carana
Alternative spelling of caranna.

caranas
plural of carana

caranna
A hard, brittle, resinous gum, obtained from the West Indian tree Dacryodes excelsa, and formerly used in medicine.

carap
Any tree of the genus Carapa.

caraps
plural of carap

carauna
Alternative form of caranna.

carbonification
The conversion of organic plant matter into coal over time in the absence of air.

cardamine
Any plant of the genus Cardamine; a bittercress.

cardamines
plural of cardamine

cardamom
An herb, native to India (Elettaria cardamomum).
Seed of Elettaria cardamomum, used as a medicine and spice, especially in curry powder.
Synonym of grains of paradise, seeds or seed capsules of Aframomum melegueta, of East Africa.

cardamoms
plural of cardamom

cardamum
Archaic form of cardamom.

cardamums
plural of cardamum

cardoncillo
A woody tropical American cactus Wilcoxia papillosa

cardoncillos
plural of cardoncillo

cardosanto
A Mexican prickly poppy (Argemone mexicana), a hardy plant found in Mexico, with bright yellow latex.

carissa
Any plant of the genus Carissa.

carissas
plural of carissa

caroubier
carob (tree)

caroubiers
plural of caroubier

carpellody
A plant disorder, resulting in misshapen fruits, caused by abnormal development of the ovule-bearing part of the flower in angiosperms.

carpgrass
Any plant of the genus Arthraxon.

carpolite
A fossilised fruit, nut, or seed.

carpolith
Synonym of carpolite.

carpoliths
plural of carpolith

carpomania
The excessive production of fruit by a plant.
An undesirable gritty condition of pears, quinces, etc. caused by deposition of layers of cells.

carpophyte
A flowerless plant which forms a true fruit as the result of fertilization.

carpophytes
plural of carpophyte

carposperm
The egg of a red alga

carposperms
plural of carposperm

carposporangia
plural of carposporangium

carposporangium
A sporangium (that contains carpospores) in red algae, a cluster of which forms the cystocarp

carpostome
The opening in the cystocarp of red algae through which the spores are discharged

carpostomes
plural of carpostome

carrageenophyte
Any red alga of the genus Kappaphycus

carrageenophytes
plural of carrageenophyte

caryophyllid
Any plant in the subclass Caryophyllidae.

caryophyllids
plural of caryophyllid

cascalote
Any of several Central American trees of the genera Libidibia or Croton.

cascalotes
plural of cascalote

caseamembrin
Any of a group of bioactive clerodane diterpenoids from plants of the genus Casearia.

caseamembrins
plural of caseamembrin

caseweed
The plant shepherd's purse

caseweeds
plural of caseweed

cashapona
The walking palm.

cashaponas
plural of cashapona

caskfruit
A woody climbing plant of northern South America, Doliocarpus, which produces red berries.

caskfruits
plural of caskfruit

cassioberries
plural of cassioberry

cassioberry
An American shrub (Viburnum obovatum) or its fruit

castalagin
An ellagitannin found in oak and chestnut wood.

casuarinin
An ellagitannin found in the pericarp of pomegranates and in some other plants.

catalpa
Any tree of the genus Catalpa, in the family Bignoniaceae. The two North American species, the southern catalpa, Catalpa bignonioides, and the northern catalpa, Catalpa speciosa — along with the yellow catalpa, Catalpa ovata, from China — are often planted as ornamentals because of their showy flowers and decorative bean pods, though others regard the bean pods as a nuisance.

catbriar
The woody vine Smilax glauca.

catbriars
plural of catbriar

catchweed
A plant, cleavers (Galium aparine)

catchweeds
plural of catchweed

catena
A series of related items.
A series of distinct soils arrayed along a slope.

catenae
plural of catena

catenas
plural of catena

caterpillarweed
The plant Phacelia crenulata.

cativo
Prioria copaifera, a flowering tree of Central and South America.

cativos
plural of cativo

catnep
Alternative form of catnip.

catneps
plural of catnep

catnip
Any of the about 250 species of flowering plant of the genus Nepeta, family Lamiaceae, certain of which are said to have medicinal qualities.
Nepeta cataria and Nepeta grandiflora (and perhaps other species), which are well-known for causing an apparently harmless pheromone-based intoxication among certain cats.
Something that causes excitement or interest.

catnips
plural of catnip

catotelm
The layer of a peat bog below the acrotelm, where there is dead plant material.

catotelms
plural of catotelm

catstail
timothy grass (Phleum pratense)

catstails
plural of catstail

cattimandoo
The latex of the tree Euphorbia cattimandoo.

cattleya
Any plant of the genus Cattleya, a genus of orchids.

cattleyas
plural of cattleya

caudex
An enlargement of the stem, branch or root of a woody plant, usually serving to store water.

caudexes
plural of caudex

caudices
plural of caudex

caudicle
A slender, elastic process to which the masses of pollen in orchidaceous plants are attached.

caudicles
plural of caudicle

caudicula
A caudicle.

caudiculae
plural of caudicula

caudiculas
plural of caudicula

caulerpa
Any seaweed of the genus Caulerpa.

caulerpicin
A mixture of toxic ceramides present in green alga of the genus Caulerpa.

caulerpicins
plural of caulerpicin

caulini
A hybridized cultivar of Brassica oleracea (broccoli) exhibiting features which resemble both cauliflower and broccolini.

caulome
A stem structure or stem axis of a plant, viewed as a whole.

caulomes
plural of caulome

caulonemata
plural of caulonema

caytonialean
Any seed-bearing, fernlike plant of the order Caytoniales

caytonialeans
plural of caytonialean

cebil
A South American tree (Anadenanthera colubrina), the bark of which contains tannin and is used in tanning hides.

cebils
plural of cebil

cecidia
plural of cecidium

cecidiology
Alternative form of cecidology.

cecidium
A gall produced on a plant by infection from insects etc

cecidology
Study of plant galls.

cedarwood
Wood of a cedar tree.

cedarwoods
plural of cedarwood

cedrat
The citron tree.
The citron fruit.

cedrate
Alternative form of cedrat (“citron tree and fruit”).

cedrates
plural of cedrate

cedrats
plural of cedrat

cedrela
Any tree of the genus Cedrela.

cedrelas
plural of cedrela

cedrelone
The tetranortriterpenoid ((1S,2aR,3aR,3bR,9aR,9bR,11aS)-1-(furan-3-yl)-5-hydroxy-3b,6,6,9a,11a-pentamethyl-2,2a,6,9a,9b,10,11,11a-octahydronaphtho[1',2':6,7]indeno[1,7a-b]oxirene-4,7(1H,3bH)-dione) found in the Asian tree Toona ciliata

ceiba
Any tree of the genus Ceiba, the best-known of which is Ceiba pentandra.
The silk-cotton tree, Bombax ceiba.

ceibas
plural of ceiba

ceibo
The tree Erythrina crista-galli.

ceibos
plural of ceibo

celandine
Any plant of the genus Chelidonium.
Either of two not closely related flowering plants
Either of two not closely related flowering plants:
Either of two not closely related flowering plants:

celandines
plural of celandine

centifolia
A plant of the cabbage rose, Rosa × centifolia, a fragrant species of rose having large numbers of petals.
The flower of such a plant.

centifolias
plural of centifolia

centothecoid
Any grass of the genus Centotheca

centothecoids
plural of centothecoid

cephalaria
Any caprifoliaceous flowering plant of the genus Cephalaria, closely related to teasels (Dipsacus).

cercosporiosis
A plant disease due to infection by fungi of genus Cercospora

chacate
Krameria lanceolata, the trailing rhatany

chacrona
Alternative form of chacruna.

chacruna
The flowering plant Psychotria viridis.

chafeweed
Cudweed (Gnaphalium), which was used as a remedy for chafing.

chag
A branch of a tree; a branch of broom or gorse.

chago
The Andean root vegetable mauka (Mirabilis expansa).

chagual
The puya bromeliad.

chaguar
Any of several related species of South American plants of the family Bromeliaceae, among them Bromelia serra, Bromelia hieronymi, Deinacanthon urbanianum and Pseudananas sagenarius.

chaguars
plural of chaguar

chala
Croton scouleri, a tree native to the Galapagos.