calabash
A tree (known as the calabash tree; Crescentia cujete) native to Central and South America, the West Indies, and southern Florida, bearing large, round fruit used to make containers (sense 3); the fruit of this tree.
The bottle gourd (calabash vine, Lagenaria siceraria), believed to have originated in Africa, which is grown for its fruit that are used as a vegetable and to make containers (sense 3); the fruit of this plant.
A container made from the mature, dried shell of the fruit of one of the above plants; also, a similarly shaped container made from some other material.
A calabash and its contents; as much as fills such a container.
A musical instrument, most commonly a drum or rattle, made from a calabash fruit.

calabash tree
Any of species Crescentia cujete.
Any of other species of genus Crescentia.

calabashes
plural of calabash

calami
plural of calamus

calamus
Sweet flag (Acorus calamus).
A quill; the hard, horny, hollow, and more or less transparent part of the stem or scape of a feather.
A fish of genus Calamus in family Sparidae; certain porgies.
A palm in genus Calamus, of rattan palms.
A fistular stem without an articulation.
Synonym of fistula (“tube for sucking Eucharist wine”).

calamuses
plural of calamus

calebash
Obsolete form of calabash.

calebashes
plural of calebash

calibash
Alternative form of calabash.

calibashes
plural of calibash

caltrap
Archaic form of caltrop.

caltraps
plural of caltrap

caltrop
A metal object, usually small, with spikes arranged so that, when thrown onto the ground, one always faces up as a threat to pedestrians, horses, and vehicles (also used as a heraldic charge).
The starthistle, Centaurea calcitrapa, a plant with sharp thorns.
Any of a number of flowering plants in the family Zygophyllaceae, including several members of the genus Kallstroemia and the species Tribulus terrestris, native to warm temperate and tropical regions.

caltrops
plural of caltrop

calvariae
plural of calvaria

calvarias
plural of calvaria

calycanthus
Any of the genus Calycanthus of sweetshrubs.

calycanthuses
plural of calycanthus

camas
Any of the North American flowering plants of the genus Camassia.

camases
plural of camas

camass
A camas prairie
Alternative form of camas.

camasses
plural of camass

camphor tree
An aromatic, glossy-leaved evergreen tree native to eastern Asia (Cinnamomum camphora, Camphora officinarum) grown as a shade tree as well as for timber and camphor.
The tree Dryobalanops aromatica.

candleberries
plural of candleberry

candleberry
Any of the plants in the genus Myrica, containing about 35-50 species of small trees and shrubs in the family Myricaceae, order Fagales, with a wide distribution, including Africa, Asia, Europe, North America and South America.
The fruit of plants in the genus Myrica.

candlewood
Pterocelastrus tricuspidatus, a medium-sized evergreen tree indigenous to South Africa.
Dacryodes excelsa, a tree native to Puerto Rico.

candlewoods
plural of candlewood

canella
The aromatic inner bark of Canella winterana, used as a spice with properties similar to cinnamon.

canellas
plural of canella

canistel
A tropical tree, Lucuma campechiana, from Central America and the Caribbean, that bears a sweet oval fruit.
The fruit of this tree, having a musky odour.

canistels
plural of canistel

canna
Any member of the genus Canna of tropical plants with large leaves and often showy flowers.

cannas
plural of canna

cannonball tree
A deciduous tree, Couroupita guianensis, family Lecythidaceae, native to tropical Central and South America and widely cultivated elsewhere.

cape-pondweed
Synonym of waterblommetjie.

caper bush
The bush (of genus Capparis) on which capers grow.

caperbush
Alternative form of caper bush.

caperbushes
plural of caperbush

capulin
The Mexican cherry (Prunus serotina subsp. capuli, once Prunus capollin) and Prunus capuli, that yields a sap used in native remedies and has edible cherries of which the kernels of the pits furnish a flour.
A tropical American tree (Trema micrantha), the bark of which yields a strong fiber
A groundcherry (any of most species of Physalis).
A Mexican timber tree (Condalia obovata) whose hard wood furnishes a blue dye.
A calabur tree (Muntingia calabura, sole species of Muntingia).

capulins
plural of capulin

carelessweed
The edible flowering plant Amaranthus palmeri.

carpetweed
A low-growing North American weed (Mollugo verticillata).
Ajuga reptans (common bugleweed, creeping bugle).
Phyla canescens, of South America.

carpetweeds
plural of carpetweed

cartonboard
Synonym of boxboard.

cartonboards
plural of cartonboard

casuarina
Any of numerous trees, of the genera Casuarina and Allocasuarina, having segmented needle-like leaves; especially the ironwood and beefwood; she-oak.

casuarinas
plural of casuarina

cat's-paw
A paw of a cat.
Someone who acts in another's interest, (properly) unknowingly or through trickery.
A minor breeze that ripples the surface of a body of water.
A twisting variant of the lark's-foot hitch which forms two small bights used to hook a pair of tackles to a rope.
Someone or something that comes down quickly upon a victim in the manner of a cat's paw.
A small crowbar with a handle at a right angle to a blade with a V-shaped notch, principally used by carpenters to remove nails.
A metal set of claws worn over the hand or wielded in the hand used to remove skin and flesh.
A supervisor whose reliance on a subordinate's analysis is so complete as to render him or her liable for the subordinate's animus or other misconduct towards a third employee.
Any of several species of North American freshwater mussels of the genus Epioblasma, especially E. obliquata.
Any of several species of Australian bloodworts of the genus Anigozanthos, especially A. humilis.

catalpas
plural of catalpa

catawba
The catawba grape, a cultivar of North American Vitis labrusca.
A light sparkling wine made from this kind of grape.
Any of various species of America catalpa trees Catalpa especially (Catalpa bignonioides (southern catalpa) or Catalpa speciosa (northern catalpa).
The catawba rhododendron (Rhododendron catawbiense).

catawbas
plural of catawba

cathedra
The chair or throne of a bishop.
The rank of bishop.
The official chair of some position or office, as of a professor.

cathedrae
plural of cathedra

cathedras
plural of cathedra

catheti
plural of cathetus

cathetus
A line perpendicular to a surface (or line); in particular, either of the sides of a right triangle other than its hypotenuse.

cathetuses
plural of cathetus

cebadilla
Archaic form of sabadilla.

cebadillas
plural of cebadilla

celosia
An ornamental amaranth of the genus Celosia.

celosias
plural of celosia

cevadilla
Archaic form of sabadilla.

cevadillas
plural of cevadilla

chaparro
kermes oak (Quercus coccifera)

chaparros
plural of chaparro

chaulmoogra
A tree found in Southeast Asia, Hydnocarpus wightianus, which yields an oil that was formerly used as a treatment for leprosy.

chaulmoogras
plural of chaulmoogra

chaulmugra
Alternative spelling of chaulmoogra.

chaulmugras
plural of chaulmugra

chebulic myrobalan
A tree native to southern Asia with edible fruit and which is used in traditional medicine, Terminalia chebula.

chenopodium
Any member of the flowering plant genus Chenopodium.

chenopodiums
plural of chenopodium

chenopody
A goosefoot

chickenspike
The flowering plant Sphenoclea zeylanica.

chicle
The milky latex of the sapodilla tree, used after coagulation as the principal ingredient of chewing gum.

chicozapote
Synonym of sapodilla.

chicozapotes
plural of chicozapote

chikoo
Synonym of sapodilla (tree and fruit)

chikoos
plural of chikoo

chittamwood
A North American tree (Sideroxylon lanuginosum); the wood of this tree

chocolate vine
Akebia quinata, a flowering plant, native to Eastern Asia, often grown ornamentally.

chronotaraxis
A distorted perception of time

cisti
plural of cistus