Asteraceae, native to temperate Eurasia and north Africa, traditionally used medicinally.
Any of several aromatic plants of the genus Artemisia native to Eurasia, Africa, and North America.

muirapiranga
The hard wood of the Brazilian tree Brosimum rubescens.

muke
Alternative form of mook.

mukes
plural of muke

mukula
Transvaal teak, the timber tree Pterocarpus angolensis, or its substitute of comparable properties Pterocarpus tinctorius syn. Pterocarpus chrysothrix

multigrains
Multiple types of grain, usually in processed form.

multiseeding
seeding with multiple types of seed

multitree
An acyclic directed graph in which the set of nodes reachable from any node forms a tree.

multitrees
plural of multitree

muncorn
Alternative form of mangcorn.

munguba
The tree Bombax munguba.

mungubas
plural of munguba

munj
Alternative form of munja (“type of grass”).

munja
The Indian grass Tripidium bengalense.

muntrie
Kunzea pomifera, a low-growing plant of southern Australia.
The spicy berry of this plant.

muntries
plural of muntrie