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Onagrarieous :: Onagrarieous (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a natural order of plants (Onagraceae or Onagrarieae), which includes the fuchsia, the willow-herb (Epilobium), and the evening primrose (/nothera)..

Range :: Range (n.) To dispose in a classified or in systematic order; to arrange regularly; as, to range plants and animals in genera and species..

Fitweed :: Fitweed (n.) A plant (Eryngium foetidum) supposed to be a remedy for fits.

Sorrel :: Sorrel (n.) One of various plants having a sour juice; especially, a plant of the genus Rumex, as Rumex Acetosa, Rumex Acetosella, etc..

Self-heal :: Self-heal (n.) A blue-flowered labiate plant (Brunella vulgaris); the healall.

Stapes :: Stapelia (n.) An extensive and curious genus of African plants of the natural order Asclepiadaceae (Milkweed family). They are succulent plants without leaves, frequently covered with dark tubercles giving them a very grotesque appearance. The odor of the blossoms is like that of carrion..

Bract :: Bract (n.) A leaf, usually smaller than the true leaves of a plant, from the axil of which a flower stalk arises..

Eye :: Eye (n.) The bud or sprout of a plant or tuber; as the eye of a potato.

Springle :: Springing (n.) Growth; increase; also, that which springs up; a shoot; a plant..

Silkweed :: Silkweed (n.) Any plant of the genera Asclepias and Acerates whose seed vessels contain a long, silky down; milkweed..

Yam :: Yam (n.) A large, esculent, farinaceous tuber of various climbing plants of the genus Dioscorea; also, the plants themselves. Mostly natives of warm climates. The plants have netted-veined, petioled leaves, and pods with three broad wings. The commonest species is D. sativa, but several others are cultivated..

Boll :: Boll (n.) The pod or capsule of a plant, as of flax or cotton; a pericarp of a globular form..

Wormseed :: Wormseed (n.) Any one of several plants, as Artemisia santonica, and Chenopodium anthelminticum, whose seeds have the property of expelling worms from the stomach and intestines..

Endorhiza :: Endorhiza (n.) Any monocotyledonous plant; -- so named because many monocotyledons have an endorhizal embryo.

Botanize :: Botanize (v. i.) To seek after plants for botanical investigation; to study plants.

Borecole :: Borecole (n.) A brassicaceous plant of many varieties, cultivated for its leaves, which are not formed into a compact head like the cabbage, but are loose, and are generally curled or wrinkled; kale..

Ice Plant :: Ice plant () A plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum), sprinkled with pellucid, watery vesicles, which glisten like ice. It is native along the Mediterranean, in the Canaries, and in South Africa. Its juice is said to be demulcent and diuretic; its ashes are used in Spain in making glass..

Cupuliferous :: Cupuliferous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants of which the oak and the chestnut are examples, -- trees bearing a smooth, solid nut inclosed in some kind of cup or bur; bearing, or furnished with, a cupule..

Spring :: Spring (v. i.) The season of the year when plants begin to vegetate and grow; the vernal season, usually comprehending the months of March, April, and May, in the middle latitudes north of the equator..

Triumplant :: Triumplant (v. i.) Celebrating victory; expressive of joy for success; as, a triumphant song or ode..

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