英语词汇“ligneous plant”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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ligneous plant: ligneous plants

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With the diminished moisture the green gardens of France are replaced in Gobi by ligneous plants covered with a gray down.

Draper, John William, History of the Intellectual Develop...(2010)

But among the dicotyledonous vegetables there is none that merit the attention of naturalists as the creeping ligneous plants known as so much lianes.

Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Isidore, Movement of the International Liter...(2010)

n a plant having hard lignified tissues or woody parts especially stems

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woody plant

Yggdrasil

(Norse mythology) a huge ash tree whose roots and branches hold the earth and Heaven and Hell together

bugbane

a plant of the genus Cimicifuga having flowers in long racemes or panicles reported to be distasteful to insects

melilot, melilotus, sweet clover

erect annual or biennial plant grown extensively especially for hay and soil improvement

aralia

any of various plants of the genus Aralia; often aromatic plants having compound leaves and small umbellate flowers

combretum

any of numerous shrubs or small trees of the genus Combretum having spikes of small flowers

Ravenala madagascariensis, ravenala, traveler's tree, traveller's tree

giant treelike plant having edible nuts and leafstalks that yield a refreshing drink of clear watery sap; reputedly an emergency source of water for travelers

Pipturus argenteus, Queensland grass-cloth plant

Australian plant of genus Pipturus whose fiber is used in making cloth

milk vetch, milk-vetch

any of various plants of the genus Astragalus

false indigo, wild indigo

any of several plants of the genus Baptisia

bush clover, lespedeza

shrubby or herbaceous plants widely used for forage, soil improvement, and especially hay in southern United States

lupin, lupine

any plant of the genus Lupinus; bearing erect spikes of usually purplish-blue flowers

bignoniad

any woody plant of the family Bignoniaceae

gesneriad

any of numerous tropical or subtropical small shrubs or treelets or epiphytic vines of the family Gesneriaceae: African violet; Cape primroses; gloxinia

figwort

any of numerous tall coarse woodland plants of the genus Scrophularia

nightshade

any of numerous shrubs or herbs or vines of the genus Solanum; most are poisonous though many bear edible fruit

lignosae

a category in some early taxonomies

arborescent plant

having the shape or characteristics of a tree

tree

a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms

bush, shrub

a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems

bramble

any of various rough thorny shrubs or vines

Catha edulis

a shrub that is cultivated by Arabs for its leaves which are chewed or used to make tea

ephedra, joint fir

jointed and nearly leafless desert shrub having reduced scalelike leaves and reddish fleshy seeds

yellowwood, yellowwood tree

any of various trees having yellowish wood or yielding a yellow extract

Podocarpus nivalis, alpine totara

low wide-spreading coniferous shrub of New Zealand mountains

Chilean rimu, Lepidothamnus fonkii

about the hardiest Podocarpaceae species; prostrate spreading shrub similar to mountain rimu; mountains of southern Chile

Dacridium laxifolius, Lepidothamnus laxifolius, mountain rimu

low-growing to prostrate shrub with slender trailing branches; New Zealand

Microstrobos niphophilus, Tasman dwarf pine

small shrub or Tasmania having short stiff branches

Oxandra lanceolata, lancewood, lancewood tree

source of most of the lancewood of commerce

Guinea pepper, Xylopia aethiopica, negro pepper

tropical west African evergreen tree bearing pungent aromatic seeds used as a condiment and in folk medicine

barberry

any of numerous plants of the genus Berberis having prickly stems and yellow flowers followed by small red berries

Caulophyllum thalictrioides, Caulophyllum thalictroides, blue cohosh, blueberry root, papoose root, papooseroot, squaw root, squawroot

tall herb of eastern North America and Asia having blue berrylike fruit and a thick knotty rootstock formerly used medicinally

Mahonia aquifolium, Oregon grape, Oregon holly grape, holly-leaves barberry, hollygrape, mountain grape

ornamental evergreen shrub of Pacific coast of North America having dark green pinnate leaves and racemes of yellow flowers followed by blue-black berries

Mahonia nervosa, Oregon grape

small shrub with grey-green leaves and yellow flowers followed by glaucous blue berries

allspice

deciduous shrubs having aromatic bark; eastern China; southwestern and eastern United States

Chimonanthus praecox, Japan allspice, Japanese allspice, winter sweet

deciduous Japanese shrub cultivated for its fragrant yellow flowers

American spicebush, Benjamin bush, Benzoin odoriferum, Lindera benzoin, spice bush, spicebush

deciduous shrub of the eastern United States having highly aromatic leaves and bark and yellow flowers followed by scarlet or yellow berries

anise tree

any of several evergreen shrubs and small trees of the genus Illicium

American bugbane, Cimicifuga americana, summer cohosh

bugbane of the eastern United States having erect racemes of white flowers

Cimicifuga racemosa, black cohosh, black snakeroot, rattle-top

North American bugbane found from Maine and Ontario to Wisconsin and south to Georgia

Cimicifuga foetida, fetid bugbane, foetid bugbane

bugbane of Siberia and eastern Asia having ill-smelling green-white flowers

Drimys winteri, winter's bark, winter's bark tree

South American evergreen tree yielding winter's bark and a light soft wood similar to basswood

Pseudowintera colorata, Wintera colorata, pepper shrub

evergreen shrub or small tree whose foliage is conspicuously blotched with red and yellow and having small black fruits

Myrica gale, Scotch gale, sweet gale

bog shrub of north temperate zone having bitter-tasting fragrant leaves

wax myrtle

any shrub or small tree of the genus Myrica with aromatic foliage and small wax-coated berries

Comptonia asplenifolia, Comptonia peregrina, sweet fern

deciduous shrub of eastern North America with sweet scented fernlike leaves and tiny white flowers

Leitneria floridana, corkwood, corkwood tree

very small deciduous dioecious tree or shrub of damp habitats in southeastern United States having extremely light wood

zebrawood, zebrawood tree

any of various trees or shrubs having mottled or striped wood

Brya ebenus, granadilla tree, granadillo

West Indian tree yielding a fine grade of green ebony

Melilotus alba, white melilot, white sweet clover

biennial plant; valuable honey plant

Melilotus officinalis, yellow sweet clover

biennial yellow-flowered Eurasian plant having aromatic leaves used as carminative or flavoring agent; widely cultivated especially as green manure or cover crop

mimosa

any of various tropical shrubs or trees of the genus Mimosa having usually yellow flowers and compound leaves

acacia

any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia

Adenanthera pavonina, Barbados pride, coral-wood, coralwood, peacock flower fence, red sandalwood

East Indian tree with racemes of yellow-white flowers; cultivated as an ornamental

albizia, albizzia

any of numerous trees of the genus Albizia

Anadenanthera colubrina, Piptadenia macrocarpa

Brazilian shrub having twice-pinnate leaves and small spicate flowers followed by flat or irregularly torulose pods; sometimes placed in genus Piptadenia

calliandra

any of various shrubs and small trees valued for their fine foliage and attractive spreading habit and clustered white to deep pink or red flowers

Enterolobium cyclocarpa, conacaste, elephant's ear

tropical South American tree having a wide-spreading crown of bipinnate leaves and coiled ear-shaped fruits; grown for shade and ornament as well as valuable timber

inga

any tree or shrub of the genus Inga having pinnate leaves and showy usually white flowers; cultivated as ornamentals

Inga edulis, ice-cream bean

ornamental evergreen tree with masses of white flowers; tropical and subtropical America

Inga laurina, guama

tropical tree of Central America and West Indies and Puerto Rico having spikes of white flowers; used as shade for coffee plantations

Leucaena glauca, Leucaena leucocephala, lead tree, white popinac

low scrubby tree of tropical and subtropical North America having white flowers tinged with yellow resembling mimosa and long flattened pods

Lysiloma bahamensis, Lysiloma latisiliqua, wild tamarind

a tree of the West Indies and Florida and Mexico; resembles tamarind and has long flat pods

Lysiloma sabicu, sabicu

West Indian tree yielding a hard dark brown wood resembling mahogany in texture and value

nitta tree

any of several Old World tropical trees of the genus Parkia having heads of red or yellow flowers followed by pods usually containing edible seeds and pulp

Pithecellobium dulce, camachile, huamachil, manila tamarind, wild tamarind

common thorny tropical American tree having terminal racemes of yellow flowers followed by sickle-shaped or circinate edible pods and yielding good timber and a yellow dye and mucilaginous gum

Pithecellodium unguis-cati, black bead, cat's-claw, catclaw

erect shrub with small if any spines having racemes of white to yellow flowers followed by curved pointed pods and black shiny seeds; West Indies and Florida

mesquit, mesquite

any of several small spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Prosopis having small flowers in axillary cylindrical spikes followed by large pods rich in sugar

Acocanthera oblongifolia, Acocanthera spectabilis, poison arrow plant, winter sweet

medium-sized shrubby tree of South Africa having thick leathery evergreen leaves and white or pink flowers and globose usually two-seeded purplish black fruits

Acocanthera oppositifolia, Acocanthera venenata, bushman's poison, ordeal tree

evergreen shrub or tree of South Africa

Adenium multiflorum, Adenium obesum, desert rose, impala lily, kudu lily, mock azalia

South African shrub having a swollen succulent stem and bearing showy pink and white flowers after the leaves fall; popular as an ornamental in tropics

Alstonia scholaris, devil tree, dita, dita bark

evergreen tree of eastern Asia and Philippines having large leathery leaves and small green-white flowers in compact cymes; bark formerly used medicinally

carissa

a shrub of the genus Carissa having fragrant white flowers and plumlike red to purple-black fruits

Holarrhena antidysenterica, Holarrhena pubescens, conessi, ivory tree, kurchee, kurchi

tropical Asian tree with hard white wood and bark formerly used as a remedy for dysentery and diarrhea

frangipani, frangipanni

any of various tropical American deciduous shrubs or trees of the genus Plumeria having milky sap and showy fragrant funnel-shaped variously colored flowers

rauvolfia, rauwolfia

any shrub or small tree of the genus Rauwolfia having leaves in whorls and cymose flowers; yield substances used medicinally especially as emetics or purgatives or antihypertensives

strophanthus

any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Strophanthus having whorled leaves and showy flowers of various colors in dense and corymbose clusters; some have poisonous seeds

Adam's apple, East Indian rosebay, Nero's crown, Tabernaemontana divaricate, coffee rose, crape jasmine, crepe gardenia, crepe jasmine, pinwheel flower

tropical shrub having glossy foliage and fragrant nocturnal flowers with crimped or wavy corollas; northern India to Thailand

Thevetia neriifolia, Thevetia peruviana, yellow oleander

tropical American shrub or small tree having glossy dark green leaves and fragrant saffron yellow to orange or peach- colored flowers; all parts highly poisonous

American angelica tree, Aralia spinosa, Hercules'-club, devil's walking stick

small deciduous clump-forming tree or shrub of eastern United States

Aralia elata, Japanese angelica tree

deciduous clump-forming Asian shrub or small tree; adventive in the eastern United States

Aralia stipulata, Chinese angelica, Chinese angelica tree

similar to American angelica tree but less prickly; China

Meryta sinclairii, puka

small roundheaded New Zealand tree having large resinous leaves and panicles of green-white flowers

Brassaia actinophylla, Schefflera actinophylla, umbrella tree

erect evergreen shrub or small tree of Australia and northern New Guinea having palmately compound leaves

Batis maritima, saltwort

low-growing strong-smelling coastal shrub of warm parts of the New World having unisexual flowers in conelike spikes and thick succulent leaves

saltbush

any of various shrubby plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in dry alkaline soil

Bassia scoparia, Kochia scoparia, belvedere, burning bush, fire bush, fire-bush, summer cypress

densely branched Eurasian plant; foliage turns purple-red in autumn

Cycloloma atriplicifolium, tumbleweed, winged pigweed

bushy annual weed of central North America having greenish flowers and winged seeds

Salsola kali, Salsola soda, barilla, glasswort, kali, kelpwort, saltwort

bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash

Russian cactus, Russian thistle, Russian tumbleweed, Salsola kali tenuifolia, tumbleweed

prickly bushy Eurasian plant; a troublesome weed in central and western United States

Sarcobatus vermiculatus, black greasewood, greasewood

low hardy much-branched spiny shrub common in alkaline soils of western America

Pisonia aculeata, cockspur

small spiny West Indian tree

caper

any of numerous plants of the genus Capparis

Biscutalla laevigata, buckler mustard

plant of southeastern Europe having yellow flowers like those of mustard and pods with open valves resembling bucklers

bush poppy, tree poppy

evergreen shrub of southwestern United States and Mexico often cultivated for its fragrant golden yellow flowers

Argyroxiphium sandwicense, silversword

low-growing plant found only in volcanic craters on Hawaii having rosettes of narrow pointed silver-green leaves and clusters of profuse red-purple flowers on a tall stem

artemisia

any of various composite shrubs or herbs of the genus Artemisia having aromatic green or greyish foliage

Baccharis halimifolia, consumption weed, cotton-seed tree, groundsel bush, groundsel tree

a shrub of salt marshes of eastern and south central North America and West Indies; fruit is surrounded with white plumelike hairy tufts

Baccharis viminea, mule fat

California shrub with slender leafy shoots that are important browse for mule deer

Baccharis pilularis, chaparral broom, coyote brush, coyote bush, kidney wort

widely spreading evergreen shrub of southwestern United States with flower heads in a leafy panicle

goldenbush

any of various much-branched yellow-flowered shrubs of the genus Chrysothamnus; western North America

Hazardia cana, hoary golden bush

western American shrubs having white felted foliage and yellow flowers that become red-purple

mutisia

any of various plants of the genus Mutisia

daisy bush, daisy-bush, daisybush

any of various mostly Australian attractively shaped shrubs of the genus Olearia grown for their handsome and sometimes fragrant evergreen foliage and profusion of daisy flowers with white or purple or blue rays

othonna

a South African plant of the genus Othonna having smooth often fleshy leaves and heads of yellow flowers

Santolina chamaecyparissus, lavender cotton

branching aromatic Mediterranean shrub with woolly stems and leaves and yellow flowers

Cineraria maritima, Senecio cineraria, dusty miller

stiff much-branched perennial of the Mediterranean region having very white woolly stems and leaves

milk thistle, sow thistle

any of several Old World coarse prickly-leaved shrubs and subshrubs having milky juice and yellow flowers; widely naturalized; often noxious weeds in cultivated soil

Ardisia crenata, coralberry, spiceberry

shrub with coral-red berries; Japan to northern India

Ardisia escallonoides, Ardisia paniculata, marlberry

tropical American shrub or small tree with brown wood and dark berries

Plumbago europaea, leadwort

a plant of the genus Plumbago with blue flowers

Jacquinia armillaris, bracelet wood

small West Indian shrub or tree with hard glossy seeds patterned yellow and brown that are used to make bracelets

Jacquinia keyensis, barbasco, joewood

West Indian shrub or small tree having leathery saponaceous leaves and extremely hard wood

pandanus, screw pine

any of various Old World tropical palmlike trees having huge prop roots and edible conelike fruits and leaves like pineapple leaves

mallow

any of various plants of the family Malvaceae

cotton, cotton plant

erect bushy mallow plant or small tree bearing bolls containing seeds with many long hairy fibers

Hoheria populnea, houhere, lacebark, ribbonwood

small tree or shrub of New Zealand having a profusion of axillary clusters of honey-scented paper-white flowers and whose bark is used for cordage

Lavatera arborea, tree mallow, velvet-leaf, velvetleaf

arborescent perennial shrub having palmately lobed furry leaves and showy red-purple flowers; southwestern United States

pavonia

any of various evergreen plants of the genus Pavonia having white or yellow or purple flowers

Plagianthus betulinus, Plagianthus regius, ribbon tree, ribbonwood

deciduous New Zealand tree whose inner bark yields a strong fiber that resembles flax and is called New Zealand cotton

Hibiscus farragei, Radyera farragei, bush hibiscus

southern and western Australian shrub with unlobed or shallowly lobed toothed leaves and purple flowers; sometimes placed in genus Hibiscus

tulipwood tree

any of various trees yielding variously colored woods similar to true tulipwood

Bombax ceiba, Bombax malabarica, red silk-cotton tree, simal

East Indian silk cotton tree yielding fibers inferior to kapok

Montezuma

evergreen tree with large leathery leaves and large pink to orange flowers; considered a link plant between families Bombacaceae and Sterculiaceae

Pseudobombax ellipticum, shaving-brush tree

tree of Mexico to Guatemala having densely hairy flowers with long narrow petals clustered at ends of branches before leaves appear

Brisbane quandong, Elaeocarpus grandis, blue fig, quandong, quandong tree, silver quandong tree

Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit

Aristotelia racemosa, Aristotelia serrata, New Zealand wine berry, makomako, wineberry

graceful deciduous shrub or small tree having attractive foliage and small red berries that turn black at maturity and are used for making wine

Jamaican cherry, Muntingia calabura, calabur tree, calabura, silk wood, silkwood

a fast-growing tropical American evergreen having white flowers and white fleshy edible fruit; bark yields a silky fiber used in cordage and wood is valuable for staves

Sloanea jamaicensis, break-axe, breakax, breakaxe

West Indian timber tree having very hard wood

bottle tree, bottle-tree

an Australian tree of the genus Brachychiton

dombeya

any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Dombeya grown for their rounded clusters of exquisite often sweet-scented flowers usually hanging beneath the leaves

Chinese parasol, Chinese parasol tree, Firmiana simplex, Japanese varnish tree, phoenix tree

deciduous tree widely grown in southern United States as an ornamental for its handsome maplelike foliage and long racemes of yellow-green flowers followed by curious leaflike pods

California beauty, flannel bush, flannelbush

any of several handsome evergreen shrubs of California and northern Mexico having downy lobed leaves and showy yellow flowers

screw tree

a tree or shrub of the genus Helicteres

Hermannia verticillata, Mahernia verticillata, honey bell, honeybells

African shrub having decumbent stems and slender yellow honey-scented flowers either solitary or in pairs

Pterospermum acerifolium, maple-leaved bayur, mayeng

Indian tree having fragrant nocturnal white flowers and yielding a reddish wood used for planking; often grown as an ornamental or shade tree

Tarrietia argyrodendron, silver tree

Australian timber tree

Triplochiton scleroxcylon, arere, obeche, obechi, samba

large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds; yields soft white to pale yellow wood

basswood, lime, lime tree, linden, linden tree

any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia with heart-shaped leaves and drooping cymose clusters of yellowish often fragrant flowers; several yield valuable timber

Grewia asiatica, phalsa

drought-resistant Asiatic treelike shrub bearing pleasantly acid small red edible fruits commonly used in sherbets

African hemp, Sparmannia africana

large shrub of South Africa having many conspicuously hairy branches with large hairy leaves and clusters of conspicuous white flowers

protea

any tropical African shrub of the genus Protea having alternate rigid leaves and dense colorful flower heads resembling cones

banksia

any shrub or tree of the genus Banksia having alternate leathery leaves apetalous yellow flowers often in showy heads and conelike fruit with winged seeds

smoke bush

any of various shrubs of the genus Conospermum with panicles of mostly white woolly flowers

Chilean firebush, Chilean flameflower, Embothrium coccineum

grown for outstanding display of brilliant usually scarlet-crimson flowers; Andes

Chile hazel, Chile nut, Chilean hazelnut, Chilean nut, Guevina avellana, Guevina heterophylla

Chilean shrub bearing coral-red fruit with an edible seed resembling a hazelnut

grevillea

any shrub or tree of the genus Grevillea

Hakea laurina, cushion flower, pincushion hakea

tall straggling shrub with large globose crimson-yellow flowers; western Australia

Hakea leucoptera, needle wood, needle-wood, needlewood

large bushy shrub with pungent pointed leaves and creamy white flowers; central and eastern Australia

Hakea lissosperma, needle bush, needle-bush, needlebush

shrub with pungent rigid needle-shaped leaves and white flowers; eastern Australia

Lambertia formosa, honey-flower, honeyflower, mountain devil

erect bushy shrub of eastern Australia having terminal clusters of red flowers yielding much nectar

Leucadendron argenteum, silver tree

small South African tree with long silvery silky foliage

lomatia

any of various ornamental evergreens of the genus Lomatia having attractive fragrant flowers

Orites excelsa, prickly ash

Australian tree having alternate simple leaves (when young they are pinnate with prickly toothed margins) and slender axillary spikes of white flowers

geebung

any of numerous shrubs and small trees having hard narrow leaves and long-lasting yellow or white flowers followed by small edible but insipid fruits

Stenocarpus sinuatus, firewheel tree, wheel tree

eastern Australian tree widely cultivated as a shade tree and for its glossy leaves and circular clusters of showy red to orange-scarlet flowers

Stenocarpus salignus, beefwood, scrub beefwood

tree or tall shrub with shiny leaves and umbels of fragrant creamy-white flowers; yields hard heavy reddish wood

Telopea Oreades, waratah

tall shrub of eastern Australia having oblanceolate to obovate leaves and red flowers in compact racemes

Telopea speciosissima, waratah

straggling shrub with narrow leaves and conspicuous red flowers in dense globular racemes

Xylomelum pyriforme, native pear, woody pear

tree bearing pear-shaped fruit with a thick woody epicarp

casuarina

any of various trees and shrubs of the genus Casuarina having jointed stems and whorls of scalelike leaves; some yield heavy hardwood

heath

a low evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae; has small bell-shaped pink or purple flowers

andromeda

any of several shrubs of the genus Andromeda having leathery leaves and clusters of small flowers

arbutus

any of several evergreen shrubs of the genus Arbutus of temperate Europe and America

bearberry

chiefly evergreen subshrubs of northern to Arctic areas

manzanita

chiefly evergreen shrubs of warm dry areas of western North America

bryanthus

procumbent Old World mat-forming evergreen shrub with racemes of pinkish-white flowers

Chamaedaphne calyculata, leatherleaf

north temperate bog shrub with evergreen leathery leaves and small white cylindrical flowers

Epigaea repens, mayflower, trailing arbutus

low-growing evergreen shrub of eastern North America with leathery leaves and clusters of fragrant pink or white flowers

Gaultheria shallon, salal, shallon

small evergreen shrub of Pacific coast of North America having edible dark purple grape-sized berries

huckleberry

any of several shrubs of the genus Gaylussacia bearing small berries resembling blueberries

kalmia

any plant of the genus Kalmia

Labrador tea, Ledum groenlandicum, crystal tea

evergreen shrub of eastern North America having white or creamy bell-shaped flowers and dark green hairy leaves used for tea during American Revolution

glandular Labrador tea, trapper's tea

a Rocky Mountain shrub similar to Ledum groenlandicum

Ledum palustre, marsh tea, wild rosemary

bog shrub of northern and central Europe and eastern Siberia to Korea and Japan

Leiophyllum buxifolium, sand myrtle

low-growing evergreen shrub of New Jersey to Florida grown for its many white star-shaped flowers and glossy foliage

leucothoe

any plant of the genus Leucothoe; grown for their beautiful white flowers; glossy foliage contains a poisonous substance similar to that found in genus Kalmia

Leucothoe editorum, Leucothoe fontanesiana, dog hobble, dog laurel, switch-ivy

fast-growing evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having arching interlaced branches and racemes of white flowers

Leucothoe racemosa, sweet bells

bushy deciduous shrub of the eastern United States with long racemes of pinkish flowers

Loiseleuria procumbens, alpine azalea, mountain azalea

creeping mat-forming evergreen shrub of high mountain regions of northern hemisphere grown for its rose-pink flowers

Lyonia mariana, stagger bush, staggerbush

deciduous shrub of coastal plain of the eastern United States having nodding pinkish-white flowers; poisonous to stock

Lyonia ligustrina, he-huckleberry, male berry, maleberry, privet andromeda

deciduous much-branched shrub with dense downy panicles of small bell-shaped white flowers

Lyonia lucida, fetter bush, fetterbush, shiny lyonia

showy evergreen shrub of southeastern United States with shiny leaves and angled branches and clusters of pink to reddish flowers that resemble an umbel

Menziesia ferruginea, false azalea, fool's huckleberry

straggling shrub of northwestern North America having foliage with a bluish tinge and umbels of small bell-shaped flowers

Menziesia pilosa, minnie bush, minniebush

low shrub of the eastern United States with downy twigs

Japanese andromeda, Pieris japonica, andromeda, lily-of-the-valley tree

broad-leaved evergreen Asiatic shrub with glossy leaves and drooping clusters of white flowers

Pieris floribunda, fetterbush, mountain andromeda, mountain fetterbush

ornamental evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having small white bell-shaped flowers

rhododendron

any shrub of the genus Rhododendron: evergreen shrubs or small shrubby trees having leathery leaves and showy clusters of campanulate (bell-shaped) flowers

cranberry

any of numerous shrubs of genus Vaccinium bearing cranberries

blueberry, blueberry bush

any of numerous shrubs of the genus Vaccinium bearing blueberries

Clethra alnifolia, pepper bush, summer sweet, sweet pepperbush, white alder

shrub of eastern and southern coastal United States having beautiful racemes of spice-scented white flowers

Pyxidanthera barbulata, pixie, pixy, pyxie

creeping evergreen shrub having narrow overlapping leaves and early white star-shaped flowers; of the pine barrens of New Jersey and the Carolinas

Australian heath

any heathlike plant of the family Epacridaceae; most are of the Australian region

Astroloma humifusum, Styphelia humifusum, cranberry heath, ground-berry, groundberry, native cranberry

small prostrate or ascending shrub having scarlet flowers and succulent fruit resembling cranberries; sometimes placed in genus Styphelia

Styphelia triflora, pink fivecorner

heathlike shrub of southwestern Australia grown for its sharply scented foliage and pink flowers followed by pentagonal fruit

beech, beech tree

any of several large deciduous trees with rounded spreading crowns and smooth grey bark and small sweet edible triangular nuts enclosed in burs; north temperate regions

chestnut, chestnut tree

any of several attractive deciduous trees yellow-brown in autumn; yield a hard wood and edible nuts in a prickly bur

oak chestnut

a tree of the genus Castanopsis

Castanea chrysophylla, Castanopsis chrysophylla, Chrysolepis chrysophylla, giant chinkapin, golden chinkapin

small ornamental evergreen tree of Pacific Coast whose glossy yellow-green leaves are yellow beneath; bears edible nuts

Chrysolepis sempervirens, dwarf golden chinkapin

evergreen shrub similar to golden chinkapin; mountains of California

Lithocarpus densiflorus, tanbark oak

evergreen tree of the Pacific coast area having large leathery leaves; yields tanbark

evergreen beech, southern beech

any of various beeches of the southern hemisphere having small usually evergreen leaves

oak, oak tree

a deciduous tree of the genus Quercus; has acorns and lobed leaves

Quercus vaccinifolia, huckleberry oak

a low spreading or prostrate shrub of southwestern United States with small acorns and leaves resembling those of the huckleberry

birch, birch tree

any betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula having a thin peeling bark

alder, alder tree

north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and conelike fruit; bark is used in tanning and dyeing and the wood is rot-resistant

hornbeam

any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Carpinus

hop hornbeam

any of several trees resembling hornbeams with fruiting clusters resembling hops

fringe tree

any of various small decorative flowering trees or shrubs of the genus Chionanthus

forestiera

any plant of the genus Forestiera

forsythia

any of various early blooming oleaceous shrubs of the genus Forsythia; native to eastern Asia and southern Europe but widely cultivated for their branches of bright yellow bell-shaped flowers

ash, ash tree

any of various deciduous pinnate-leaved ornamental or timber trees of the genus Fraxinus

jasmine

any of several shrubs and vines of the genus Jasminum chiefly native to Asia

privet

any of various Old World shrubs having smooth entire leaves and terminal panicles of small white flowers followed by small black berries; many used for hedges

American olive, Osmanthus americanus, devilwood

small tree of southern United States having panicles of dull white flowers followed by dark purple fruits

mock privet

evergreen shrub with white flowers and olivelike fruits

lilac

any of various plants of the genus Syringa having large panicles of usually fragrant flowers

witch hazel, witch hazel plant, wych hazel, wych hazel plant

any of several shrubs or trees of the genus Hamamelis; bark yields an astringent lotion

flowering hazel, winter hazel

any of several Asiatic deciduous shrubs cultivated for their nodding racemes of yellow flowers that appear before the leaves

fothergilla, witch alder

any of several deciduous low-growing shrubs of the genus Fothergilla having showy brushlike spikes of white flowers in spring and fiery red and orange autumn color; grows from Alabama to the Allegheny Mountains

dhava, dhawa

an Indian tree of the family Combretaceae that is a source of timber and gum

Combretum bracteosum, hiccough nut, hiccup nut

ornamental African shrub or climber with red flowers

Conocarpus erectus, button mangrove, button tree

evergreen tree or shrub with fruit resembling buttons and yielding heavy hard compact wood

Laguncularia racemosa, white mangrove

shrub to moderately large tree that grows in brackish water along the seacoasts of western Africa and tropical America; locally important as a source of tannin

oleaster

any of several shrubs of the genus Elaeagnus having silver-white twigs and yellow flowers followed by olivelike fruits

Lagerstroemia indica, crape myrtle, crepe flower, crepe myrtle

ornamental shrub from eastern India commonly planted in the southern United States

Jamaica bayberry, Pimenta acris, bay-rum tree, bayberry, wild cinnamon

West Indian tree; source of bay rum

feijoa, feijoa bush

South American shrub having edible greenish plumlike fruit

gum, gum tree

any of various trees of the genera Eucalyptus or Liquidambar or Nyssa that are sources of gum

fuchsia

any of various tropical shrubs widely cultivated for their showy drooping purplish or reddish or white flowers; Central and South America and New Zealand and Tahiti

daphne

any of several ornamental shrubs with shiny mostly evergreen leaves and clusters of small bell-shaped flowers

Dirca palustris, leatherwood, moose-wood, moosewood, ropebark, wicopy

deciduous shrub of eastern North America having tough flexible branches and pliable bark and small yellow flowers

Indian rhododendron, Melastoma malabathricum

evergreen spreading shrub of India and southeastern Asia having large purple flowers

Medinilla magnifica

a beautiful tropical evergreen epiphytic shrub grown for its lush foliage and huge panicles of pink flowers; Philippines

guinea flower, guinea gold vine

any of several Australasian evergreen vines widely cultivated in warm regions for their large bright yellow single flowers

poon

any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum having shiny leathery leaves and lightweight hard wood

Calophyllum calaba, Santa Maria tree, calaba

West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice

Calophyllum longifolium, Maria

valuable timber tree of Panama

Calophyllum candidissimum, lancewood tree, laurelwood

tropical American tree; valued for its hard durable wood

clusia

an aromatic tree of the genus Clusia having large white or yellow or pink flowers

Clusia flava, wild fig

a West Indies clusia having fig-shaped fruit

Mesua ferrea, ironwood, ironwood tree, rose chestnut

handsome East Indian evergreen tree often planted as an ornamental for its fragrant white flowers that yield a perfume; source of very heavy hardwood used for railroad ties

Canella winterana, Canella-alba, white cinnamon tree, wild cinnamon

large evergreen shrub or small tree having white aromatic bark and leathery leaves and small purple to red flowers in terminal cymes

Caryocar nuciferum, souari, souari nut, souari tree

large South American evergreen tree trifoliate leaves and drupes with nutlike seeds used as food and a source of cooking oil

rock rose, rockrose

small shrubs of scrub and dry woodland regions of southern Europe and North Africa; grown for their showy flowers and soft often downy and aromatic evergreen foliage

helianthemum, sun rose, sunrose

any plant of the genus Helianthemum; vigorous plants of stony alpine meadows and dry scrub regions

dipterocarp

tree of the family Dipterocarpaceae

Flacourtia indica, Madagascar plum, batoko palm, governor plum, governor's plum, ramontchi

small shrubby tree of Madagascar cultivated in tropical regions as a hedge plant and for its deep red acid fruits resembling small plums

Dovyalis caffra, kei apple, kei apple bush

vigorous South African spiny shrub grown for its round yellow juicy edible fruits

Ceylon gooseberry, Dovyalis hebecarpa, ketembilla, ketembilla tree, kitambilla, kitembilla

a small shrubby spiny tree cultivated for its maroon-purple fruit with sweet purple pulp tasting like gooseberries; Sri Lanka and India

Hydnocarpus kurzii, Taraktagenos kurzii, Taraktogenos kurzii, chaulmoogra, chaulmoogra tree, chaulmugra

East Indian tree with oily seeds yield chaulmoogra oil used to treat leprosy

Hydnocarpus laurifolia, Hydnocarpus wightiana

leathery-leaved tree of western India bearing round fruits with brown densely hairy rind enclosing oily pulp that yields hydnocarpus oil

Idesia polycarpa, idesia

deciduous roundheaded Asiatic tree widely grown in mild climates as an ornamental for its heart-shaped leaves and fragrant yellow-green flowers followed by hanging clusters of fleshy orange-red berries

Kiggelaria africana, wild peach

large much-branched shrub grown primarily for its evergreen foliage

Xylosma congestum, xylosma

shrub or small tree grown as an ornamental in mild climates for its neat evergreen foliage and fragrant late flowers; native of China

candlewood

any of several resinous trees or shrubs often burned for light

Ochna serrulata, bird's-eye bush

shrub with narrow-elliptic glossy evergreen leaves and yellow flowers with leathery petaloid sepals

tamarisk

any shrub or small tree of the genus Tamarix having small scalelike or needle-shaped leaves and feathery racemes of small white or pinkish flowers; of mostly coastal areas with saline soil

German tamarisk, Myricaria germanica, false tamarisk

Eurasian shrub resembling the tamarisk

Australian nettle, Australian nettle tree

any of several tall Australian trees of the genus Laportea

cannabis, hemp

any plant of the genus Cannabis; a coarse bushy annual with palmate leaves and clusters of small green flowers; yields tough fibers and narcotic drugs

fig tree

any moraceous tree of the tropical genus Ficus; produces a closed pear-shaped receptacle that becomes fleshy and edible when mature

elm, elm tree

any of various trees of the genus Ulmus: important timber or shade trees

hackberry, nettle tree

any of various trees of the genus Celtis having inconspicuous flowers and small berrylike fruits

Ruscus aculeatus, butcher's broom

shrub with stiff flattened stems resembling leaves (cladophylls); used for making brooms

Australian grass tree, grass tree

any of several Australian evergreen perennials having short thick woody stems crowned by a tuft of grasslike foliage and yielding acaroid resins

Cordyline terminalis, ti

shrub with terminal tufts of elongated leaves used locally for thatching and clothing; thick sweet roots are used as food; tropical southeastern Asia, Australia and Hawaii

Cordyline australis, cabbage tree, grass tree

elegant tree having either a single trunk or a branching trunk each with terminal clusters of long narrow leaves and large panicles of fragrant white, yellow or red flowers; New Zealand

yucca

any of several evergreen plants of the genus Yucca having usually tall stout stems and a terminal cluster of white flowers; warmer regions of North America

buddleia, butterfly bush

tropical shrub having clusters of white or violet or yellow flowers

Caesalpinia bonduc, Caesalpinia bonducella, bonduc, bonduc tree

tropical tree with large prickly pods of seeds that resemble beans and are used for jewelry and rosaries

Caesalpinia coriaria, divi-divi

small thornless tree or shrub of tropical America whose seed pods are a source of tannin

Caesalpinia decapetala, Caesalpinia sepiaria, Mysore thorn

spreading thorny shrub of tropical Asia bearing large erect racemes of red-marked yellow flowers

Caesalpinia echinata, brazilwood, peach-wood, peachwood, pernambuco wood

tropical tree with prickly trunk; its heavy red wood yields a red dye and is used for cabinetry

Caesalpinia ferrea, brazilian ironwood

thornless tree yielding heavy wood

Acrocarpus fraxinifolius, shingle tree

East Indian timber tree with hard durable wood used especially for tea boxes

Bauhinia monandra, butterfly flower

shrub or small tree of Dutch Guiana having clusters of pink flowers streaked with purple

Brachystegia speciformis, msasa

small shrubby African tree having compound leaves and racemes of small fragrant green flowers

cassia

any of various trees or shrubs of the genus Cassia having pinnately compound leaves and usually yellow flowers followed by long seedpods

paloverde

a thorny shrub of the genus Cercidium that grows in dry parts of the southwestern United States and adjacent Mexico; has smooth light green bark and racemes of yellow flowers and small leaves

locust, locust tree

any of various hardwood trees of the family Leguminosae

Gymnocladus dioica, Kentucky coffee tree, bonduc, chicot

handsome tree of central and eastern North America having large bipinnate leaves and green-white flowers followed by large woody brown pods whose seeds are used as a coffee substitute

Jerusalem thorn, Parkinsonia aculeata, horsebean

large shrub or shrubby tree having sharp spines and pinnate leaves with small deciduous leaflets and sweet-scented racemose yellow-orange flowers; grown as ornamentals or hedging or emergency food for livestock; tropical America but naturalized in southern United States

Cercidium floridum, Parkinsonia florida, palo verde

densely branched spiny tree of southwestern United States having showy yellow flowers and blue-green bark; sometimes placed in genus Cercidium

Cytisus ramentaceus, Dalmatian laburnum, Petteria ramentacea

erect shrub having large trifoliate leaves and dense clusters of yellow flowers followed by poisonous seeds; Yugoslavia; sometimes placed in genus Cytisus

senna

any of various plants of the genus Senna having pinnately compound leaves and showy usually yellow flowers; many are used medicinally

amorpha

any plant of the genus Amorpha having odd-pinnate leaves and purplish spicate flowers

Anagyris foetida, bean trefoil, stinking bean trefoil

shrub with trifoliate leaves and yellow flowers followed by backward curving seed pods; leaves foetid when crushed

andelmin, angelim

any of several tropical American trees of the genus Andira

Anthyllis barba-jovis, Jupiter's beard, silver-bush, silverbush

silvery hairy European shrub with evergreen foliage and pale yellow flowers

Aspalathus cedcarbergensis, Aspalathus linearis, rooibos

South African shrub having flat acuminate leaves and yellow flowers; leaves are aromatic when dried and used to make an herbal tea

Astragalus glycyphyllos, wild licorice, wild liquorice

European perennial

Astragalus alpinus, alpine milk vetch

perennial of mountainous areas of Eurasia and North America

Astragalus danicus, purple milk vetch

perennial of southern and western Europe having dense racemes of purple or violet flowers

African sandalwood, Baphia nitida, camwood

small shrubby African tree with hard wood used as a dyewood yielding a red dye

Baptisia australis, blue false indigo

wild indigo of the eastern United States having racemes of blue flowers

Baptisia lactea, white false indigo

erect or spreading herb having racemes of creamy white flowers; the eastern United States

Baptisia tinctoria, horsefly weed, indigo broom, rattle weed

much-branched erect herb with bright yellow flowers; distributed from Massachusetts to Florida

Butea frondosa, Butea monosperma, dak, dhak, palas

East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye

Cajanus cajan, cajan pea, catjang pea, dahl, dhal, pigeon pea, pigeon-pea plant, red gram

tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods; much cultivated in the tropics

caragana, pea tree

any plant of the genus Caragana having even-pinnate leaves and mostly yellow flowers followed by seeds in a linear pod

California redbud, Cercis occidentalis, western redbud

shrub of western United States having pink or crimson flowers; often forms thickets

Chamaecytisus palmensis, Cytesis proliferus, tagasaste

shrub of Canary Islands having bristle-tipped oblanceolate leaves; used as cattle fodder

flame pea

any of several small shrubs or twining vines having entire or lobed leaves and racemes of yellow to orange-red flowers; Australia

clianthus, glory pea

any of various shrubs or vines of the genus Clianthus having compound leaves and pea-like red flowers in drooping racemes

Codariocalyx motorius, Desmodium gyrans, Desmodium motorium, semaphore plant, telegraph plant

erect tropical Asian shrub whose small lateral leaflets rotate on their axes and jerk up and down under the influence of sunshine

Colutea arborescens, bladder senna

yellow-flowered European shrub cultivated for its succession of yellow flowers and very inflated bladdery pods and as a source of wildlife food

coronilla

any of various plants of the genus Coronilla having purple or pink or yellow flowers in long axillary heads or umbels

broom

any of various shrubs of the genera Cytisus or Genista or Spartium having long slender branches and racemes of yellow flowers

rosewood, rosewood tree

any of those hardwood trees of the genus Dalbergia that yield rosewood--valuable cabinet woods of a dark red or purplish color streaked and variegated with black

Dalbergia sissoo, sisham, sissoo, sissu

East Indian tree whose leaves are used for fodder; yields a compact dark brown durable timber used in shipbuilding and making railroad ties

Dalbergia cearensis, kingwood, kingwood tree

Brazilian tree yielding a handsome cabinet wood

Dalbergia retusa, cocobolo

a valuable timber tree of tropical South America

blackwood, blackwood tree

any of several hardwood trees yielding very dark-colored wood

Dalea spinosa, smoke tree

greyish-green shrub of desert regions of southwestern United States and Mexico having sparse foliage and terminal spikes of bluish violet flowers; locally important as source of a light-colored honey of excellent flavor

bitter pea

any of several spiny shrubs of the genus Daviesia having yellow flowers and triangular seeds; Australia

derris

any of various usually woody vines of the genus Derris of tropical Asia whose roots yield the insecticide rotenone; several are sources of native fish and arrow poisons

coral tree, erythrina

any of various shrubs or shrubby trees of the genus Erythrina having trifoliate leaves and racemes of scarlet to coral red flowers and black seeds; cultivated as an ornamental

gastrolobium, poison bush, poison pea

any of various Australian evergreen shrubs of the genus Gastrolobium having whorled compound leaves poisonous to livestock and showy yellow to deep reddish-orange flowers followed by two-seeded pods

Geoffroea decorticans, chanal, chanar

thorny shrub or small tree common in central Argentina having small orange or yellow flowers followed by edible berries

gliricidia

any of several small deciduous trees valued for their dark wood and dense racemes of nectar-rich pink flowers grown in great profusion on arching branches; roots and bark and leaves and seeds are poisonous

Halimodendron argenteum, Halimodendron halodendron, salt tree

spiny shrub of the Caspian salt plains and Siberia having elegant silvery, downy young foliage and mildly fragrant pink-purple blooms

hovea, purple pea

any of several attractive evergreen shrubs of Australia grown for their glossy deep green foliage and flowers in rich blues and intense violets

Indigofera tinctoria, indigo, indigo plant

deciduous subshrub of southeastern Asia having pinnate leaves and clusters of red or purple flowers; a source of indigo dye

Lespedeza bicolor, bicolor lespediza, ezo-yama-hagi

Asian shrub having conspicuous racemose rose-purple flowers widely used as an ornamental and in erosion control and as a source of feed for wild birds

Lespedeza striata, jap clover, japan clover, japanese clover

an annual of tropical Asia naturalized in United States

Korean lespedeza, Lespedeza stipulacea

annual native to Korea but widely cultivated for forage and hay in hot dry regions

Lespedeza cuneata, Lespedeza sericea, sericea lespedeza

perennial widely planted as for forage and as hay crop especially on poor land

Egyptian lupine, Lupinus albus, field lupine, white lupine, wolf bean

white-flowered Eurasian herb widely cultivated for forage and erosion control

Lupinus arboreus, tree lupine

evergreen shrub of the Pacific coast of the United States having showy yellow or blue flowers; naturalized in Australia

Lupinus luteus, yellow lupine

yellow-flowered European lupine cultivated for forage

Lupinus subcarnosus, Texas bluebonnet, bluebonnet, buffalo clover

low-growing annual herb of southwestern United States (Texas) having silky foliage and blue flowers; a leading cause of livestock poisoning in the southwestern United States

Lupinus texensis, Texas bluebonnet

closely resembles Lupinus subcarnosus; southwestern United States (Texas)

millettia

any of several tropical trees or shrubs yielding showy streaked dark reddish or chocolate-colored wood

mucuna

any of several erect or climbing woody plants of the genus Mucuna; widespread in tropics of both hemispheres

Myroxylon balsamum, Myroxylon toluiferum, tolu balsam tree, tolu tree

medium-sized tropical American tree yielding tolu balsam and a fragrant hard wood used for high-grade furniture and cabinetwork

Myroxylon balsamum pereirae, Myroxylon pereirae, Peruvian balsam

tree of South and Central America yielding an aromatic balsam

necklace tree

a tree of the genus Ormosia having seeds used as beads

Pickeringia montana, chaparral pea, stingaree-bush

spiny evergreen xerophytic shrub having showy rose and purple flowers and forming dense thickets; of dry rocky mountain slopes of California

Jamaica dogwood, Piscidia erythrina, Piscidia piscipula, fish fuddle

small tree of West Indies and Florida having large odd-pinnate leaves and panicles of red-striped purple to white flowers followed by decorative curly winged seedpods; yields fish poisons

Platylobium formosum, flat pea

evergreen shrub having almost heart-shaped foliage and bright yellow pea-like flowers followed by flat pods with flat wings; Australia and Tasmania

Playlobium obtusangulum, common flat pea, native holly

low spreading evergreen shrub of southern Australia having triangular to somewhat heart-shaped foliage and orange-yellow flowers followed by flat winged pods

quira

any of several tropical American trees some yielding economically important timber

Indian beech, Pongamia glabra

evergreen Asiatic tree having glossy pinnate leaves and racemose creamy-white scented flowers; used as a shade tree

Pterocarpus angolensis, bloodwood tree, kiaat

deciduous South African tree having large odd-pinnate leaves and profuse fragrant orange-yellow flowers; yields a red juice and heavy strong durable wood

Pterocarpus indicus, amboyna, padauk, padouk

tree native to southeastern Asia having reddish wood with a mottled or striped black grain

Burma padauk, Burmese rosewood, Pterocarpus macrocarpus

tree of India and Burma yielding a wood resembling mahogany

Pterocarpus marsupium, kino

East Indian tree yielding a resin or extract often used medicinally and in e.g. tanning

Pterocarpus santalinus, red sandalwood, red sanders, red sanderswood, red saunders

tree of India and East Indies yielding a hard fragrant timber prized for cabinetwork and dark red heartwood used as a dyewood

Genista raetam, Retama raetam, juniper, juniper bush, raetam, retem

desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers; constitutes the juniper of the Old Testament; sometimes placed in genus Genista

Robinia hispida, bristly locust, moss locust, rose acacia

large shrub or small tree of the eastern United States having bristly stems and large clusters of pink flowers

Sabinea carinalis, carib wood

small Dominican tree bearing masses of large crimson flowers before the fine pinnate foliage emerges

Sesbania grandiflora, scarlet wisteria tree, vegetable hummingbird

a softwood tree with lax racemes of usually red or pink flowers; tropical Australia and Asia; naturalized in southern Florida and West Indies

Chinese scholar tree, Chinese scholartree, Japanese pagoda tree, Sophora japonica, Sophora sinensis

handsome roundheaded deciduous tree having compound dark green leaves and profuse panicles of fragrant creamy-white flowers; China and Japan

Sophora secundiflora, coral bean, frijolillo, frijolito, mescal bean

shrub or small tree having pinnate leaves poisonous to livestock and dense racemes of intensely fragrant blue flowers and red beans

Sophora tetraptera, kowhai

shrub or small tree of New Zealand and Chile having pendulous racemes of tubular golden-yellow flowers; yields a hard strong wood

Templetonia retusa, coral bush, flame bush

Australian shrub having simple obovate leaves and brilliant scarlet flowers

pride of Bolivia, tipu, tipu tree, yellow jacaranda

semi-evergreen South American tree with odd-pinnate leaves and golden yellow flowers cultivated as an ornamental

Irish gorse, Ulex europaeus, furze, gorse, whin

very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe

Viminaria denudata, Viminaria juncea, swamp oak

Australian leafless shrub resembling broom and having small yellow flowers

Virgilia capensis, Virgilia oroboides, keurboom

tree with odd-pinnate leaves and racemes of fragrant pink to purple flowers

Virgilia divaricata, keurboom

fast-growing roundheaded tree with fragrant white to deep rose flowers; planted as an ornamental

palm, palm tree

any plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaves

rose, rosebush

any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses

Juneberry, service tree, serviceberry, shadblow, shadbush

any of various North American trees or shrubs having showy white flowers and edible blue-black or purplish fruit

flowering quince

Asiatic ornamental shrub with spiny branches and pink or red blossoms

cotoneaster

any shrub of the genus Cotoneaster: erect or creeping shrubs having richly colored autumn foliage and many small white to pinkish flowers followed by tiny red or black fruits

haw, hawthorn

a spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus

Christmas berry, Christmasberry, Heteromeles arbutifolia, Photinia arbutifolia, tollon, toyon

ornamental evergreen treelike shrub of the Pacific coast of the United States having large white flowers and red berrylike fruits; often placed in genus Photinia

cinquefoil, five-finger

any of a numerous plants grown for their five-petaled flowers; abundant in temperate regions; alleged to have medicinal properties

Prunus laurocerasus, cherry laurel, laurel cherry

frequently cultivated Eurasian evergreen shrub or small tree having showy clusters of white flowers and glossy foliage and yielding oil similar to bitter almond oil

Prunus cuneata, Prunus pumila, Prunus pumilla susquehanae, Prunus susquehanae, sand cherry

small straggling American cherry growing on sandy soil and having minute scarcely edible purplish-black fruit

Prunus spinosa, blackthorn, sloe

a thorny Eurasian bush with plumlike fruits

Pyracantha, fire thorn, firethorn, pyracanth

any of various thorny shrubs of the genus Pyracantha bearing small white flowers followed by hard red or orange-red berries

bramble bush

any prickly shrub of the genus Rubus bearing edible aggregate fruits

spiraea, spirea

any rosaceous plant of the genus Spiraea; has sprays of small white or pink flowers

Calycophyllum candidissimum, dagame, lemonwood tree

source of a tough elastic wood

Chiococca alba, West Indian snowberry, blolly

evergreen climbing shrub of southern Florida and West Indies grown for its racemes of fragrant white to creamy flowers followed by globose white succulent berries

coffee, coffee tree

any of several small trees and shrubs native to the tropical Old World yielding coffee beans

chinchona, cinchona

any of several trees of the genus Cinchona

gardenia

any of various shrubs and small trees of the genus Gardenia having large fragrant white or yellow flowers

hamelia

any of several flowering tropical or subtropical shrubs of the genus Hamelia

Nauclea diderrichii, Sarcocephalus diderrichii, opepe

large African forest tree yielding a strong hard yellow to golden brown lumber; sometimes placed in genus Sarcocephalus

Georgia bark, Pinckneya pubens, bitter-bark, fever tree

ornamental shrub or small tree of swampy areas in southwestern United States having large pink or white sepals and yielding Georgia bark for treating fever

Psychotria capensis, lemon-wood, lemon-wood tree, lemonwood, lemonwood tree

South African evergreen having hard tough wood

Sarcocephalus esculentus, Sarcocephalus latifolius, negro peach

a stout spreading or semi-climbing tropical shrub with round brownish-red warty fruit; Africa

Vangueria infausta, medlar, wild medlar, wild medlar tree

small deciduous tree of southern Africa having edible fruit

Spanish tamarind, Vangueria madagascariensis

shrubby tree of Madagascar occasionally cultivated for its edible apple-shaped fruit

abelia

any of various deciduous or evergreen ornamental shrubs of the genus Abelia having opposite simple leaves and cymes of small white or pink or purplish flowers; Asia and Mexico

Diervilla lonicera, bush honeysuckle

spreading bush of northeastern United States having small clusters of fragrant green and yellow flowers

Diervilla sessilifolia, bush honeysuckle

bush honeysuckle of southeastern United States having large crowded clusters of sulfur-yellow flowers

Kolkwitzia amabilis, beauty bush

Chinese deciduous shrub with yellow-throated pinkish flowers and bristly fruit; often cultivated as an ornamental

Himalaya honeysuckle, Leycesteria formosa

shrub honeysuckle with drooping spikes of purplish flowers

honeysuckle

shrub or vine of the genus Lonicera

Indian currant, Symphoricarpos orbiculatus, coralberry

North American deciduous shrub cultivated for it abundant clusters of coral-red berrylike fruits

elder, elderberry bush

any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical northern hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit

American cranberry bush, Viburnum trilobum, cranberry bush, cranberry tree, highbush cranberry

deciduous North American shrub or small tree having three-lobed leaves and red berries

Viburnum lantana, twist wood, twistwood, wayfaring tree

vigorous deciduous European treelike shrub common along waysides; red berries turn black

European cranberry bush, European cranberrybush, Viburnum opulus, crampbark, cranberry tree, guelder rose

deciduous thicket-forming Old World shrub with clusters of white flowers and small bright red berries

Viburnum dentatum, arrow wood, southern arrow wood

deciduous shrub of eastern North America having blue-black berries and tough pliant wood formerly used to make arrows

Viburnum recognitum, arrow wood

closely related to southern arrow wood; grows in the eastern United States from Maine to Ohio and Georgia

Viburnum prunifolium, black haw

upright deciduous shrub having frosted dark-blue fruit; east and east central North America

Weigela florida, weigela

deciduous shrub widely cultivated for its white or pink or red flowers

Erythroxylon coca, coca, coca plant

a South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes; a source of cocaine

Erythroxylon truxiuense

a South American shrub whose leaves are a source of cocaine

incense tree

any of various tropical trees of the family Burseraceae yielding fragrant gums or resins that are burned as incense

mahogany, mahogany tree

any of various tropical timber trees of the family Meliaceae especially the genus Swietinia valued for their hard yellowish- to reddish-brown wood that is readily worked and takes a high polish

China tree, Melia azedarach, Melia azederach, Persian lilac, azedarach, azederach, chinaberry, chinaberry tree, pride-of-India

tree of northern India and China having purple blossoms and small inedible yellow fruits; naturalized in the southern United States as a shade tree

Azadirachta indica, Melia Azadirachta, arishth, margosa, neem, neem tree, nim tree

large semi-evergreen tree of the East Indies; trunk exudes a tenacious gum; bitter bark used as a tonic; seeds yield an aromatic oil; sometimes placed in genus Melia

Chloroxylon swietenia, satinwood, satinwood tree

East Indian tree with valuable hard lustrous yellowish wood;

silver ash

any of various timber trees of the genus Flindersia

Lansium domesticum, langsat, langset, lanseh tree

East Indian tree bearing an edible yellow berry

African walnut, Lovoa klaineana

tropical African timber tree with wood that resembles mahogany

turreae

any of numerous trees and shrubs grown for their beautiful glossy foliage and sweetly fragrant starry flowers

lepidobotrys

African tree often classified in other families; similar to the Costa Rican caracolito in wood structure as well as in fruit and flowers and leaves and seeds

Ruptiliocarpon caracolito, caracolito

large Costa Rican tree having light-colored wood suitable for cabinetry; similar to the African lepidobotrys in wood structure as well as in fruit and flowers and leaves and seeds; often classified in other families

Phellodendron amurense, cork tree

deciduous tree of China and Manchuria having a turpentine aroma and handsome compound leaves turning yellow in autumn and deeply fissured corky bark

Poncirus trifoliata, trifoliata, trifoliate orange, wild orange

small fast-growing spiny deciduous Chinese orange tree bearing sweetly scented flowers and decorative but inedible fruit: used as a stock in grafting and for hedges

prickly ash

any of a number of trees or shrubs of the genus Zanthoxylum having spiny branches

bitterwood tree

any of various trees or shrubs of the family Simaroubaceae having wood and bark with a bitter taste

Kirkia wilmsii, pepper tree

small African deciduous tree with spreading crown having leaves clustered toward ends of branches and clusters of creamy flowers resembling lilacs

Syrian bean caper, Zygophyllum fabago, bean caper

perennial shrub of the eastern Mediterranean region and southwestern Asia having flowers whose buds are used as capers

Larrea tridentata, coville, creosote bush, hediondilla

desert shrub of southwestern United States and New Mexico having persistent resinous aromatic foliage and small yellow flowers

willow, willow tree

any of numerous deciduous trees and shrubs of the genus Salix

Santalum album, sandalwood tree, true sandalwood

parasitic tree of Indonesia and Malaysia having fragrant close-grained yellowish heartwood with insect repelling properties and used, e.g., for making chests

Eucarya acuminata, Fusanus acuminatus, quandang, quandong, quandong tree

Australian tree with edible flesh and edible nutlike seed

aalii

a small Hawaiian tree with hard dark wood

soapberry, soapberry tree

a tree of the genus Sapindus whose fruit is rich in saponin

box, boxwood

evergreen shrubs or small trees

staff tree

any small tree or twining shrub of the genus Celastrus

spindle tree, spindleberry, spindleberry tree

any shrubby trees or woody vines of the genus Euonymus having showy usually reddish berries

Euonymus atropurpureus, burning bush, wahoo

deciduous shrub having purple capsules enclosing scarlet seeds

Euonymus americanus, strawberry bush, wahoo

upright deciduous plant with crimson pods and seeds; the eastern United States from New York to Florida and Texas

Cyrilla racemiflora, cyrilla, leatherwood, white titi

shrub or small tree of southeastern United States to West Indies and Brazil; grown for the slender racemes of white flowers and orange and crimson foliage

crowberry

a low evergreen shrub with small purple flowers and black berrylike fruit

Chinese holly, Ilex cornuta

dense rounded evergreen shrub of China having spiny leaves; widely cultivated as an ornamental

smoke bush, smoke tree

any of several shrubs or shrubby trees of the genus Cotinus

Malosma laurina, Rhus laurina, laurel sumac

small aromatic evergreen shrub of California having paniculate leaves and whitish berries; in some classifications included in genus Rhus

Pistacia lentiscus, lentisk, mastic, mastic tree

an evergreen shrub of the Mediterranean region that is cultivated for its resin

shumac, sumac, sumach

a shrub or tree of the genus Rhus (usually limited to the non-poisonous members of the genus)

Schinus chichita, aroeira blanca

small resinous tree or shrub of Brazil

Peruvian mastic tree, Schinus molle, molle, pepper tree

small Peruvian evergreen with broad rounded head and slender pendant branches with attractive clusters of greenish flowers followed by clusters of rose-pink fruits

Brazilian pepper tree, Schinus terebinthifolius

small Brazilian evergreen resinous tree or shrub having dark green leaflets and white flowers followed by bright red fruit; used as a street tree and lawn specimen

Diospyros ebenum, ebony, ebony tree

tropical tree of southern Asia having hard dark-colored heartwood used in cabinetwork

Andaman marble, Diospyros kurzii, marble-wood, marblewood

large Asiatic tree having hard marbled zebrawood

buckthorn

any shrub or small tree of the genus Bumelia

Manilkara bidentata, balata, balata tree, beefwood, bully tree

a tropical hardwood tree yielding balata gum and heavy red timber

Palaquium gutta, gutta-percha tree

one of several East Indian trees yielding gutta-percha

gutta-percha tree

one of several East Indian trees yielding gutta-percha

Calocarpum zapota, Pouteria zapota, mammee, marmalade tree, sapote

tropical American tree having wood like mahogany and sweet edible egg-shaped fruit; in some classifications placed in the genus Calocarpum

styrax

any shrub or small tree of the genus Styrax having fragrant bell-shaped flowers that hang below the dark green foliage

Ceratopetalum gummiferum, Christmas bush, Christmas tree

Australian tree or shrub with red flowers; often used in Christmas decoration

hydrangea

any of various deciduous or evergreen shrubs of the genus Hydrangea

philadelphus

any of various chiefly deciduous ornamental shrubs of the genus Philadelphus having white sweet-scented flowers, single or in clusters; widely grown in temperate regions

Schizophragma hydrangeoides, climbing hydrangea

climbing shrub with adhesive aerial roots having opposite leaves and small white flowers in terminal cymes; Himalayas to Taiwan and Japan

Francoa ramosa, bridal wreath, bridal-wreath

Chilean evergreen shrub having delicate spikes of small white flowers

currant, currant bush

any of various deciduous shrubs of the genus Ribes bearing currants

Ribes grossularia, Ribes uva-crispa, gooseberry, gooseberry bush

spiny Eurasian shrub having greenish purple-tinged flowers and ovoid yellow-green or red-purple berries

plane tree, platan, sycamore

any of several trees of the genus Platanus having thin pale bark that scales off in small plates and lobed leaves and ball-shaped heads of fruits

Graptophyllum pictum, caricature plant

tropical Old World shrub having purple or red tubular flowers and leaf markings resembling the profile of a human face

Chilopsis linearis, desert willow

evergreen shrubby tree resembling a willow of dry regions of southwestern North America having showy purplish flowers and long seed pods

Crescentia cujete, calabash, calabash tree

tropical American evergreen that produces large round gourds

Cordia gerascanthus, Spanish elm, princewood

tropical American timber tree

columnea

tropical plant having thick hairy somewhat toothed leaves and solitary or clustered yellow to scarlet flowers; many cultivated for their flowers and ornamental foliage

Eriodictyon californicum, yerba santa

viscid evergreen shrub of western United States with white to deep lilac flowers; the sticky aromatic leaves are used in treating bronchial and pulmonary illnesses

Apalachicola rosemary, Conradina glabra

small shrub of Apalachicola River area in southeastern United States having highly aromatic pinkish flowers; a threatened species

lavender

any of various Old World aromatic shrubs or subshrubs with usually mauve or blue flowers; widely cultivated

Lepechinia calycina, Sphacele calycina, pitcher sage

California plant with woolly stems and leaves and large white flowers

Pogostemon cablin, pachouli, patchouli, patchouly

small East Indian shrubby mint; fragrant oil from its leaves is used in perfumes

red shrubby penstemon, redwood penstemon

low branching dark green shrub with bunches of brick-red flowers at ends of branches; coastal ranges and foothills of northern California

Solanum aviculare, kangaroo apple, poroporo

Australian annual sometimes cultivated for its racemes of purple flowers and edible yellow egg-shaped fruit

Solanum carolinense, ball nettle, ball nightshade, bull nettle, horse nettle

coarse prickly weed having pale yellow flowers and yellow berrylike fruit; common throughout southern and eastern United States

Solanum dulcamara, bittersweet, bittersweet nightshade, climbing nightshade, deadly nightshade, poisonous nightshade, woody nightshade

poisonous perennial Old World vine having violet flowers and oval coral-red berries; widespread weed in North America

Solanum elaeagnifolium, prairie berry, purple nightshade, silver-leaved nettle, silver-leaved nightshade, silverleaf nightshade, trompillo, white horse nettle

weedy nightshade with silvery foliage and violet or blue or white flowers; roundish berry widely used to curdle milk; central United States to South America

African holly, Solanum giganteum

woolly-stemmed biennial arborescent shrub of tropical Africa and southern Asia having silvery-white prickly branches, clusters of blue or white flowers, and bright red berries resembling holly berries

Solanum nigrum, black nightshade, common nightshade, poison-berry, poisonberry

Eurasian herb naturalized in America having white flowers and poisonous hairy foliage and bearing black berries that are sometimes poisonous but sometimes edible

Jerusalem cherry, Madeira winter cherry, Solanum pseudocapsicum, winter cherry

small South American shrub cultivated as a houseplant for its abundant ornamental but poisonous red or yellow cherry-sized fruit

Solanum quitoense, naranjilla

small perennial shrub cultivated in uplands of South America for its edible bright orange fruits resembling tomatoes or oranges

Solanum rostratum, buffalo bur

North American nightshade with prickly foliage and racemose yellow flowers

Brazilian potato tree, Solanum macranthum, Solanum wrightii, potato tree

South American shrub or small tree widely cultivated in the tropics; not a true potato

Brunfelsia americana, lady-of-the-night

West Indian shrub with fragrant showy yellowish-white flowers

Brugmansia arborea, Datura arborea, angel's trumpet, maikoa

a South American plant that is cultivated for its large fragrant trumpet-shaped flowers

Brugmansia suaveolens, Datura suaveolens, angel's trumpet

South American plant cultivated for its very large nocturnally fragrant trumpet-shaped flowers

Brugmansia sanguinea, Datura sanguinea, red angel's trumpet

arborescent South American shrub having very large orange-red flowers

capsicum, capsicum pepper plant, pepper

any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers

Cestrum diurnum, day jessamine

West Indian evergreen shrub having clusters of funnel-shaped white flowers that are fragrant by day

Cestrum nocturnum, night jasmine, night jessamine

West Indian evergreen shrub having clusters of funnel-shaped yellow-white flowers that are fragrant by night

tamarillo, tree tomato

South American arborescent shrub having pale pink blossoms followed by egg-shaped reddish-brown edible fruit somewhat resembling a tomato in flavor

thorn apple

any of several plants of the genus Datura

Fabiana imbricata, pichi

Peruvian shrub with small pink to lavender tubular flowers; leaves yield a tonic and diuretic

boxthorn, matrimony vine

any of various shrubs or vines of the genus Lycium with showy flowers and bright berries

Christmas berry, Christmasberry, Lycium carolinianum

spiny evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having spreading branches usually blue or mauve flowers and red berries

Solandra guttata, chalice vine, cupflower, trumpet flower

Mexican evergreen climbing plant having large solitary funnel-shaped fragrant yellow flowers with purple-brown ridges in the throat

Streptosolen jamesonii, fire bush, fire-bush, marmalade bush

evergreen South American shrub having showy trumpet-shaped orange flowers; grown as an ornamental or houseplant

Avicennia officinalis, white mangrove

a small to medium-sized tree growing in brackish water especially along the shores of the southwestern Pacific

Aegiceras majus, black mangrove

an Australian tree resembling the black mangrove of the West Indies and Florida

Tectona grandis, teak

tall East Indian timber tree now planted in western Africa and tropical America for its hard durable wood

spurge

any of numerous plants of the genus Euphorbia; usually having milky often poisonous juice

Acalypha virginica, three-seeded mercury

weedy herb of eastern North America

Croton tiglium, croton

tropical Asiatic shrub; source of croton oil

Codiaeum variegatum, croton

grown in many varieties for their brightly colored foliage; widely cultivated as a houseplant

Ricinus communis, castor bean plant, castor-oil plant, palma christ, palma christi

large shrub of tropical Africa and Asia having large palmate leaves and spiny capsules containing seeds that are the source of castor oil and ricin; widely naturalized throughout the tropics

casava, cassava

any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch

slipper plant, slipper spurge

any of several tropical American shrubby succulent plants resembling cacti but having foot-shaped bracts

camelia, camellia

any of several shrubs or small evergreen trees having solitary white or pink or reddish flowers

Camellia sinensis, tea

a tropical evergreen shrub or small tree extensively cultivated in e.g. China and Japan and India; source of tea leaves

Eryngium maritimum, sea eryngium, sea holly, sea holm

European evergreen eryngo with twisted spiny leaves naturalized on United States east coast; roots formerly used as an aphrodisiac

Griselinia lucida, puka

South American shrub or small tree having long shining evergreen leaves and panicles of green or yellow flowers

Griselinia littoralis, kapuka

small New Zealand broadleaf evergreen tree often cultivated in warm regions as an ornamental

snag

a dead tree that is still standing, usually in an undisturbed forest

timber tree

any tree that is valued as a source of lumber or timber

treelet

a small tree

arbor

tree (as opposed to shrub)

bean tree

any of several trees having seedpods as fruits

pollard

a tree with limbs cut back to promote a more bushy growth of foliage

sapling

young tree

shade tree

a tree planted or valued chiefly for its shade from sunlight

gymnospermous tree

any tree of the division Gymnospermophyta

angiospermous tree, flowering tree

any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary

fever tree

any of several trees having leaves or bark used to allay fever or thought to indicate regions free of fever

bonsai

a dwarfed ornamental tree or shrub grown in a tray or shallow pot

undershrub

a low shrub

burning bush

(Old Testament) the bush that burned without being consumed and from which God spoke to Moses

shrublet

dwarf shrub

subshrub, suffrutex

low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base

flowering shrub

shrub noted primarily for its flowers

buckthorn

a shrub or shrubby tree of the genus Rhamnus; fruits are source of yellow dyes or pigments

nakedwood

any of several small to medium-sized trees of Florida and West Indies with thin scaly bark and heavy dark heartwood

Christ's-thorn, Jerusalem thorn, Ziziphus jujuba, jujube, jujube bush

spiny tree having dark red edible fruits

Ziziphus lotus, lotus tree

shrubby deciduous tree of the Mediterranean region

Christ's-thorn, Jerusalem thorn, Paliurus spina-christi

thorny Eurasian shrub with dry woody winged fruit

Pomaderris apetala, hazel, hazel tree

Australian tree grown especially for ornament and its fine-grained wood and bearing edible nuts

stephanotis

any of various evergreen climbing shrubs of the genus Stephanotis having fragrant waxy flowers

tree of knowledge

the biblical tree in the Garden of Eden whose forbidden fruit was tasted by Adam and Eve

tracheophyte, vascular plant

green plant having a vascular system: ferns, gymnosperms, angiosperms

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释义	ligneous plant (once / 1181932 pages) n WORD FAMILY ligneous plant: ligneous plants USAGE EXAMPLES With the diminished moisture the green gardens of France are replaced in Gobi by ligneous plants covered with a gray down. Draper, John William, History of the Intellectual Develop...(2010) But among the dicotyledonous vegetables there is none that merit the attention of naturalists as the creeping ligneous plants known as so much lianes. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Isidore, Movement of the International Liter...(2010) n a plant having hard lignified tissues or woody parts especially stems Syn\|Exp\|Hypo\|Hyper woody plant Yggdrasil (Norse mythology) a huge ash tree whose roots and branches hold the earth and Heaven and Hell together bugbane a plant of the genus Cimicifuga having flowers in long racemes or panicles reported to be distasteful to insects melilot, melilotus, sweet clover erect annual or biennial plant grown extensively especially for hay and soil improvement aralia any of various plants of the genus Aralia; often aromatic plants having compound leaves and small umbellate flowers combretum any of numerous shrubs or small trees of the genus Combretum having spikes of small flowers Ravenala madagascariensis, ravenala, traveler's tree, traveller's tree giant treelike plant having edible nuts and leafstalks that yield a refreshing drink of clear watery sap; reputedly an emergency source of water for travelers Pipturus argenteus, Queensland grass-cloth plant Australian plant of genus Pipturus whose fiber is used in making cloth milk vetch, milk-vetch any of various plants of the genus Astragalus false indigo, wild indigo any of several plants of the genus Baptisia bush clover, lespedeza shrubby or herbaceous plants widely used for forage, soil improvement, and especially hay in southern United States lupin, lupine any plant of the genus Lupinus; bearing erect spikes of usually purplish-blue flowers bignoniad any woody plant of the family Bignoniaceae gesneriad any of numerous tropical or subtropical small shrubs or treelets or epiphytic vines of the family Gesneriaceae: African violet; Cape primroses; gloxinia figwort any of numerous tall coarse woodland plants of the genus Scrophularia nightshade any of numerous shrubs or herbs or vines of the genus Solanum; most are poisonous though many bear edible fruit lignosae a category in some early taxonomies arborescent plant having the shape or characteristics of a tree tree a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms bush, shrub a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems bramble any of various rough thorny shrubs or vines Catha edulis a shrub that is cultivated by Arabs for its leaves which are chewed or used to make tea ephedra, joint fir jointed and nearly leafless desert shrub having reduced scalelike leaves and reddish fleshy seeds yellowwood, yellowwood tree any of various trees having yellowish wood or yielding a yellow extract Podocarpus nivalis, alpine totara low wide-spreading coniferous shrub of New Zealand mountains Chilean rimu, Lepidothamnus fonkii about the hardiest Podocarpaceae species; prostrate spreading shrub similar to mountain rimu; mountains of southern Chile Dacridium laxifolius, Lepidothamnus laxifolius, mountain rimu low-growing to prostrate shrub with slender trailing branches; New Zealand Microstrobos niphophilus, Tasman dwarf pine small shrub or Tasmania having short stiff branches Oxandra lanceolata, lancewood, lancewood tree source of most of the lancewood of commerce Guinea pepper, Xylopia aethiopica, negro pepper tropical west African evergreen tree bearing pungent aromatic seeds used as a condiment and in folk medicine barberry any of numerous plants of the genus Berberis having prickly stems and yellow flowers followed by small red berries Caulophyllum thalictrioides, Caulophyllum thalictroides, blue cohosh, blueberry root, papoose root, papooseroot, squaw root, squawroot tall herb of eastern North America and Asia having blue berrylike fruit and a thick knotty rootstock formerly used medicinally Mahonia aquifolium, Oregon grape, Oregon holly grape, holly-leaves barberry, hollygrape, mountain grape ornamental evergreen shrub of Pacific coast of North America having dark green pinnate leaves and racemes of yellow flowers followed by blue-black berries Mahonia nervosa, Oregon grape small shrub with grey-green leaves and yellow flowers followed by glaucous blue berries allspice deciduous shrubs having aromatic bark; eastern China; southwestern and eastern United States Chimonanthus praecox, Japan allspice, Japanese allspice, winter sweet deciduous Japanese shrub cultivated for its fragrant yellow flowers American spicebush, Benjamin bush, Benzoin odoriferum, Lindera benzoin, spice bush, spicebush deciduous shrub of the eastern United States having highly aromatic leaves and bark and yellow flowers followed by scarlet or yellow berries anise tree any of several evergreen shrubs and small trees of the genus Illicium American bugbane, Cimicifuga americana, summer cohosh bugbane of the eastern United States having erect racemes of white flowers Cimicifuga racemosa, black cohosh, black snakeroot, rattle-top North American bugbane found from Maine and Ontario to Wisconsin and south to Georgia Cimicifuga foetida, fetid bugbane, foetid bugbane bugbane of Siberia and eastern Asia having ill-smelling green-white flowers Drimys winteri, winter's bark, winter's bark tree South American evergreen tree yielding winter's bark and a light soft wood similar to basswood Pseudowintera colorata, Wintera colorata, pepper shrub evergreen shrub or small tree whose foliage is conspicuously blotched with red and yellow and having small black fruits Myrica gale, Scotch gale, sweet gale bog shrub of north temperate zone having bitter-tasting fragrant leaves wax myrtle any shrub or small tree of the genus Myrica with aromatic foliage and small wax-coated berries Comptonia asplenifolia, Comptonia peregrina, sweet fern deciduous shrub of eastern North America with sweet scented fernlike leaves and tiny white flowers Leitneria floridana, corkwood, corkwood tree very small deciduous dioecious tree or shrub of damp habitats in southeastern United States having extremely light wood zebrawood, zebrawood tree any of various trees or shrubs having mottled or striped wood Brya ebenus, granadilla tree, granadillo West Indian tree yielding a fine grade of green ebony Melilotus alba, white melilot, white sweet clover biennial plant; valuable honey plant Melilotus officinalis, yellow sweet clover biennial yellow-flowered Eurasian plant having aromatic leaves used as carminative or flavoring agent; widely cultivated especially as green manure or cover crop mimosa any of various tropical shrubs or trees of the genus Mimosa having usually yellow flowers and compound leaves acacia any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia Adenanthera pavonina, Barbados pride, coral-wood, coralwood, peacock flower fence, red sandalwood East Indian tree with racemes of yellow-white flowers; cultivated as an ornamental albizia, albizzia any of numerous trees of the genus Albizia Anadenanthera colubrina, Piptadenia macrocarpa Brazilian shrub having twice-pinnate leaves and small spicate flowers followed by flat or irregularly torulose pods; sometimes placed in genus Piptadenia calliandra any of various shrubs and small trees valued for their fine foliage and attractive spreading habit and clustered white to deep pink or red flowers Enterolobium cyclocarpa, conacaste, elephant's ear tropical South American tree having a wide-spreading crown of bipinnate leaves and coiled ear-shaped fruits; grown for shade and ornament as well as valuable timber inga any tree or shrub of the genus Inga having pinnate leaves and showy usually white flowers; cultivated as ornamentals Inga edulis, ice-cream bean ornamental evergreen tree with masses of white flowers; tropical and subtropical America Inga laurina, guama tropical tree of Central America and West Indies and Puerto Rico having spikes of white flowers; used as shade for coffee plantations Leucaena glauca, Leucaena leucocephala, lead tree, white popinac low scrubby tree of tropical and subtropical North America having white flowers tinged with yellow resembling mimosa and long flattened pods Lysiloma bahamensis, Lysiloma latisiliqua, wild tamarind a tree of the West Indies and Florida and Mexico; resembles tamarind and has long flat pods Lysiloma sabicu, sabicu West Indian tree yielding a hard dark brown wood resembling mahogany in texture and value nitta tree any of several Old World tropical trees of the genus Parkia having heads of red or yellow flowers followed by pods usually containing edible seeds and pulp Pithecellobium dulce, camachile, huamachil, manila tamarind, wild tamarind common thorny tropical American tree having terminal racemes of yellow flowers followed by sickle-shaped or circinate edible pods and yielding good timber and a yellow dye and mucilaginous gum Pithecellodium unguis-cati, black bead, cat's-claw, catclaw erect shrub with small if any spines having racemes of white to yellow flowers followed by curved pointed pods and black shiny seeds; West Indies and Florida mesquit, mesquite any of several small spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Prosopis having small flowers in axillary cylindrical spikes followed by large pods rich in sugar Acocanthera oblongifolia, Acocanthera spectabilis, poison arrow plant, winter sweet medium-sized shrubby tree of South Africa having thick leathery evergreen leaves and white or pink flowers and globose usually two-seeded purplish black fruits Acocanthera oppositifolia, Acocanthera venenata, bushman's poison, ordeal tree evergreen shrub or tree of South Africa Adenium multiflorum, Adenium obesum, desert rose, impala lily, kudu lily, mock azalia South African shrub having a swollen succulent stem and bearing showy pink and white flowers after the leaves fall; popular as an ornamental in tropics Alstonia scholaris, devil tree, dita, dita bark evergreen tree of eastern Asia and Philippines having large leathery leaves and small green-white flowers in compact cymes; bark formerly used medicinally carissa a shrub of the genus Carissa having fragrant white flowers and plumlike red to purple-black fruits Holarrhena antidysenterica, Holarrhena pubescens, conessi, ivory tree, kurchee, kurchi tropical Asian tree with hard white wood and bark formerly used as a remedy for dysentery and diarrhea frangipani, frangipanni any of various tropical American deciduous shrubs or trees of the genus Plumeria having milky sap and showy fragrant funnel-shaped variously colored flowers rauvolfia, rauwolfia any shrub or small tree of the genus Rauwolfia having leaves in whorls and cymose flowers; yield substances used medicinally especially as emetics or purgatives or antihypertensives strophanthus any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Strophanthus having whorled leaves and showy flowers of various colors in dense and corymbose clusters; some have poisonous seeds Adam's apple, East Indian rosebay, Nero's crown, Tabernaemontana divaricate, coffee rose, crape jasmine, crepe gardenia, crepe jasmine, pinwheel flower tropical shrub having glossy foliage and fragrant nocturnal flowers with crimped or wavy corollas; northern India to Thailand Thevetia neriifolia, Thevetia peruviana, yellow oleander tropical American shrub or small tree having glossy dark green leaves and fragrant saffron yellow to orange or peach- colored flowers; all parts highly poisonous American angelica tree, Aralia spinosa, Hercules'-club, devil's walking stick small deciduous clump-forming tree or shrub of eastern United States Aralia elata, Japanese angelica tree deciduous clump-forming Asian shrub or small tree; adventive in the eastern United States Aralia stipulata, Chinese angelica, Chinese angelica tree similar to American angelica tree but less prickly; China Meryta sinclairii, puka small roundheaded New Zealand tree having large resinous leaves and panicles of green-white flowers Brassaia actinophylla, Schefflera actinophylla, umbrella tree erect evergreen shrub or small tree of Australia and northern New Guinea having palmately compound leaves Batis maritima, saltwort low-growing strong-smelling coastal shrub of warm parts of the New World having unisexual flowers in conelike spikes and thick succulent leaves saltbush any of various shrubby plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in dry alkaline soil Bassia scoparia, Kochia scoparia, belvedere, burning bush, fire bush, fire-bush, summer cypress densely branched Eurasian plant; foliage turns purple-red in autumn Cycloloma atriplicifolium, tumbleweed, winged pigweed bushy annual weed of central North America having greenish flowers and winged seeds Salsola kali, Salsola soda, barilla, glasswort, kali, kelpwort, saltwort bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash Russian cactus, Russian thistle, Russian tumbleweed, Salsola kali tenuifolia, tumbleweed prickly bushy Eurasian plant; a troublesome weed in central and western United States Sarcobatus vermiculatus, black greasewood, greasewood low hardy much-branched spiny shrub common in alkaline soils of western America Pisonia aculeata, cockspur small spiny West Indian tree caper any of numerous plants of the genus Capparis Biscutalla laevigata, buckler mustard plant of southeastern Europe having yellow flowers like those of mustard and pods with open valves resembling bucklers bush poppy, tree poppy evergreen shrub of southwestern United States and Mexico often cultivated for its fragrant golden yellow flowers Argyroxiphium sandwicense, silversword low-growing plant found only in volcanic craters on Hawaii having rosettes of narrow pointed silver-green leaves and clusters of profuse red-purple flowers on a tall stem artemisia any of various composite shrubs or herbs of the genus Artemisia having aromatic green or greyish foliage Baccharis halimifolia, consumption weed, cotton-seed tree, groundsel bush, groundsel tree a shrub of salt marshes of eastern and south central North America and West Indies; fruit is surrounded with white plumelike hairy tufts Baccharis viminea, mule fat California shrub with slender leafy shoots that are important browse for mule deer Baccharis pilularis, chaparral broom, coyote brush, coyote bush, kidney wort widely spreading evergreen shrub of southwestern United States with flower heads in a leafy panicle goldenbush any of various much-branched yellow-flowered shrubs of the genus Chrysothamnus; western North America Hazardia cana, hoary golden bush western American shrubs having white felted foliage and yellow flowers that become red-purple mutisia any of various plants of the genus Mutisia daisy bush, daisy-bush, daisybush any of various mostly Australian attractively shaped shrubs of the genus Olearia grown for their handsome and sometimes fragrant evergreen foliage and profusion of daisy flowers with white or purple or blue rays othonna a South African plant of the genus Othonna having smooth often fleshy leaves and heads of yellow flowers Santolina chamaecyparissus, lavender cotton branching aromatic Mediterranean shrub with woolly stems and leaves and yellow flowers Cineraria maritima, Senecio cineraria, dusty miller stiff much-branched perennial of the Mediterranean region having very white woolly stems and leaves milk thistle, sow thistle any of several Old World coarse prickly-leaved shrubs and subshrubs having milky juice and yellow flowers; widely naturalized; often noxious weeds in cultivated soil Ardisia crenata, coralberry, spiceberry shrub with coral-red berries; Japan to northern India Ardisia escallonoides, Ardisia paniculata, marlberry tropical American shrub or small tree with brown wood and dark berries Plumbago europaea, leadwort a plant of the genus Plumbago with blue flowers Jacquinia armillaris, bracelet wood small West Indian shrub or tree with hard glossy seeds patterned yellow and brown that are used to make bracelets Jacquinia keyensis, barbasco, joewood West Indian shrub or small tree having leathery saponaceous leaves and extremely hard wood pandanus, screw pine any of various Old World tropical palmlike trees having huge prop roots and edible conelike fruits and leaves like pineapple leaves mallow any of various plants of the family Malvaceae cotton, cotton plant erect bushy mallow plant or small tree bearing bolls containing seeds with many long hairy fibers Hoheria populnea, houhere, lacebark, ribbonwood small tree or shrub of New Zealand having a profusion of axillary clusters of honey-scented paper-white flowers and whose bark is used for cordage Lavatera arborea, tree mallow, velvet-leaf, velvetleaf arborescent perennial shrub having palmately lobed furry leaves and showy red-purple flowers; southwestern United States pavonia any of various evergreen plants of the genus Pavonia having white or yellow or purple flowers Plagianthus betulinus, Plagianthus regius, ribbon tree, ribbonwood deciduous New Zealand tree whose inner bark yields a strong fiber that resembles flax and is called New Zealand cotton Hibiscus farragei, Radyera farragei, bush hibiscus southern and western Australian shrub with unlobed or shallowly lobed toothed leaves and purple flowers; sometimes placed in genus Hibiscus tulipwood tree any of various trees yielding variously colored woods similar to true tulipwood Bombax ceiba, Bombax malabarica, red silk-cotton tree, simal East Indian silk cotton tree yielding fibers inferior to kapok Montezuma evergreen tree with large leathery leaves and large pink to orange flowers; considered a link plant between families Bombacaceae and Sterculiaceae Pseudobombax ellipticum, shaving-brush tree tree of Mexico to Guatemala having densely hairy flowers with long narrow petals clustered at ends of branches before leaves appear Brisbane quandong, Elaeocarpus grandis, blue fig, quandong, quandong tree, silver quandong tree Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit Aristotelia racemosa, Aristotelia serrata, New Zealand wine berry, makomako, wineberry graceful deciduous shrub or small tree having attractive foliage and small red berries that turn black at maturity and are used for making wine Jamaican cherry, Muntingia calabura, calabur tree, calabura, silk wood, silkwood a fast-growing tropical American evergreen having white flowers and white fleshy edible fruit; bark yields a silky fiber used in cordage and wood is valuable for staves Sloanea jamaicensis, break-axe, breakax, breakaxe West Indian timber tree having very hard wood bottle tree, bottle-tree an Australian tree of the genus Brachychiton dombeya any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Dombeya grown for their rounded clusters of exquisite often sweet-scented flowers usually hanging beneath the leaves Chinese parasol, Chinese parasol tree, Firmiana simplex, Japanese varnish tree, phoenix tree deciduous tree widely grown in southern United States as an ornamental for its handsome maplelike foliage and long racemes of yellow-green flowers followed by curious leaflike pods California beauty, flannel bush, flannelbush any of several handsome evergreen shrubs of California and northern Mexico having downy lobed leaves and showy yellow flowers screw tree a tree or shrub of the genus Helicteres Hermannia verticillata, Mahernia verticillata, honey bell, honeybells African shrub having decumbent stems and slender yellow honey-scented flowers either solitary or in pairs Pterospermum acerifolium, maple-leaved bayur, mayeng Indian tree having fragrant nocturnal white flowers and yielding a reddish wood used for planking; often grown as an ornamental or shade tree Tarrietia argyrodendron, silver tree Australian timber tree Triplochiton scleroxcylon, arere, obeche, obechi, samba large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds; yields soft white to pale yellow wood basswood, lime, lime tree, linden, linden tree any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia with heart-shaped leaves and drooping cymose clusters of yellowish often fragrant flowers; several yield valuable timber Grewia asiatica, phalsa drought-resistant Asiatic treelike shrub bearing pleasantly acid small red edible fruits commonly used in sherbets African hemp, Sparmannia africana large shrub of South Africa having many conspicuously hairy branches with large hairy leaves and clusters of conspicuous white flowers protea any tropical African shrub of the genus Protea having alternate rigid leaves and dense colorful flower heads resembling cones banksia any shrub or tree of the genus Banksia having alternate leathery leaves apetalous yellow flowers often in showy heads and conelike fruit with winged seeds smoke bush any of various shrubs of the genus Conospermum with panicles of mostly white woolly flowers Chilean firebush, Chilean flameflower, Embothrium coccineum grown for outstanding display of brilliant usually scarlet-crimson flowers; Andes Chile hazel, Chile nut, Chilean hazelnut, Chilean nut, Guevina avellana, Guevina heterophylla Chilean shrub bearing coral-red fruit with an edible seed resembling a hazelnut grevillea any shrub or tree of the genus Grevillea Hakea laurina, cushion flower, pincushion hakea tall straggling shrub with large globose crimson-yellow flowers; western Australia Hakea leucoptera, needle wood, needle-wood, needlewood large bushy shrub with pungent pointed leaves and creamy white flowers; central and eastern Australia Hakea lissosperma, needle bush, needle-bush, needlebush shrub with pungent rigid needle-shaped leaves and white flowers; eastern Australia Lambertia formosa, honey-flower, honeyflower, mountain devil erect bushy shrub of eastern Australia having terminal clusters of red flowers yielding much nectar Leucadendron argenteum, silver tree small South African tree with long silvery silky foliage lomatia any of various ornamental evergreens of the genus Lomatia having attractive fragrant flowers Orites excelsa, prickly ash Australian tree having alternate simple leaves (when young they are pinnate with prickly toothed margins) and slender axillary spikes of white flowers geebung any of numerous shrubs and small trees having hard narrow leaves and long-lasting yellow or white flowers followed by small edible but insipid fruits Stenocarpus sinuatus, firewheel tree, wheel tree eastern Australian tree widely cultivated as a shade tree and for its glossy leaves and circular clusters of showy red to orange-scarlet flowers Stenocarpus salignus, beefwood, scrub beefwood tree or tall shrub with shiny leaves and umbels of fragrant creamy-white flowers; yields hard heavy reddish wood Telopea Oreades, waratah tall shrub of eastern Australia having oblanceolate to obovate leaves and red flowers in compact racemes Telopea speciosissima, waratah straggling shrub with narrow leaves and conspicuous red flowers in dense globular racemes Xylomelum pyriforme, native pear, woody pear tree bearing pear-shaped fruit with a thick woody epicarp casuarina any of various trees and shrubs of the genus Casuarina having jointed stems and whorls of scalelike leaves; some yield heavy hardwood heath a low evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae; has small bell-shaped pink or purple flowers andromeda any of several shrubs of the genus Andromeda having leathery leaves and clusters of small flowers arbutus any of several evergreen shrubs of the genus Arbutus of temperate Europe and America bearberry chiefly evergreen subshrubs of northern to Arctic areas manzanita chiefly evergreen shrubs of warm dry areas of western North America bryanthus procumbent Old World mat-forming evergreen shrub with racemes of pinkish-white flowers Chamaedaphne calyculata, leatherleaf north temperate bog shrub with evergreen leathery leaves and small white cylindrical flowers Epigaea repens, mayflower, trailing arbutus low-growing evergreen shrub of eastern North America with leathery leaves and clusters of fragrant pink or white flowers Gaultheria shallon, salal, shallon small evergreen shrub of Pacific coast of North America having edible dark purple grape-sized berries huckleberry any of several shrubs of the genus Gaylussacia bearing small berries resembling blueberries kalmia any plant of the genus Kalmia Labrador tea, Ledum groenlandicum, crystal tea evergreen shrub of eastern North America having white or creamy bell-shaped flowers and dark green hairy leaves used for tea during American Revolution glandular Labrador tea, trapper's tea a Rocky Mountain shrub similar to Ledum groenlandicum Ledum palustre, marsh tea, wild rosemary bog shrub of northern and central Europe and eastern Siberia to Korea and Japan Leiophyllum buxifolium, sand myrtle low-growing evergreen shrub of New Jersey to Florida grown for its many white star-shaped flowers and glossy foliage leucothoe any plant of the genus Leucothoe; grown for their beautiful white flowers; glossy foliage contains a poisonous substance similar to that found in genus Kalmia Leucothoe editorum, Leucothoe fontanesiana, dog hobble, dog laurel, switch-ivy fast-growing evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having arching interlaced branches and racemes of white flowers Leucothoe racemosa, sweet bells bushy deciduous shrub of the eastern United States with long racemes of pinkish flowers Loiseleuria procumbens, alpine azalea, mountain azalea creeping mat-forming evergreen shrub of high mountain regions of northern hemisphere grown for its rose-pink flowers Lyonia mariana, stagger bush, staggerbush deciduous shrub of coastal plain of the eastern United States having nodding pinkish-white flowers; poisonous to stock Lyonia ligustrina, he-huckleberry, male berry, maleberry, privet andromeda deciduous much-branched shrub with dense downy panicles of small bell-shaped white flowers Lyonia lucida, fetter bush, fetterbush, shiny lyonia showy evergreen shrub of southeastern United States with shiny leaves and angled branches and clusters of pink to reddish flowers that resemble an umbel Menziesia ferruginea, false azalea, fool's huckleberry straggling shrub of northwestern North America having foliage with a bluish tinge and umbels of small bell-shaped flowers Menziesia pilosa, minnie bush, minniebush low shrub of the eastern United States with downy twigs Japanese andromeda, Pieris japonica, andromeda, lily-of-the-valley tree broad-leaved evergreen Asiatic shrub with glossy leaves and drooping clusters of white flowers Pieris floribunda, fetterbush, mountain andromeda, mountain fetterbush ornamental evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having small white bell-shaped flowers rhododendron any shrub of the genus Rhododendron: evergreen shrubs or small shrubby trees having leathery leaves and showy clusters of campanulate (bell-shaped) flowers cranberry any of numerous shrubs of genus Vaccinium bearing cranberries blueberry, blueberry bush any of numerous shrubs of the genus Vaccinium bearing blueberries Clethra alnifolia, pepper bush, summer sweet, sweet pepperbush, white alder shrub of eastern and southern coastal United States having beautiful racemes of spice-scented white flowers Pyxidanthera barbulata, pixie, pixy, pyxie creeping evergreen shrub having narrow overlapping leaves and early white star-shaped flowers; of the pine barrens of New Jersey and the Carolinas Australian heath any heathlike plant of the family Epacridaceae; most are of the Australian region Astroloma humifusum, Styphelia humifusum, cranberry heath, ground-berry, groundberry, native cranberry small prostrate or ascending shrub having scarlet flowers and succulent fruit resembling cranberries; sometimes placed in genus Styphelia Styphelia triflora, pink fivecorner heathlike shrub of southwestern Australia grown for its sharply scented foliage and pink flowers followed by pentagonal fruit beech, beech tree any of several large deciduous trees with rounded spreading crowns and smooth grey bark and small sweet edible triangular nuts enclosed in burs; north temperate regions chestnut, chestnut tree any of several attractive deciduous trees yellow-brown in autumn; yield a hard wood and edible nuts in a prickly bur oak chestnut a tree of the genus Castanopsis Castanea chrysophylla, Castanopsis chrysophylla, Chrysolepis chrysophylla, giant chinkapin, golden chinkapin small ornamental evergreen tree of Pacific Coast whose glossy yellow-green leaves are yellow beneath; bears edible nuts Chrysolepis sempervirens, dwarf golden chinkapin evergreen shrub similar to golden chinkapin; mountains of California Lithocarpus densiflorus, tanbark oak evergreen tree of the Pacific coast area having large leathery leaves; yields tanbark evergreen beech, southern beech any of various beeches of the southern hemisphere having small usually evergreen leaves oak, oak tree a deciduous tree of the genus Quercus; has acorns and lobed leaves Quercus vaccinifolia, huckleberry oak a low spreading or prostrate shrub of southwestern United States with small acorns and leaves resembling those of the huckleberry birch, birch tree any betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula having a thin peeling bark alder, alder tree north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and conelike fruit; bark is used in tanning and dyeing and the wood is rot-resistant hornbeam any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Carpinus hop hornbeam any of several trees resembling hornbeams with fruiting clusters resembling hops fringe tree any of various small decorative flowering trees or shrubs of the genus Chionanthus forestiera any plant of the genus Forestiera forsythia any of various early blooming oleaceous shrubs of the genus Forsythia; native to eastern Asia and southern Europe but widely cultivated for their branches of bright yellow bell-shaped flowers ash, ash tree any of various deciduous pinnate-leaved ornamental or timber trees of the genus Fraxinus jasmine any of several shrubs and vines of the genus Jasminum chiefly native to Asia privet any of various Old World shrubs having smooth entire leaves and terminal panicles of small white flowers followed by small black berries; many used for hedges American olive, Osmanthus americanus, devilwood small tree of southern United States having panicles of dull white flowers followed by dark purple fruits mock privet evergreen shrub with white flowers and olivelike fruits lilac any of various plants of the genus Syringa having large panicles of usually fragrant flowers witch hazel, witch hazel plant, wych hazel, wych hazel plant any of several shrubs or trees of the genus Hamamelis; bark yields an astringent lotion flowering hazel, winter hazel any of several Asiatic deciduous shrubs cultivated for their nodding racemes of yellow flowers that appear before the leaves fothergilla, witch alder any of several deciduous low-growing shrubs of the genus Fothergilla having showy brushlike spikes of white flowers in spring and fiery red and orange autumn color; grows from Alabama to the Allegheny Mountains dhava, dhawa an Indian tree of the family Combretaceae that is a source of timber and gum Combretum bracteosum, hiccough nut, hiccup nut ornamental African shrub or climber with red flowers Conocarpus erectus, button mangrove, button tree evergreen tree or shrub with fruit resembling buttons and yielding heavy hard compact wood Laguncularia racemosa, white mangrove shrub to moderately large tree that grows in brackish water along the seacoasts of western Africa and tropical America; locally important as a source of tannin oleaster any of several shrubs of the genus Elaeagnus having silver-white twigs and yellow flowers followed by olivelike fruits Lagerstroemia indica, crape myrtle, crepe flower, crepe myrtle ornamental shrub from eastern India commonly planted in the southern United States Jamaica bayberry, Pimenta acris, bay-rum tree, bayberry, wild cinnamon West Indian tree; source of bay rum feijoa, feijoa bush South American shrub having edible greenish plumlike fruit gum, gum tree any of various trees of the genera Eucalyptus or Liquidambar or Nyssa that are sources of gum fuchsia any of various tropical shrubs widely cultivated for their showy drooping purplish or reddish or white flowers; Central and South America and New Zealand and Tahiti daphne any of several ornamental shrubs with shiny mostly evergreen leaves and clusters of small bell-shaped flowers Dirca palustris, leatherwood, moose-wood, moosewood, ropebark, wicopy deciduous shrub of eastern North America having tough flexible branches and pliable bark and small yellow flowers Indian rhododendron, Melastoma malabathricum evergreen spreading shrub of India and southeastern Asia having large purple flowers Medinilla magnifica a beautiful tropical evergreen epiphytic shrub grown for its lush foliage and huge panicles of pink flowers; Philippines guinea flower, guinea gold vine any of several Australasian evergreen vines widely cultivated in warm regions for their large bright yellow single flowers poon any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum having shiny leathery leaves and lightweight hard wood Calophyllum calaba, Santa Maria tree, calaba West Indian tree having racemes of fragrant white flowers and yielding a durable timber and resinous juice Calophyllum longifolium, Maria valuable timber tree of Panama Calophyllum candidissimum, lancewood tree, laurelwood tropical American tree; valued for its hard durable wood clusia an aromatic tree of the genus Clusia having large white or yellow or pink flowers Clusia flava, wild fig a West Indies clusia having fig-shaped fruit Mesua ferrea, ironwood, ironwood tree, rose chestnut handsome East Indian evergreen tree often planted as an ornamental for its fragrant white flowers that yield a perfume; source of very heavy hardwood used for railroad ties Canella winterana, Canella-alba, white cinnamon tree, wild cinnamon large evergreen shrub or small tree having white aromatic bark and leathery leaves and small purple to red flowers in terminal cymes Caryocar nuciferum, souari, souari nut, souari tree large South American evergreen tree trifoliate leaves and drupes with nutlike seeds used as food and a source of cooking oil rock rose, rockrose small shrubs of scrub and dry woodland regions of southern Europe and North Africa; grown for their showy flowers and soft often downy and aromatic evergreen foliage helianthemum, sun rose, sunrose any plant of the genus Helianthemum; vigorous plants of stony alpine meadows and dry scrub regions dipterocarp tree of the family Dipterocarpaceae Flacourtia indica, Madagascar plum, batoko palm, governor plum, governor's plum, ramontchi small shrubby tree of Madagascar cultivated in tropical regions as a hedge plant and for its deep red acid fruits resembling small plums Dovyalis caffra, kei apple, kei apple bush vigorous South African spiny shrub grown for its round yellow juicy edible fruits Ceylon gooseberry, Dovyalis hebecarpa, ketembilla, ketembilla tree, kitambilla, kitembilla a small shrubby spiny tree cultivated for its maroon-purple fruit with sweet purple pulp tasting like gooseberries; Sri Lanka and India Hydnocarpus kurzii, Taraktagenos kurzii, Taraktogenos kurzii, chaulmoogra, chaulmoogra tree, chaulmugra East Indian tree with oily seeds yield chaulmoogra oil used to treat leprosy Hydnocarpus laurifolia, Hydnocarpus wightiana leathery-leaved tree of western India bearing round fruits with brown densely hairy rind enclosing oily pulp that yields hydnocarpus oil Idesia polycarpa, idesia deciduous roundheaded Asiatic tree widely grown in mild climates as an ornamental for its heart-shaped leaves and fragrant yellow-green flowers followed by hanging clusters of fleshy orange-red berries Kiggelaria africana, wild peach large much-branched shrub grown primarily for its evergreen foliage Xylosma congestum, xylosma shrub or small tree grown as an ornamental in mild climates for its neat evergreen foliage and fragrant late flowers; native of China candlewood any of several resinous trees or shrubs often burned for light Ochna serrulata, bird's-eye bush shrub with narrow-elliptic glossy evergreen leaves and yellow flowers with leathery petaloid sepals tamarisk any shrub or small tree of the genus Tamarix having small scalelike or needle-shaped leaves and feathery racemes of small white or pinkish flowers; of mostly coastal areas with saline soil German tamarisk, Myricaria germanica, false tamarisk Eurasian shrub resembling the tamarisk Australian nettle, Australian nettle tree any of several tall Australian trees of the genus Laportea cannabis, hemp any plant of the genus Cannabis; a coarse bushy annual with palmate leaves and clusters of small green flowers; yields tough fibers and narcotic drugs fig tree any moraceous tree of the tropical genus Ficus; produces a closed pear-shaped receptacle that becomes fleshy and edible when mature elm, elm tree any of various trees of the genus Ulmus: important timber or shade trees hackberry, nettle tree any of various trees of the genus Celtis having inconspicuous flowers and small berrylike fruits Ruscus aculeatus, butcher's broom shrub with stiff flattened stems resembling leaves (cladophylls); used for making brooms Australian grass tree, grass tree any of several Australian evergreen perennials having short thick woody stems crowned by a tuft of grasslike foliage and yielding acaroid resins Cordyline terminalis, ti shrub with terminal tufts of elongated leaves used locally for thatching and clothing; thick sweet roots are used as food; tropical southeastern Asia, Australia and Hawaii Cordyline australis, cabbage tree, grass tree elegant tree having either a single trunk or a branching trunk each with terminal clusters of long narrow leaves and large panicles of fragrant white, yellow or red flowers; New Zealand yucca any of several evergreen plants of the genus Yucca having usually tall stout stems and a terminal cluster of white flowers; warmer regions of North America buddleia, butterfly bush tropical shrub having clusters of white or violet or yellow flowers Caesalpinia bonduc, Caesalpinia bonducella, bonduc, bonduc tree tropical tree with large prickly pods of seeds that resemble beans and are used for jewelry and rosaries Caesalpinia coriaria, divi-divi small thornless tree or shrub of tropical America whose seed pods are a source of tannin Caesalpinia decapetala, Caesalpinia sepiaria, Mysore thorn spreading thorny shrub of tropical Asia bearing large erect racemes of red-marked yellow flowers Caesalpinia echinata, brazilwood, peach-wood, peachwood, pernambuco wood tropical tree with prickly trunk; its heavy red wood yields a red dye and is used for cabinetry Caesalpinia ferrea, brazilian ironwood thornless tree yielding heavy wood Acrocarpus fraxinifolius, shingle tree East Indian timber tree with hard durable wood used especially for tea boxes Bauhinia monandra, butterfly flower shrub or small tree of Dutch Guiana having clusters of pink flowers streaked with purple Brachystegia speciformis, msasa small shrubby African tree having compound leaves and racemes of small fragrant green flowers cassia any of various trees or shrubs of the genus Cassia having pinnately compound leaves and usually yellow flowers followed by long seedpods paloverde a thorny shrub of the genus Cercidium that grows in dry parts of the southwestern United States and adjacent Mexico; has smooth light green bark and racemes of yellow flowers and small leaves locust, locust tree any of various hardwood trees of the family Leguminosae Gymnocladus dioica, Kentucky coffee tree, bonduc, chicot handsome tree of central and eastern North America having large bipinnate leaves and green-white flowers followed by large woody brown pods whose seeds are used as a coffee substitute Jerusalem thorn, Parkinsonia aculeata, horsebean large shrub or shrubby tree having sharp spines and pinnate leaves with small deciduous leaflets and sweet-scented racemose yellow-orange flowers; grown as ornamentals or hedging or emergency food for livestock; tropical America but naturalized in southern United States Cercidium floridum, Parkinsonia florida, palo verde densely branched spiny tree of southwestern United States having showy yellow flowers and blue-green bark; sometimes placed in genus Cercidium Cytisus ramentaceus, Dalmatian laburnum, Petteria ramentacea erect shrub having large trifoliate leaves and dense clusters of yellow flowers followed by poisonous seeds; Yugoslavia; sometimes placed in genus Cytisus senna any of various plants of the genus Senna having pinnately compound leaves and showy usually yellow flowers; many are used medicinally amorpha any plant of the genus Amorpha having odd-pinnate leaves and purplish spicate flowers Anagyris foetida, bean trefoil, stinking bean trefoil shrub with trifoliate leaves and yellow flowers followed by backward curving seed pods; leaves foetid when crushed andelmin, angelim any of several tropical American trees of the genus Andira Anthyllis barba-jovis, Jupiter's beard, silver-bush, silverbush silvery hairy European shrub with evergreen foliage and pale yellow flowers Aspalathus cedcarbergensis, Aspalathus linearis, rooibos South African shrub having flat acuminate leaves and yellow flowers; leaves are aromatic when dried and used to make an herbal tea Astragalus glycyphyllos, wild licorice, wild liquorice European perennial Astragalus alpinus, alpine milk vetch perennial of mountainous areas of Eurasia and North America Astragalus danicus, purple milk vetch perennial of southern and western Europe having dense racemes of purple or violet flowers African sandalwood, Baphia nitida, camwood small shrubby African tree with hard wood used as a dyewood yielding a red dye Baptisia australis, blue false indigo wild indigo of the eastern United States having racemes of blue flowers Baptisia lactea, white false indigo erect or spreading herb having racemes of creamy white flowers; the eastern United States Baptisia tinctoria, horsefly weed, indigo broom, rattle weed much-branched erect herb with bright yellow flowers; distributed from Massachusetts to Florida Butea frondosa, Butea monosperma, dak, dhak, palas East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye Cajanus cajan, cajan pea, catjang pea, dahl, dhal, pigeon pea, pigeon-pea plant, red gram tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods; much cultivated in the tropics caragana, pea tree any plant of the genus Caragana having even-pinnate leaves and mostly yellow flowers followed by seeds in a linear pod California redbud, Cercis occidentalis, western redbud shrub of western United States having pink or crimson flowers; often forms thickets Chamaecytisus palmensis, Cytesis proliferus, tagasaste shrub of Canary Islands having bristle-tipped oblanceolate leaves; used as cattle fodder flame pea any of several small shrubs or twining vines having entire or lobed leaves and racemes of yellow to orange-red flowers; Australia clianthus, glory pea any of various shrubs or vines of the genus Clianthus having compound leaves and pea-like red flowers in drooping racemes Codariocalyx motorius, Desmodium gyrans, Desmodium motorium, semaphore plant, telegraph plant erect tropical Asian shrub whose small lateral leaflets rotate on their axes and jerk up and down under the influence of sunshine Colutea arborescens, bladder senna yellow-flowered European shrub cultivated for its succession of yellow flowers and very inflated bladdery pods and as a source of wildlife food coronilla any of various plants of the genus Coronilla having purple or pink or yellow flowers in long axillary heads or umbels broom any of various shrubs of the genera Cytisus or Genista or Spartium having long slender branches and racemes of yellow flowers rosewood, rosewood tree any of those hardwood trees of the genus Dalbergia that yield rosewood--valuable cabinet woods of a dark red or purplish color streaked and variegated with black Dalbergia sissoo, sisham, sissoo, sissu East Indian tree whose leaves are used for fodder; yields a compact dark brown durable timber used in shipbuilding and making railroad ties Dalbergia cearensis, kingwood, kingwood tree Brazilian tree yielding a handsome cabinet wood Dalbergia retusa, cocobolo a valuable timber tree of tropical South America blackwood, blackwood tree any of several hardwood trees yielding very dark-colored wood Dalea spinosa, smoke tree greyish-green shrub of desert regions of southwestern United States and Mexico having sparse foliage and terminal spikes of bluish violet flowers; locally important as source of a light-colored honey of excellent flavor bitter pea any of several spiny shrubs of the genus Daviesia having yellow flowers and triangular seeds; Australia derris any of various usually woody vines of the genus Derris of tropical Asia whose roots yield the insecticide rotenone; several are sources of native fish and arrow poisons coral tree, erythrina any of various shrubs or shrubby trees of the genus Erythrina having trifoliate leaves and racemes of scarlet to coral red flowers and black seeds; cultivated as an ornamental gastrolobium, poison bush, poison pea any of various Australian evergreen shrubs of the genus Gastrolobium having whorled compound leaves poisonous to livestock and showy yellow to deep reddish-orange flowers followed by two-seeded pods Geoffroea decorticans, chanal, chanar thorny shrub or small tree common in central Argentina having small orange or yellow flowers followed by edible berries gliricidia any of several small deciduous trees valued for their dark wood and dense racemes of nectar-rich pink flowers grown in great profusion on arching branches; roots and bark and leaves and seeds are poisonous Halimodendron argenteum, Halimodendron halodendron, salt tree spiny shrub of the Caspian salt plains and Siberia having elegant silvery, downy young foliage and mildly fragrant pink-purple blooms hovea, purple pea any of several attractive evergreen shrubs of Australia grown for their glossy deep green foliage and flowers in rich blues and intense violets Indigofera tinctoria, indigo, indigo plant deciduous subshrub of southeastern Asia having pinnate leaves and clusters of red or purple flowers; a source of indigo dye Lespedeza bicolor, bicolor lespediza, ezo-yama-hagi Asian shrub having conspicuous racemose rose-purple flowers widely used as an ornamental and in erosion control and as a source of feed for wild birds Lespedeza striata, jap clover, japan clover, japanese clover an annual of tropical Asia naturalized in United States Korean lespedeza, Lespedeza stipulacea annual native to Korea but widely cultivated for forage and hay in hot dry regions Lespedeza cuneata, Lespedeza sericea, sericea lespedeza perennial widely planted as for forage and as hay crop especially on poor land Egyptian lupine, Lupinus albus, field lupine, white lupine, wolf bean white-flowered Eurasian herb widely cultivated for forage and erosion control Lupinus arboreus, tree lupine evergreen shrub of the Pacific coast of the United States having showy yellow or blue flowers; naturalized in Australia Lupinus luteus, yellow lupine yellow-flowered European lupine cultivated for forage Lupinus subcarnosus, Texas bluebonnet, bluebonnet, buffalo clover low-growing annual herb of southwestern United States (Texas) having silky foliage and blue flowers; a leading cause of livestock poisoning in the southwestern United States Lupinus texensis, Texas bluebonnet closely resembles Lupinus subcarnosus; southwestern United States (Texas) millettia any of several tropical trees or shrubs yielding showy streaked dark reddish or chocolate-colored wood mucuna any of several erect or climbing woody plants of the genus Mucuna; widespread in tropics of both hemispheres Myroxylon balsamum, Myroxylon toluiferum, tolu balsam tree, tolu tree medium-sized tropical American tree yielding tolu balsam and a fragrant hard wood used for high-grade furniture and cabinetwork Myroxylon balsamum pereirae, Myroxylon pereirae, Peruvian balsam tree of South and Central America yielding an aromatic balsam necklace tree a tree of the genus Ormosia having seeds used as beads Pickeringia montana, chaparral pea, stingaree-bush spiny evergreen xerophytic shrub having showy rose and purple flowers and forming dense thickets; of dry rocky mountain slopes of California Jamaica dogwood, Piscidia erythrina, Piscidia piscipula, fish fuddle small tree of West Indies and Florida having large odd-pinnate leaves and panicles of red-striped purple to white flowers followed by decorative curly winged seedpods; yields fish poisons Platylobium formosum, flat pea evergreen shrub having almost heart-shaped foliage and bright yellow pea-like flowers followed by flat pods with flat wings; Australia and Tasmania Playlobium obtusangulum, common flat pea, native holly low spreading evergreen shrub of southern Australia having triangular to somewhat heart-shaped foliage and orange-yellow flowers followed by flat winged pods quira any of several tropical American trees some yielding economically important timber Indian beech, Pongamia glabra evergreen Asiatic tree having glossy pinnate leaves and racemose creamy-white scented flowers; used as a shade tree Pterocarpus angolensis, bloodwood tree, kiaat deciduous South African tree having large odd-pinnate leaves and profuse fragrant orange-yellow flowers; yields a red juice and heavy strong durable wood Pterocarpus indicus, amboyna, padauk, padouk tree native to southeastern Asia having reddish wood with a mottled or striped black grain Burma padauk, Burmese rosewood, Pterocarpus macrocarpus tree of India and Burma yielding a wood resembling mahogany Pterocarpus marsupium, kino East Indian tree yielding a resin or extract often used medicinally and in e.g. tanning Pterocarpus santalinus, red sandalwood, red sanders, red sanderswood, red saunders tree of India and East Indies yielding a hard fragrant timber prized for cabinetwork and dark red heartwood used as a dyewood Genista raetam, Retama raetam, juniper, juniper bush, raetam, retem desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers; constitutes the juniper of the Old Testament; sometimes placed in genus Genista Robinia hispida, bristly locust, moss locust, rose acacia large shrub or small tree of the eastern United States having bristly stems and large clusters of pink flowers Sabinea carinalis, carib wood small Dominican tree bearing masses of large crimson flowers before the fine pinnate foliage emerges Sesbania grandiflora, scarlet wisteria tree, vegetable hummingbird a softwood tree with lax racemes of usually red or pink flowers; tropical Australia and Asia; naturalized in southern Florida and West Indies Chinese scholar tree, Chinese scholartree, Japanese pagoda tree, Sophora japonica, Sophora sinensis handsome roundheaded deciduous tree having compound dark green leaves and profuse panicles of fragrant creamy-white flowers; China and Japan Sophora secundiflora, coral bean, frijolillo, frijolito, mescal bean shrub or small tree having pinnate leaves poisonous to livestock and dense racemes of intensely fragrant blue flowers and red beans Sophora tetraptera, kowhai shrub or small tree of New Zealand and Chile having pendulous racemes of tubular golden-yellow flowers; yields a hard strong wood Templetonia retusa, coral bush, flame bush Australian shrub having simple obovate leaves and brilliant scarlet flowers pride of Bolivia, tipu, tipu tree, yellow jacaranda semi-evergreen South American tree with odd-pinnate leaves and golden yellow flowers cultivated as an ornamental Irish gorse, Ulex europaeus, furze, gorse, whin very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe Viminaria denudata, Viminaria juncea, swamp oak Australian leafless shrub resembling broom and having small yellow flowers Virgilia capensis, Virgilia oroboides, keurboom tree with odd-pinnate leaves and racemes of fragrant pink to purple flowers Virgilia divaricata, keurboom fast-growing roundheaded tree with fragrant white to deep rose flowers; planted as an ornamental palm, palm tree any plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaves rose, rosebush any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses Juneberry, service tree, serviceberry, shadblow, shadbush any of various North American trees or shrubs having showy white flowers and edible blue-black or purplish fruit flowering quince Asiatic ornamental shrub with spiny branches and pink or red blossoms cotoneaster any shrub of the genus Cotoneaster: erect or creeping shrubs having richly colored autumn foliage and many small white to pinkish flowers followed by tiny red or black fruits haw, hawthorn a spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus Christmas berry, Christmasberry, Heteromeles arbutifolia, Photinia arbutifolia, tollon, toyon ornamental evergreen treelike shrub of the Pacific coast of the United States having large white flowers and red berrylike fruits; often placed in genus Photinia cinquefoil, five-finger any of a numerous plants grown for their five-petaled flowers; abundant in temperate regions; alleged to have medicinal properties Prunus laurocerasus, cherry laurel, laurel cherry frequently cultivated Eurasian evergreen shrub or small tree having showy clusters of white flowers and glossy foliage and yielding oil similar to bitter almond oil Prunus cuneata, Prunus pumila, Prunus pumilla susquehanae, Prunus susquehanae, sand cherry small straggling American cherry growing on sandy soil and having minute scarcely edible purplish-black fruit Prunus spinosa, blackthorn, sloe a thorny Eurasian bush with plumlike fruits Pyracantha, fire thorn, firethorn, pyracanth any of various thorny shrubs of the genus Pyracantha bearing small white flowers followed by hard red or orange-red berries bramble bush any prickly shrub of the genus Rubus bearing edible aggregate fruits spiraea, spirea any rosaceous plant of the genus Spiraea; has sprays of small white or pink flowers Calycophyllum candidissimum, dagame, lemonwood tree source of a tough elastic wood Chiococca alba, West Indian snowberry, blolly evergreen climbing shrub of southern Florida and West Indies grown for its racemes of fragrant white to creamy flowers followed by globose white succulent berries coffee, coffee tree any of several small trees and shrubs native to the tropical Old World yielding coffee beans chinchona, cinchona any of several trees of the genus Cinchona gardenia any of various shrubs and small trees of the genus Gardenia having large fragrant white or yellow flowers hamelia any of several flowering tropical or subtropical shrubs of the genus Hamelia Nauclea diderrichii, Sarcocephalus diderrichii, opepe large African forest tree yielding a strong hard yellow to golden brown lumber; sometimes placed in genus Sarcocephalus Georgia bark, Pinckneya pubens, bitter-bark, fever tree ornamental shrub or small tree of swampy areas in southwestern United States having large pink or white sepals and yielding Georgia bark for treating fever Psychotria capensis, lemon-wood, lemon-wood tree, lemonwood, lemonwood tree South African evergreen having hard tough wood Sarcocephalus esculentus, Sarcocephalus latifolius, negro peach a stout spreading or semi-climbing tropical shrub with round brownish-red warty fruit; Africa Vangueria infausta, medlar, wild medlar, wild medlar tree small deciduous tree of southern Africa having edible fruit Spanish tamarind, Vangueria madagascariensis shrubby tree of Madagascar occasionally cultivated for its edible apple-shaped fruit abelia any of various deciduous or evergreen ornamental shrubs of the genus Abelia having opposite simple leaves and cymes of small white or pink or purplish flowers; Asia and Mexico Diervilla lonicera, bush honeysuckle spreading bush of northeastern United States having small clusters of fragrant green and yellow flowers Diervilla sessilifolia, bush honeysuckle bush honeysuckle of southeastern United States having large crowded clusters of sulfur-yellow flowers Kolkwitzia amabilis, beauty bush Chinese deciduous shrub with yellow-throated pinkish flowers and bristly fruit; often cultivated as an ornamental Himalaya honeysuckle, Leycesteria formosa shrub honeysuckle with drooping spikes of purplish flowers honeysuckle shrub or vine of the genus Lonicera Indian currant, Symphoricarpos orbiculatus, coralberry North American deciduous shrub cultivated for it abundant clusters of coral-red berrylike fruits elder, elderberry bush any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical northern hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit American cranberry bush, Viburnum trilobum, cranberry bush, cranberry tree, highbush cranberry deciduous North American shrub or small tree having three-lobed leaves and red berries Viburnum lantana, twist wood, twistwood, wayfaring tree vigorous deciduous European treelike shrub common along waysides; red berries turn black European cranberry bush, European cranberrybush, Viburnum opulus, crampbark, cranberry tree, guelder rose deciduous thicket-forming Old World shrub with clusters of white flowers and small bright red berries Viburnum dentatum, arrow wood, southern arrow wood deciduous shrub of eastern North America having blue-black berries and tough pliant wood formerly used to make arrows Viburnum recognitum, arrow wood closely related to southern arrow wood; grows in the eastern United States from Maine to Ohio and Georgia Viburnum prunifolium, black haw upright deciduous shrub having frosted dark-blue fruit; east and east central North America Weigela florida, weigela deciduous shrub widely cultivated for its white or pink or red flowers Erythroxylon coca, coca, coca plant a South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes; a source of cocaine Erythroxylon truxiuense a South American shrub whose leaves are a source of cocaine incense tree any of various tropical trees of the family Burseraceae yielding fragrant gums or resins that are burned as incense mahogany, mahogany tree any of various tropical timber trees of the family Meliaceae especially the genus Swietinia valued for their hard yellowish- to reddish-brown wood that is readily worked and takes a high polish China tree, Melia azedarach, Melia azederach, Persian lilac, azedarach, azederach, chinaberry, chinaberry tree, pride-of-India tree of northern India and China having purple blossoms and small inedible yellow fruits; naturalized in the southern United States as a shade tree Azadirachta indica, Melia Azadirachta, arishth, margosa, neem, neem tree, nim tree large semi-evergreen tree of the East Indies; trunk exudes a tenacious gum; bitter bark used as a tonic; seeds yield an aromatic oil; sometimes placed in genus Melia Chloroxylon swietenia, satinwood, satinwood tree East Indian tree with valuable hard lustrous yellowish wood; silver ash any of various timber trees of the genus Flindersia Lansium domesticum, langsat, langset, lanseh tree East Indian tree bearing an edible yellow berry African walnut, Lovoa klaineana tropical African timber tree with wood that resembles mahogany turreae any of numerous trees and shrubs grown for their beautiful glossy foliage and sweetly fragrant starry flowers lepidobotrys African tree often classified in other families; similar to the Costa Rican caracolito in wood structure as well as in fruit and flowers and leaves and seeds Ruptiliocarpon caracolito, caracolito large Costa Rican tree having light-colored wood suitable for cabinetry; similar to the African lepidobotrys in wood structure as well as in fruit and flowers and leaves and seeds; often classified in other families Phellodendron amurense, cork tree deciduous tree of China and Manchuria having a turpentine aroma and handsome compound leaves turning yellow in autumn and deeply fissured corky bark Poncirus trifoliata, trifoliata, trifoliate orange, wild orange small fast-growing spiny deciduous Chinese orange tree bearing sweetly scented flowers and decorative but inedible fruit: used as a stock in grafting and for hedges prickly ash any of a number of trees or shrubs of the genus Zanthoxylum having spiny branches bitterwood tree any of various trees or shrubs of the family Simaroubaceae having wood and bark with a bitter taste Kirkia wilmsii, pepper tree small African deciduous tree with spreading crown having leaves clustered toward ends of branches and clusters of creamy flowers resembling lilacs Syrian bean caper, Zygophyllum fabago, bean caper perennial shrub of the eastern Mediterranean region and southwestern Asia having flowers whose buds are used as capers Larrea tridentata, coville, creosote bush, hediondilla desert shrub of southwestern United States and New Mexico having persistent resinous aromatic foliage and small yellow flowers willow, willow tree any of numerous deciduous trees and shrubs of the genus Salix Santalum album, sandalwood tree, true sandalwood parasitic tree of Indonesia and Malaysia having fragrant close-grained yellowish heartwood with insect repelling properties and used, e.g., for making chests Eucarya acuminata, Fusanus acuminatus, quandang, quandong, quandong tree Australian tree with edible flesh and edible nutlike seed aalii a small Hawaiian tree with hard dark wood soapberry, soapberry tree a tree of the genus Sapindus whose fruit is rich in saponin box, boxwood evergreen shrubs or small trees staff tree any small tree or twining shrub of the genus Celastrus spindle tree, spindleberry, spindleberry tree any shrubby trees or woody vines of the genus Euonymus having showy usually reddish berries Euonymus atropurpureus, burning bush, wahoo deciduous shrub having purple capsules enclosing scarlet seeds Euonymus americanus, strawberry bush, wahoo upright deciduous plant with crimson pods and seeds; the eastern United States from New York to Florida and Texas Cyrilla racemiflora, cyrilla, leatherwood, white titi shrub or small tree of southeastern United States to West Indies and Brazil; grown for the slender racemes of white flowers and orange and crimson foliage crowberry a low evergreen shrub with small purple flowers and black berrylike fruit Chinese holly, Ilex cornuta dense rounded evergreen shrub of China having spiny leaves; widely cultivated as an ornamental smoke bush, smoke tree any of several shrubs or shrubby trees of the genus Cotinus Malosma laurina, Rhus laurina, laurel sumac small aromatic evergreen shrub of California having paniculate leaves and whitish berries; in some classifications included in genus Rhus Pistacia lentiscus, lentisk, mastic, mastic tree an evergreen shrub of the Mediterranean region that is cultivated for its resin shumac, sumac, sumach a shrub or tree of the genus Rhus (usually limited to the non-poisonous members of the genus) Schinus chichita, aroeira blanca small resinous tree or shrub of Brazil Peruvian mastic tree, Schinus molle, molle, pepper tree small Peruvian evergreen with broad rounded head and slender pendant branches with attractive clusters of greenish flowers followed by clusters of rose-pink fruits Brazilian pepper tree, Schinus terebinthifolius small Brazilian evergreen resinous tree or shrub having dark green leaflets and white flowers followed by bright red fruit; used as a street tree and lawn specimen Diospyros ebenum, ebony, ebony tree tropical tree of southern Asia having hard dark-colored heartwood used in cabinetwork Andaman marble, Diospyros kurzii, marble-wood, marblewood large Asiatic tree having hard marbled zebrawood buckthorn any shrub or small tree of the genus Bumelia Manilkara bidentata, balata, balata tree, beefwood, bully tree a tropical hardwood tree yielding balata gum and heavy red timber Palaquium gutta, gutta-percha tree one of several East Indian trees yielding gutta-percha gutta-percha tree one of several East Indian trees yielding gutta-percha Calocarpum zapota, Pouteria zapota, mammee, marmalade tree, sapote tropical American tree having wood like mahogany and sweet edible egg-shaped fruit; in some classifications placed in the genus Calocarpum styrax any shrub or small tree of the genus Styrax having fragrant bell-shaped flowers that hang below the dark green foliage Ceratopetalum gummiferum, Christmas bush, Christmas tree Australian tree or shrub with red flowers; often used in Christmas decoration hydrangea any of various deciduous or evergreen shrubs of the genus Hydrangea philadelphus any of various chiefly deciduous ornamental shrubs of the genus Philadelphus having white sweet-scented flowers, single or in clusters; widely grown in temperate regions Schizophragma hydrangeoides, climbing hydrangea climbing shrub with adhesive aerial roots having opposite leaves and small white flowers in terminal cymes; Himalayas to Taiwan and Japan Francoa ramosa, bridal wreath, bridal-wreath Chilean evergreen shrub having delicate spikes of small white flowers currant, currant bush any of various deciduous shrubs of the genus Ribes bearing currants Ribes grossularia, Ribes uva-crispa, gooseberry, gooseberry bush spiny Eurasian shrub having greenish purple-tinged flowers and ovoid yellow-green or red-purple berries plane tree, platan, sycamore any of several trees of the genus Platanus having thin pale bark that scales off in small plates and lobed leaves and ball-shaped heads of fruits Graptophyllum pictum, caricature plant tropical Old World shrub having purple or red tubular flowers and leaf markings resembling the profile of a human face Chilopsis linearis, desert willow evergreen shrubby tree resembling a willow of dry regions of southwestern North America having showy purplish flowers and long seed pods Crescentia cujete, calabash, calabash tree tropical American evergreen that produces large round gourds Cordia gerascanthus, Spanish elm, princewood tropical American timber tree columnea tropical plant having thick hairy somewhat toothed leaves and solitary or clustered yellow to scarlet flowers; many cultivated for their flowers and ornamental foliage Eriodictyon californicum, yerba santa viscid evergreen shrub of western United States with white to deep lilac flowers; the sticky aromatic leaves are used in treating bronchial and pulmonary illnesses Apalachicola rosemary, Conradina glabra small shrub of Apalachicola River area in southeastern United States having highly aromatic pinkish flowers; a threatened species lavender any of various Old World aromatic shrubs or subshrubs with usually mauve or blue flowers; widely cultivated Lepechinia calycina, Sphacele calycina, pitcher sage California plant with woolly stems and leaves and large white flowers Pogostemon cablin, pachouli, patchouli, patchouly small East Indian shrubby mint; fragrant oil from its leaves is used in perfumes red shrubby penstemon, redwood penstemon low branching dark green shrub with bunches of brick-red flowers at ends of branches; coastal ranges and foothills of northern California Solanum aviculare, kangaroo apple, poroporo Australian annual sometimes cultivated for its racemes of purple flowers and edible yellow egg-shaped fruit Solanum carolinense, ball nettle, ball nightshade, bull nettle, horse nettle coarse prickly weed having pale yellow flowers and yellow berrylike fruit; common throughout southern and eastern United States Solanum dulcamara, bittersweet, bittersweet nightshade, climbing nightshade, deadly nightshade, poisonous nightshade, woody nightshade poisonous perennial Old World vine having violet flowers and oval coral-red berries; widespread weed in North America Solanum elaeagnifolium, prairie berry, purple nightshade, silver-leaved nettle, silver-leaved nightshade, silverleaf nightshade, trompillo, white horse nettle weedy nightshade with silvery foliage and violet or blue or white flowers; roundish berry widely used to curdle milk; central United States to South America African holly, Solanum giganteum woolly-stemmed biennial arborescent shrub of tropical Africa and southern Asia having silvery-white prickly branches, clusters of blue or white flowers, and bright red berries resembling holly berries Solanum nigrum, black nightshade, common nightshade, poison-berry, poisonberry Eurasian herb naturalized in America having white flowers and poisonous hairy foliage and bearing black berries that are sometimes poisonous but sometimes edible Jerusalem cherry, Madeira winter cherry, Solanum pseudocapsicum, winter cherry small South American shrub cultivated as a houseplant for its abundant ornamental but poisonous red or yellow cherry-sized fruit Solanum quitoense, naranjilla small perennial shrub cultivated in uplands of South America for its edible bright orange fruits resembling tomatoes or oranges Solanum rostratum, buffalo bur North American nightshade with prickly foliage and racemose yellow flowers Brazilian potato tree, Solanum macranthum, Solanum wrightii, potato tree South American shrub or small tree widely cultivated in the tropics; not a true potato Brunfelsia americana, lady-of-the-night West Indian shrub with fragrant showy yellowish-white flowers Brugmansia arborea, Datura arborea, angel's trumpet, maikoa a South American plant that is cultivated for its large fragrant trumpet-shaped flowers Brugmansia suaveolens, Datura suaveolens, angel's trumpet South American plant cultivated for its very large nocturnally fragrant trumpet-shaped flowers Brugmansia sanguinea, Datura sanguinea, red angel's trumpet arborescent South American shrub having very large orange-red flowers capsicum, capsicum pepper plant, pepper any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers Cestrum diurnum, day jessamine West Indian evergreen shrub having clusters of funnel-shaped white flowers that are fragrant by day Cestrum nocturnum, night jasmine, night jessamine West Indian evergreen shrub having clusters of funnel-shaped yellow-white flowers that are fragrant by night tamarillo, tree tomato South American arborescent shrub having pale pink blossoms followed by egg-shaped reddish-brown edible fruit somewhat resembling a tomato in flavor thorn apple any of several plants of the genus Datura Fabiana imbricata, pichi Peruvian shrub with small pink to lavender tubular flowers; leaves yield a tonic and diuretic boxthorn, matrimony vine any of various shrubs or vines of the genus Lycium with showy flowers and bright berries Christmas berry, Christmasberry, Lycium carolinianum spiny evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having spreading branches usually blue or mauve flowers and red berries Solandra guttata, chalice vine, cupflower, trumpet flower Mexican evergreen climbing plant having large solitary funnel-shaped fragrant yellow flowers with purple-brown ridges in the throat Streptosolen jamesonii, fire bush, fire-bush, marmalade bush evergreen South American shrub having showy trumpet-shaped orange flowers; grown as an ornamental or houseplant Avicennia officinalis, white mangrove a small to medium-sized tree growing in brackish water especially along the shores of the southwestern Pacific Aegiceras majus, black mangrove an Australian tree resembling the black mangrove of the West Indies and Florida Tectona grandis, teak tall East Indian timber tree now planted in western Africa and tropical America for its hard durable wood spurge any of numerous plants of the genus Euphorbia; usually having milky often poisonous juice Acalypha virginica, three-seeded mercury weedy herb of eastern North America Croton tiglium, croton tropical Asiatic shrub; source of croton oil Codiaeum variegatum, croton grown in many varieties for their brightly colored foliage; widely cultivated as a houseplant Ricinus communis, castor bean plant, castor-oil plant, palma christ, palma christi large shrub of tropical Africa and Asia having large palmate leaves and spiny capsules containing seeds that are the source of castor oil and ricin; widely naturalized throughout the tropics casava, cassava any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch slipper plant, slipper spurge any of several tropical American shrubby succulent plants resembling cacti but having foot-shaped bracts camelia, camellia any of several shrubs or small evergreen trees having solitary white or pink or reddish flowers Camellia sinensis, tea a tropical evergreen shrub or small tree extensively cultivated in e.g. China and Japan and India; source of tea leaves Eryngium maritimum, sea eryngium, sea holly, sea holm European evergreen eryngo with twisted spiny leaves naturalized on United States east coast; roots formerly used as an aphrodisiac Griselinia lucida, puka South American shrub or small tree having long shining evergreen leaves and panicles of green or yellow flowers Griselinia littoralis, kapuka small New Zealand broadleaf evergreen tree often cultivated in warm regions as an ornamental snag a dead tree that is still standing, usually in an undisturbed forest timber tree any tree that is valued as a source of lumber or timber treelet a small tree arbor tree (as opposed to shrub) bean tree any of several trees having seedpods as fruits pollard a tree with limbs cut back to promote a more bushy growth of foliage sapling young tree shade tree a tree planted or valued chiefly for its shade from sunlight gymnospermous tree any tree of the division Gymnospermophyta angiospermous tree, flowering tree any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary fever tree any of several trees having leaves or bark used to allay fever or thought to indicate regions free of fever bonsai a dwarfed ornamental tree or shrub grown in a tray or shallow pot undershrub a low shrub burning bush (Old Testament) the bush that burned without being consumed and from which God spoke to Moses shrublet dwarf shrub subshrub, suffrutex low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base flowering shrub shrub noted primarily for its flowers buckthorn a shrub or shrubby tree of the genus Rhamnus; fruits are source of yellow dyes or pigments nakedwood any of several small to medium-sized trees of Florida and West Indies with thin scaly bark and heavy dark heartwood Christ's-thorn, Jerusalem thorn, Ziziphus jujuba, jujube, jujube bush spiny tree having dark red edible fruits Ziziphus lotus, lotus tree shrubby deciduous tree of the Mediterranean region Christ's-thorn, Jerusalem thorn, Paliurus spina-christi thorny Eurasian shrub with dry woody winged fruit Pomaderris apetala, hazel, hazel tree Australian tree grown especially for ornament and its fine-grained wood and bearing edible nuts stephanotis any of various evergreen climbing shrubs of the genus Stephanotis having fragrant waxy flowers tree of knowledge the biblical tree in the Garden of Eden whose forbidden fruit was tasted by Adam and Eve tracheophyte, vascular plant green plant having a vascular system: ferns, gymnosperms, angiosperms
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