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Camass :: Camass (n.) A blue-flowered liliaceous plant (Camassia esculenta) of northwestern America, the bulbs of which are collected for food by the Indians..

Acanthine :: Acanthine (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the plant acanthus..

Hypoderma :: Hypoderma (n.) A layer of tissue beneath the epidermis in plants, and performing the physiological function of strengthening the epidermal tissue. In phanerogamous plants it is developed as collenchyma..

Bignoniaceous :: Bignoniaceous (a.) Of pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants of which the trumpet flower is an example..

Gymnosperm :: Gymnosperm (n.) A plant that bears naked seeds (i. e., seeds not inclosed in an ovary), as the common pine and hemlock. Cf. Angiosperm..

Mucilaginous :: Mucilaginous (a.) Soluble in water, but not in alcohol; yielding mucilage; as, mucilaginous gums or plants..

Implanting :: Implanting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Implan.

Conferva :: Conferva (n.) Any unbranched, slender, green plant of the fresh-water algae. The word is frequently used in a wider sense..

Gladiole :: Gladiole (n.) A lilylike plant, of the genus Gladiolus; -- called also corn flag..

Blast :: Blast (n.) A sudden, pernicious effect, as if by a noxious wind, especially on animals and plants; a blight..

Vegetable :: Vegetable (n.) A plant. See Plant.

Syringa :: Syringa (n.) A genus of plants; the lilac.

Simplist :: Simplist (n.) One skilled in simples, or medicinal plants; a simpler..

Arquebusade :: Arquebusade (n.) A distilled water from a variety of aromatic plants, as rosemary, millefoil, etc.; -- originally used as a vulnerary in gunshot wounds..

Disciflorous :: Disciflorous (a.) Bearing the stamens on a discoid outgrowth of the receptacle; -- said of a subclass of plants. Cf. Calycifloral.

Air Vessel :: Air vessel () A vessel, cell, duct, or tube containing or conducting air; as the air vessels of insects, birds, plants, etc.; the air vessel of a pump, engine, etc. For the latter, see Air chamber. The air vessels of insects are called tracheae, of plants spiral vessels..

Endogen :: Endogen (n.) A plant which increases in size by internal growth and elongation at the summit, having the wood in the form of bundles or threads, irregularly distributed throughout the whole diameter, not forming annual layers, and with no distinct pith. The leaves of the endogens have, usually, parallel veins, their flowers are mostly in three, or some multiple of three, parts, and their embryos have but a single cotyledon, with the first leaves alternate. The endogens constitute one of the grea

Barilla :: Barilla (n.) The alkali produced from the plant, being an impure carbonate of soda, used for making soap, glass, etc., and for bleaching purposes..

Cell :: Cell (n.) One of the minute elementary structures, of which the greater part of the various tissues and organs of animals and plants are composed..

Rattleweed :: Rattleweed (n.) Any plant of the genus Astragalus. See Milk vetch.

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