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Plants & Agriculture

154 words

/ləˈbɝː.nəm/ a small tree or shrub of the genus Laburnum, bearing hanging clusters of bright yellow flowers Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈtɛndrəl/ a slender, curling part of a climbing plant that coils around a support Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈæs.fəˌdel/ a Mediterranean plant with tall spikes of white, pink, or yellow flowers, especially one of the genus Asphodelus Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈpɝːslən/ a low-growing succulent plant, especially Portulaca oleracea, whose fleshy leaves may be eaten as a vegetable or salad herb Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈwɪnoʊ/ the act of separating grain from chaff Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈkɪŋkədʒuː/ a nocturnal tree-dwelling mammal of tropical Central and South America, with golden-brown fur and a long prehensile tail Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈɡraʊndnʌt/ a peanut, especially when regarded as a crop or used to make oil Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈsʌnˌduː/ a small carnivorous bog plant of the genus Drosera whose leaves bear sticky, glistening hairs that trap and digest insects Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˌfrændʒɪˈpɑːni/ a tropical American shrub or small tree of the genus Plumeria, grown for its clusters of strongly fragrant flowers Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈ(h)ɚbɪd͡ʒ/ Herbaceous plant growth, especially grass. Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈmɛdlɚ/ a small Eurasian tree, Mespilus germanica, cultivated for its brown apple-like fruit Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈtʃɑɹˌlɑk/ a yellow-flowered Eurasian wild mustard that commonly grows as a weed in grain fields Meaning Off Sound Off

/ɑːrˈbjuːtəs/ an evergreen shrub or small tree of the genus Arbutus, especially the strawberry tree, with bell-shaped flowers and red fruit Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈspaɪkˌnɑːɹd/ a Himalayan aromatic plant, Nardostachys jatamansi, whose rhizome yields fragrant oil Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈpaʊtɝ/ one of a breed of pigeon that enlarge their crop until their breast is puffed out Meaning Off Sound Off

/əˈkæn.θəs/ a plant of the genus Acanthus, with large deeply cut or spiny leaves and tall spikes of flowers Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈɔɹ.kɪs/ a terrestrial orchid, especially a plant of the genus Orchis Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈɡrænjuːl/ a very small grain or particle of a substance Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈkʌm.fɪt/ a confection consisting of a nut, seed, spice, or piece of fruit coated with sugar Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˌpɛlɑɹˈɡoʊniəm/ a flowering plant of the genus Pelargonium, often cultivated as a tender ornamental and commonly called a geranium Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈtiːzəl/ a tall prickly plant of the genus Dipsacus with spiny, cone-shaped flower heads Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈhɑɹtsˌiz/ the European wild pansy, Viola tricolor, a small flower with petals commonly marked in three colors Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈkaʊɹi/ a large Australasian conifer of the genus Agathis, especially the New Zealand tree Agathis australis Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˌmɛtəˈjeɪ/ historical: a sharecropper who cultivates a landlord's land for a portion, often half, of the harvest while the landlord supplies stock, seed, or tools Meaning Off Sound Off

/ærɔˈkɛriə/ an evergreen coniferous tree of the genus Araucaria, which includes the monkey puzzle, bunya pine, and hoop pine Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈskeɪ.bi.əs/ a plant with pincushion-like flower heads, especially one of the genera Scabiosa or Knautia Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈbʌtənˌwʊd/ the American sycamore, a large North American plane tree with round buttonlike fruiting heads Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˌkɑtəˈliːdən/ an embryonic leaf in a seed, often serving as the seedling's first leaf or food store Meaning Off Sound Off

/stʊk/ chiefly British: a group of sheaves of grain set upright together in a field to dry Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈɑː.vjuːl/ in seed plants, the structure that contains the female reproductive cells and develops into a seed after fertilization Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈæksəl/ in botany, the upper angle between a leaf, branch, or leafstalk and the stem or axis from which it grows Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈsæpwʊd/ the younger, living outer wood of a tree trunk or branch, through which water and minerals are conducted Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈnɛk.təɹi/ a gland or specialized plant structure that secretes nectar Meaning Off Sound Off

strophanthus C2

/stroʊˈfænθəs/ a tropical African or Asian tree, shrub, or woody vine of the genus Strophanthus, often with long twisted petals Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈmʌlɪn/ a plant of the genus Verbascum, typically having woolly leaves and a tall spike of yellow flowers Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈlɪv.ɚˌwɝːt/ a small nonvascular plant related to mosses, usually growing in damp places as a leafy shoot or flat thallus Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈdʒɝːmən/ historical botany: the ovary of a flower, containing the ovules and developing into the fruit after fertilization Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈɛpəˌfaɪt/ a plant that grows on another plant for physical support without drawing nourishment from it as a parasite Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈhɛɚˌbɛl/ A perennial flowering plant, Campanula rotundifolia, native to the Northern Hemisphere, with blue, bell-like flowers. Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˌæntəˈraɪnəm/ a snapdragon plant of the genus Antirrhinum Meaning Off Sound Off

/kɑː(ɹ)ˈduːn/ Any of species Cynara cardunculus of prickly perennial plants which has leaf stalks eaten as a vegetable, related to the artichoke. Meaning Off Sound Off

/kənˈvɑlvjələs/ a trailing or twining plant of the genus Convolvulus, typically with trumpet-shaped flowers; a bindweed Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈfruː.tɪdʒ/ the fruit produced by a plant, or the amount of fruit it yields Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈbʊlˌrʌʃ/ any of several tall, rushlike wetland plants, especially a cattail or reedmace with a cylindrical flower spike Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈɡʌmwʊd/ the wood of a gum tree, especially eucalyptus or sweetgum, used for timber and other products Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈpɛti.oʊl/ botany: the stalk that attaches a leaf blade to a plant stem Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈmoʊdiəs/ an ancient Roman dry measure, especially for grain, equal to about 8.7 liters or 0.96 imperial peck Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˌɡaɪ.nəˈsiː.əm/ botany: variant of gynoecium, the collective female reproductive parts of a flower Meaning Off Sound Off

/plʌmˈbeɪɡoʊ/ a warm-climate flowering plant of the genus Plumbago, commonly called leadwort Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈsiːdˌtaɪm/ the season or time for sowing seed Meaning Off Sound Off

sweet william C2

/ˌswiːt ˈwɪljəm/ a widely cultivated European flowering plant (Dianthus barbatus) with dense, flat clusters of white, pink, red, or purple flowers Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˌiːstɪˈveɪʃən/ (botany) the arrangement of sepals and petals in a flower bud before it opens Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈfʌstɪk/ the yellow dyewood or dye obtained from the tropical American tree Maclura tinctoria, also called old fustic or dyer's mulberry Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈɹædɪkəl/ the embryonic root of a seedling, which is the first part to grow downward from a germinating seed Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈʌmbəl/ a flat-topped or rounded flower cluster whose individual stalks arise from nearly the same point Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈstɪpjuːl/ one of a pair of small, often leaflike appendages at the base of a leaf stalk Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˌpɑtəmoʊˈdʒiːtɑn/ a submerged or floating-leaved aquatic plant of the genus Potamogeton; a pondweed Meaning Off Sound Off

/ˈperiænθ/ the non-reproductive outer parts of a flower, comprising the sepals and petals or, when they are not distinct, the tepals Meaning Off Sound Off