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Henna :: Henna (n.) A thorny tree or shrub of the genus Lawsonia (L. alba). The fragrant white blossoms are used by the Buddhists in religious ceremonies. The powdered leaves furnish a red coloring matter used in the East to stain the hails and fingers, the manes of horses, etc..

Whinchat :: Whinchat (n.) A small warbler (Pratincola rubetra) common in Europe; -- called also whinchacker, whincheck, whin-clocharet..

Arbustive :: Arbustive (a.) Containing copses of trees or shrubs; covered with shrubs.

Pointing :: Pointing (n.) The rubbing off of the point of the wheat grain in the first process of high milling.

Triturate :: Triturate (v. t.) To rub or grind to a very fine or impalpable powder; to pulverize and comminute thoroughly.

Currant :: Currant (n.) The acid fruit or berry of the Ribes rubrum or common red currant, or of its variety, the white currant..

Cherry :: Cherry (n.) A tree or shrub of the genus Prunus (Which also includes the plum) bearing a fleshy drupe with a bony stone.

Urrhodin :: Urrhodin (n.) Indigo red, a product of the decomposition, or oxidation, of indican. It is sometimes found in the sediment of pathological urines. It is soluble in ether or alcohol, giving the solution a beautiful red color. Also called indigrubin..

Balm :: Balm (n.) The resinous and aromatic exudation of certain trees or shrubs.

Wolfberry :: Wolfberry (n.) An American shrub (Symphoricarpus occidentalis) which bears soft white berries.

Scutch :: Scutch (v. t.) To beat or whip; to drub.

Huckleberry :: Huckleberry (n.) The edible black or dark blue fruit of several species of the American genus Gaylussacia, shrubs nearly related to the blueberries (Vaccinium), and formerly confused with them. The commonest huckelberry comes from G. resinosa..

Sparrowwort :: Sparrowwort (n.) An evergreen shrub of the genus Erica (E. passerina).

Hepatite :: Hepatite (n.) A variety of barite emitting a fetid odor when rubbed or heated.

Holly :: Holly (n.) A tree or shrub of the genus Ilex. The European species (Ilex Aguifolium) is best known, having glossy green leaves, with a spiny, waved edge, and bearing berries that turn red or yellow about Michaelmas..

Heath :: Heath (n.) A low shrub (Erica, / Calluna, vulgaris), with minute evergreen leaves, and handsome clusters of pink flowers. It is used in Great Britain for brooms, thatch, beds for the poor, and for heating ovens. It is also called heather, and ling..

Rubianic :: Rubianic (a.) pertaining to, or derived from, rubian; specifically, designating an acid called also ruberythrinic acid..

Assart :: Assart (v. t.) To grub up, as trees; to commit an assart upon; as, to assart land or trees..

Myrrh :: Myrrh (n.) A gum resin, usually of a yellowish brown or amber color, of an aromatic odor, and a bitter, slightly pungent taste. It is valued for its odor and for its medicinal properties. It exudes from the bark of a shrub of Abyssinia and Arabia, the Balsamodendron Myrrha. The myrrh of the Bible is supposed to have been partly the gum above named, and partly the exudation of species of Cistus, or rockrose..

Dewberry :: Dewberry (n.) The fruit of certain species of bramble (Rubus); in England, the fruit of R. caesius, which has a glaucous bloom; in America, that of R. canadensis and R. hispidus, species of low blackberries..

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