| 单词 | subshrub |
| 释义 | subshrub (extremely rare) n WORD FAMILY shrub: shrubbery, shrubby, shrublet, shrubs, subshrub, undershrub+/shrubbery: shrubberies/undershrub: undershrubs n low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base Syn|Hypo|Hyper suffrutex darling pea, poison bush either of two Australian plants of the genus Swainsona that are poisonous to sheep Amsonia tabernaemontana, blue starsubshrubs of southeastern United States forming slow-growing clumps and having blue flowers in short terminal cymes periwinklechiefly trailing poisonous plants with blue flowers Aralia nudicaulis, false sarsaparilla, wild sarsaparilla, wild sarsparillacommon perennial herb having aromatic roots used as a substitute for sarsaparilla; central and eastern North America American spikenard, Aralia racemosa, life-of-man, petty morelunarmed woody rhizomatous perennial plant distinguished from wild sarsaparilla by more aromatic roots and panicled umbels; southeastern North America to Mexico Aralia hispida, bristly sarsaparilla, bristly sarsparilla, dwarf elderbristly herb of eastern and central North America having black fruit and medicinal bark bloodleafany plant of the genus Iresine having colored foliage Cleome pinnata, Stanleya pinnata, desert plume, prince's-plumeperennial of southwestern United States having leathery blue-green pinnatifid leaves and thick plumelike spikes of yellow flowers; sometimes placed in genus Cleome California tree poppy, Romneya coulteri, matilija poppytall branching subshrub of California and Mexico often cultivated for its silvery-blue foliage and large fragrant white flowers burdock, clotburany of several erect biennial herbs of temperate Eurasia having stout taproots and producing burs Argyranthemum frutescens, Chrysanthemum frutescens, Paris daisy, marguerite, marguerite daisyperennial subshrub of the Canary Islands having usually pale yellow daisylike flowers; often included in genus Chrysanthemum wormwoodany of several low composite herbs of the genera Artemisia or Seriphidium sage brush, sagebrushany of several North American composite subshrubs of the genera Artemis or Seriphidium beggar's-ticks, beggar-ticks, bur marigold, burr marigold, sticktightany of several plants of the genus Bidens having yellow flowers and prickly fruits that cling to fur and clothing centauryany plant of the genus Centaurea matchbush, matchweedany of several plants of the genus Gutierrezia having tiny flower heads that resemble the heads of matches Parthenium argentatum, guayulemuch-branched subshrub with silvery leaves and small white flowers of Texas and northern Mexico; cultivated as a source of rubber American feverfew, Parthenium integrifolium, prairie dock, wild quininestout perennial herb of the eastern United States with whitish flowers; leaves traditionally used by Catawba Indians to treat burns bastard pimpernel, chaffweed, false pimpernelweedy plant having short dry chafflike leaves thriftany of numerous sun-loving low-growing evergreens of the genus Armeria having round heads of pink or white flowers marsh rosemary, sea lavender, staticeany of various plants of the genus Limonium of temperate salt marshes having spikes of white or mauve flowers corchorusany of various plants of the genus Corchorus having large leaves and cymose clusters of yellow flowers; a source of jute diapensiaany boreal low-growing evergreen plant of the genus Diapensia loosestrifeany of numerous herbs and subshrubs of the genus Lythrum deer grass, meadow beautyany of several plants of the genus Rhexia usually having pink-purple to magenta flowers; eastern North America St John's wortany of numerous plants of the genus Hypericum having yellow flowers and transparently dotted leaves; traditionally gathered on St John's eve to ward off evil Hudsonia ericoides, false heather, golden heatherNorth American decumbent evergreen heathlike plant with yellow flowers Hudsonia tomentosa, beach heather, poverty grasssmall heathlike plant covered with white down growing on beaches in northeastern North America Cassia fasciculata, Chamaecrista fasciculata, partridge pea, sensitive pea, wild sensitive planttropical American plant having leaflets somewhat sensitive to the touch; sometimes placed in genus Cassia Cassia tora, Senna obtusifolia, sicklepodcosmopolitan tropical herb or subshrub with yellow flowers and slender curved pods; a weed; sometimes placed in genus Cassia beggar lice, beggar's lice, tick trefoilany of various tropical and subtropical plants having trifoliate leaves and rough sticky pod sections or loments Hedysarum boreale, sweet vetchperennial of western United States having racemes of pink to purple flowers followed by flat pods that separate into nearly orbicular joints French honeysuckle, Hedysarum coronarium, sullaperennial of southern Europe cultivated for forage and for its nectar-rich pink flowers that make it an important honey crop Hippocrepis comosa, horseshoe vetchEuropean woody perennial with yellow umbellate flowers followed by flattened pods that separate into horseshoe-shaped joints cubeany of several tropical American woody plants of the genus Lonchocarpus whose roots are used locally as a fish poison and commercially as a source of rotenone Lotus americanus, compass plant, prairie bird's-foot trefoil, prairie lotus, prairie trefoilNorth American annual with red or rose-colored flowers Lotus berthelotii, coral gemlow-growing much-branched perennial of Canary Islands having orange-red to scarlet or purple flowers; naturalized in United States Lotus corniculatus, babies' slippers, bacon and eggs, bird's foot clover, bird's foot trefoilEuropean forage plant having claw-shaped pods introduced in America Indian beet, Lupinus perennis, old-maid's bonnet, sundial lupine, wild lupinestout perennial of eastern and central North America having palmate leaves and showy racemose blue flowers Ononis repens, rest-harrow, restharrowEuropean woody plant having pink flowers and unifoliate leaves and long tough roots; spreads by underground runners Ononis spinosa, rest-harrow, restharrowEurasian plant having loose racemes of pink or purple flowers and spiny stems and tough roots hoary peaa plant of the genus Tephrosia having pinnate leaves and white or purplish flowers and flat hairy pods Polygonum orientale, kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate, prince's-feather, prince's-plume, princess featherannual with broadly ovate leaves and slender drooping spikes of crimson flowers; southeastern Asia and Australia; naturalized in North America eriogonumany plant of the genus Eriogonum with small clustered flowers Dryas octopetala, mountain avenscreeping evergreen shrub with large white flowers; widely distributed in northern portions of Eurasia and North America avensany of various perennials of the genus Geum having usually pinnate basal leaves and variously colored flowers Prunus besseyi, Rocky Mountains cherry, Western sand cherrydwarf ornamental shrub of western United States having large black to red and yellow sweet edible fruit woodruffany plant of the genus Asperula Linnaea borealis, twinflowercreeping evergreen subshrub of the northern parts of Europe and Asia with delicate fragrant tubular bell-shaped usually pink flowers borne in pairs milkwortany of various plants of the genus Polygala Tribulus terestris, caltrop, devil's weedtropical annual procumbent poisonous subshrub having fruit that splits into five spiny nutlets; serious pasture weed pachysandraany plant of the genus Pachysandra; low-growing evergreen herbs or subshrubs having dentate leaves and used as ground cover Aeonium haworthii, pinwheelperennial subshrub of Tenerife having leaves in rosettes resembling pinwheels phlomisany of various plants of the genus Phlomis; grown primarily for their dense whorls of lipped flowers and attractive foliage Jerusalem sage, Phlomis fruticosaa spreading subshrub of Mediterranean regions cultivated for dense axillary whorls of purple or yellow flowers germanderany of various plants of the genus Teucrium blue curlsany of several plants of the genus Trichostema having whorls of small blue flowers eringo, eryngoany plant of the genus Eryngium Swainsona galegifolia, smooth darling peaerect or trailing perennial of eastern Australia having axillary racemes of blue to purple or red flowers Swainsona grandiflora, Swainsona greyana, hairy darling peashrubby perennial of southern Australia having downy or woolly stems and undersides of leaves and racemes of red to pink flowers Vinca minor, myrtlewidely cultivated as a groundcover for its dark green shiny leaves and usually blue-violet flowers Vinca major, large periwinkleplant having variegated foliage and used for window boxes Iresine herbstii, Iresine reticulata, beef plant, beefsteak plantSouth American plant having green to purple or red branches with green to purple ornamental foliage and spikes of insignificant woolly flowers with dry membranous bracts Arctium minus, common burdock, lesser burdocka plant that is ubiquitous in all but very acid soil; found in most of Europe and North Africa Arctium lappa, cocklebur, great burdock, greater burdockburdock having heart-shaped leaves found in open woodland, hedgerows and rough grassland of Europe (except extreme N) and Asia Minor; sometimes cultivated for medicinal and culinary use mugwortany of several weedy composite plants of the genus Artemisia Artemisia abrotanum, southernwoodshrubby European wormwood naturalized in North America; sometimes used in brewing beer Artemisia absinthium, absinthe, common wormwood, lad's love, old manaromatic herb of temperate Eurasia and North Africa having a bitter taste used in making the liqueur absinthe Artemisia annua, sweet wormwoodwormwood of southeastern Europe to Iran Artemisia californica, California sage, California sagebrushlow ashy-grey California shrub Artemisia campestris, field wormwoodEuropean wormwood similar to common wormwood in its properties Artemisia filifolia, sand sage, silvery wormwoodsilver-haired shrub of central and southern United States and Mexico; a troublesome weed on rangelands Artemisia frigida, prairie sagewort, wormwood sagesilky-leaved aromatic perennial of dry northern parts of the northern hemisphere; has tawny florets Artemis pontica, Roman wormwoodEuropean wormwood; minor source of absinthe Artemis spinescens, bud brush, bud sagebrusha perennial that is valuable as sheep forage in the United States Artemisia stelleriana, beach wormwood, dusty miller, old womanherb with greyish leaves found along the east coast of North America; used as an ornamental plant Bidens bipinnata, Spanish needlescommon bur marigold of the eastern United States Bidens coronata, Bidens trichosperma, tickseed sunflowerNorth American bur marigold with large flowers Bidens tripartita, European beggar-ticks, trifid beggar-ticks, trifid bur marigoldbur marigold of temperate Eurasia Bidens connata, swampy beggar-ticksbur marigold of eastern and northern United States and Canada common in wet pastures and meadows Centaurea americana, basket flowerannual of southwestern United States cultivated for its purple flower heads and its bracts that resemble small baskets Centaurea cineraria, Centaurea gymnocarpa, dusty millera plant having leaves and stems covered with down that resembles dust Centauria calcitrapa, caltrop, star-thistleMediterranean annual or biennial herb having pinkish to purple flowers surrounded by spine-tipped scales; naturalized in America knapweedany of various plants of the genus Centaurea having purple thistlelike flowers Gutierrezia microcephala, little-head snakeweedsimilar to Gutierrezia sarothrae but with flower heads having fewer rays and disk flowers Gutierrezia sarothrae, broom snakeroot, broom snakeweed, rabbit-weed, rabbitweed, snakeweed, turpentine weedlow-growing sticky subshrub of southwestern United States having narrow linear leaves on many slender branches and hundreds of tiny yellow flower heads Gutierrezia texana, broom-weed, broomweedannual of southwestern United States having rigid woody branches with sticky foliage and yellow flowers Artemisia cana, Seriphidium canum, gray sage, grey sage, silver sage, silver sagebrushlow much-branched perennial of western United States having silvery leaves; an important browse and shelter plant Artemisia maritima, Seriphidium maritimum, sea wormwoodplants of western and northern European coasts Artemisia tridentata, Seriphidium tridentatum, big sagebrush, blue sagearomatic shrub of arid regions of western North America having hoary leaves Armeria maritima, cliff rose, sea pinktufted thrift of seacoasts and mountains of north temperate zone; occasionally grown as a ground cover Lythrum salicaria, purple loosestrife, spiked loosestrifemarsh herb with a long spike of purple flowers; originally of Europe but now rampant in eastern United States Lythrum hyssopifolia, grass poly, hyssop loosestrifeannual with small solitary pink flowers; originally of Europe but widely naturalized in moist areas Hypericum androsaemum, common St John's wort, tutsandeciduous bushy Eurasian shrub with golden yellow flowers and reddish-purple fruits from which a soothing salve is made in Spain Hypericum ascyron, Hypericum pyramidatum, great St John's wortperennial shrub having large star-shaped yellow flowers in narrowly pyramidal cymes Hypericum calycinum, creeping St John's wortcreeping evergreen shrub with bright yellow star-shaped summer flowers; useful as ground cover Hypericum gentianoides, nitweed, orange grass, pine-weed, pineweedannual wiry-stemmed North American weed with minute scalelike leaves and small yellow flowers Hypericum crux andrae, St Andrews's crossshrubby plant having yellow to apricot flowers with four petals arranged in a cross; southeastern United States: New York to Texas Hypericum hypericoides, low St Andrew's crosslow shrubby plant having yellow flowers with four petals arranged in a cross; Bermuda and southeastern United States to West Indies and eastern Mexico Hypericum perforatum, klammath weedyellow-flowered perennial common in fields and waste places but a weed in rangelands Hypericum prolificum, Hypericum spathulatum, shrubby St John's wortstiff shrub having oblong entire leaves and dense cymes of yellow flowers Hypericum maculatum, Hypericum tetrapterum, St Peter's wortEuropean perennial St John's wort; Ireland and France to western Siberia Hypericum virginianum, marsh St-John's wortperennial marsh herb with pink to mauve flowers; southeastern United States Desmodium purpureum, Desmodium tortuosum, beggarweedWest Indian forage plant cultivated in southern United States as forage and to improve soil Tephrosia purpurea, bastard indigoEast Indian shrub Tephrosia virginiana, catgut, goat's rue, wild sweet peaperennial subshrub of eastern North America having downy leaves yellowish and rose flowers and; source of rotenone Eriogonum allenii, umbrella plantlate blooming perennial plant of shale barrens of Virginia having flowers in flat-topped clusters California buckwheat, Erigonum fasciculatum, wild buckwheatlow-growing shrub with spreading branches and flowers in loose heads; desert regions of western United States (California to Utah) Geum alleppicum strictum, Geum strictum, yellow avenserect subshrub with deep yellow flowers; Europe and Asia and North America Geum canadense, bennet, white avensNorth American white-flowered avens Geum macrophyllum, yellow avenshairy yellow-flowered plant of eastern Asia and North America Geum rivale, Indian chocolate, chocolate root, purple avens, water avenserect perennial of north temperate zone having pinnate leaves and a few nodding flowers with a brown-purple calyx and orange and pink petals Geum triflorum, prairie smoke, purple avensNorth American perennial with hairy basal pinnate leaves and purple flowers and plume-tipped fruits Geum urbanum, clover-root, cloveroot, herb bennet, wood avenshairy Eurasian plant with small yellow flowers and an astringent root formerly used medicinally Geum virginianum, bennet, white avensavens of Virginia having pale or greenish yellow flowers Asperula tinctoria, dyer's woodruffcreeping European perennial having red or pinkish-white flowers and red roots sometimes used as a substitute for madder in dyeing American twinflower, Linnaea borealis americanasimilar to the twinflower of northern Europe and Asia Polygala alba, senegaperennial bushy herb of central and southern United States having white flowers with green centers and often purple crest; similar to Seneca snakeroot Polygala lutea, candyweed, orange milkwort, yellow bachelor's button, yellow milkwortbog plant of pine barrens of southeastern United States having spikes of irregular yellow-orange flowers Polygala paucifolia, bird-on-the-wing, flowering wintergreen, fringed polygala, gaywingscommon trailing perennial milkwort of eastern North America having leaves like wintergreen and usually rosy-purple flowers with winged sepals Polygala senega, Seneca snakeroot, Seneka snakeroot, senega root, senega snakeroot, senga rooteastern North American plant having a terminal cluster of small white flowers and medicinal roots Polygala vulgaris, common milkwort, gand flowersmall European perennial with numerous branches having racemes of blue, pink or white flowers; formerly reputed to promote human lactation Allegheny mountain spurge, Allegheny spurge, Pachysandra procumbenslow semi-evergreen perennial herb having small spikes of white or pinkish flowers; native to southern United States but grown elsewhere Japanese spurge, Pachysandra terminalisslow-growing Japanese evergreen subshrub having terminal spikes of white flowers; grown as a ground cover American germander, Teucrium canadense, wood sagesubshrub with serrate leaves and cream-colored to pink or purple flowers in spikelike racemes; North America Teucrium chamaedrys, wall germanderEuropean perennial subshrub with red-purple or bright rose flowers with red and white spots Teucrium marum, cat thyme, marumMediterranean germander having small hairy leaves and reddish purple flowers; attractive to cats Teucrium scorodonia, wood sageEuropean germander with one-sided racemes of yellow flowers; naturalized in North America California romero, Trichostema lanatum, black sage, wooly blue curlsan aromatic plant with wooly leaves found in southern California and Mexico Trichostema lanceolatum, camphorweed, turpentine camphor weed, vinegarweedaromatic plant of western United States Trichostema dichotomum, bastard pennyroyalaromatic plant of the eastern United States bush, shrub a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems |
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