chinchona
Alternative form of cinchona (“bark of the tree”).

chinchonas
plural of chinchona

chincona
Alternative form of cinchona (“bark of the tree”).

chinconas
plural of chincona

cinchona
A tree or shrub of the genus Cinchona, native to the Andes in South America but since widely cultivated in Indonesia and India as well for its medicinal bark.
The bark of these plants, which yield quinine and other alkaloids useful in reducing fevers and particularly in combatting malaria.
Any medicine chiefly composed of the prepared bark of these plants.

cinchonas
plural of cinchona

cleaverwort
Synonym of cleavers (“the bedstraw”).

cleaverworts
plural of cleaverwort

colleteria
plural of colleterium

common buttonbush
Cephalanthus occidentalis

coprosma
Any of the plants in the genus Coprosma.

coprosmas
plural of coprosma

dagame
Synonym of lemonwood (“Calycophyllum candidissimum”).

dyer's madder
Synonym of madder (“Rubia tinctorum”).

dysosmia
An olfactory disorder in which the sense of smell inaccurately conveys disagreeable sensations.

dysosmias
plural of dysosmia

euosmia
A form of parosmia in which things smell abnormally pleasant.

exostema
Any of the flowering plant genus Exostema.

exostemas
plural of exostema

false buttonweed
Any plant of species in genus Spermacoce.

fishing rod
A rod, often made in sections, which carries a line used for angling and is used to support both the line and the reel and to cast the line.

flame-of-the-woods
The flowering shrub Ixora coccinea.

galium
Any of the genus Galium of annual and perennial herbaceous plants, including the bedstraws.

galiums
plural of galium

gallium
A chemical element (symbol Ga) with an atomic number of 31; a soft bluish metal.

gambeer
Alternative spelling of gambier.

gambeers
plural of gambeer

gambier
A flowering plant, of species Uncaria gambir, family Rubiaceae, native to Southeast Asia.
An astringent substance prepared from the leaves of the plant, used in tanning and dyeing.

gambir
Alternative form of gambier.

gardenia
Any of various tropical evergreen small trees or shrubs, of the genus Gardenia, having glossy leaves and white flowers.
The flower of these plants.

gardenias
plural of gardenia

genipap
The North and South American tree Genipa americana of the family Rubiaceae.
The fruit of this tree, oval in shape, as large as a small orange, of a pale greenish color, and with dark purple juice, traditionally used as a colorant.

genipapo
Alternative form of genipap.

genipapos
plural of genipapo

genipaps
plural of genipap

gonotheca
The protective covering of a gonangium.

gonothecae
plural of gonotheca

goose grass
Alternative form of goosegrass

goose-grass
Alternative form of goosegrass

goosegrass
Any of various grasses, sometimes used as food for geese, principally in genus Eleusine.
Any of several grasses, sedges, and annual herbs.

goosegrasses
plural of goosegrass

houstonia
Any of the genus Houstonia of rubiaceous flowering plants.

houstonias
plural of houstonia

indigoberries
plural of indigoberry

indigoberry
Any of the genus Randia of shrubs and small trees.

involucrella
plural of involucrellum

ipecac
The dried rhizome and roots of either of two tropical American plants (Cephaelis acuminata and Cephaelis ipecacuanha) of the madder family used especially as a source of emetine.
An emetic and expectorant drug that contains emetine and is prepared from ipecac especially as a syrup for use in treating accidental poisoning.
The shrub that produces ipecac (Cephaelis ipecacuanha), native to Brazil and cultivated elsewhere.

ipecacs
plural of ipecac

ipecacuanha
The root of Carapichea ipecacuanha, used as an emetic or purgative; a preparation of this root used as a drug; ipecac.
The flowering plant Carapichea ipecacuanha.

ixora
Any of the flowering plants in the genus Ixora.

ixoras
plural of ixora

jasmin
Archaic form of jasmine.

jasmins
plural of jasmin

lady's bedstraw
A herbaceous perennial flowering plant, Galium verum, used in the Middle Ages for bedding and for making red dye.
Carpetweed (Mollugo verticillata, syn. Pharnaceum mollugo), a slender-leaved East Indian shrub with white flowers in umbels.

madders
plural of madder

marmalade
A kind of jam made with citrus fruit, distinguished by being made slightly bitter by the addition of the peel and by partial caramelisation during manufacture. Most commonly made with Seville oranges, and usually qualified by the name of the fruit when made with other types of fruit.
Quince jam.
A cat having orange- or ginger-colored fur.

marmalade box
The fruit of the mamey sapote or marmalade tree.

marmalades
plural of marmalade

marmalet
Obsolete form of marmalade.

marmalets
plural of marmalet

morinda
Any of the genus Morinda of rubiaceous trees and shrubs.

morindas
plural of morinda

morning star
The planet Venus as observed in the eastern sky around dawn.
The planet Mercury as observed in the eastern sky around dawn.

morningstar
Alternative spelling of morning star.

morningstars
plural of morningstar

noni
The Polynesian fruit tree Morinda citrifolia.
The fruit of Morinda citrifolia, or a juice made from this fruit that is purported to have healthful qualities

nonis
plural of noni

notopleura
plural of notopleuron

ourouparia
Any of several flowering plants, of the genus Uncaria (syn. Ourouparia) related to madder

ourouparias
plural of ourouparia

partridgeberries
plural of partridgeberry

partridgeberry
Any of various plants, including:
Any of various plants, including:
Any of various plants, including:
The berry of such a plant.

peg wood
Alternative form of pegwood (“watchmaker's cleaning tool”).

pentas
Any of the flowering plants of the genus Pentas, especially the Egyptian starcluster, Pentas lanceolata.

quincewort
squinancywort

quinquina
Synonym of cinchona in all its senses.

quinquinas
plural of quinquina

quinsywort
squinancywort

radiogallium
radioactive gallium (especially when used as a tracer)

redgal
The flowering plant Morinda royoc.

richardia
Any of the genus Richardia of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae.

richardias
plural of richardia

rondeletia
Any of the genus Rondeletia of tropical rubiaceous shrubs.

rondeletias
plural of rondeletia

rough bedstraw
A plant of species Galium asprellum.

rubeola
measles

rubeolas
plural of rubeola

semicupia
plural of semicupium

seven-year apple
A rubiaceous shrub (Casasia clusiifolia) growing in Florida and the Caribbean.
Its edible fruit.

shrubby false buttonweed
Spermacoce verticillata (tribe Spermacoceae), of the tropical and subtropical New World.
Oldenlandia verticillata (tribe Spermacoceae)

smooth bedstraw
crosswort (Cruciata laevipes).

squawvine
Alternative form of squaw vine (Mitchella repens).

squinancywort
Asperula cynanchica, a perennial plant with small pink or white flowers, formerly used as a medicinal herb against quinsy.

sticky willy
Synonym of cleavers (Galium aparine)

stickywilly
Alternative form of sticky willy.

strawberry bush
Euonymus americanus, a flowering plant in the family Celastraceae.

sweet woodruff
An aromatic perennial plant, formerly used as a strewing herb, Galium odoratum (formerly Asperula odorata), with small white flowers.

velvetseed
Any of various plants in the genus Guettarda.

velvetseeds
plural of velvetseed

wild licorice
Astragalus glycyphyllus, an herb native to Europe and West and Central Asia.
Abrus precatorius, the rosary pea.
Glycyrrhhiza lepidota, an herb, native to the Western US, related to licorice.

wood bedstraw
Synonym of Scotch mist (“the perennial flowering plant Galium sylvaticum.”).

woodroof
A small, sweet-smelling herb, Galium odoratum, once used for flavouring wine

woodruff
Galium odoratum, an aromatic herb.

woodruffs
plural of woodruff

wuderove
Obsolete form of woodruff.

yellow bedstraw
Synonym of lady's bedstraw (“the plant Galium verum”).