herbaceous plant
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1. a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests (noun.plant)
hypernym | : | tracheophyte, vascular plant, |
definition | : | green plant having a vascular system: ferns, gymnosperms, angiosperms (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | eranthis hyemalis, winter aconite, |
definition | : | small Old World perennial herb grown for its bright yellow flowers which appear in early spring often before snow is gone (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | hepatica, liverleaf, |
definition | : | any of several plants of the genus Hepatica having three-lobed leaves and white or pinkish flowers in early spring; of moist and mossy subalpine woodland areas of north temperate regions (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | globe flower, globeflower, |
definition | : | any of several plants of the genus Trollius having globose yellow flowers (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | legume, leguminous plant, |
definition | : | an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | clover, trefoil, |
definition | : | a plant of the genus Trifolium (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | aroid, arum, |
definition | : | any plant of the family Araceae; have small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | wild ginger, |
definition | : | low-growing perennial herb with pungent gingery leaves and rhizomes (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | drypis, |
definition | : | spiny-leaved perennial herb of southern Europe having terminal clusters of small flowers (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | coral necklace, illecebrum verticullatum, |
definition | : | glabrous annual with slender taproot and clusters of white flowers; western Europe especially western Mediterranean and Atlantic coastal areas (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | chickweed, |
definition | : | any of various plants of the genus Stellaria (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | amaranth, |
definition | : | any of various plants of the genus Amaranthus having dense plumes of green or red flowers; often cultivated for food (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | amaranthus spinosus, thorny amaranth, |
definition | : | erect annual of tropical central Asia and Africa having a pair of divergent spines at most leaf nodes (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | cottonweed, |
definition | : | any of various plants of the genus Froelichia found in sandy soils and on rocky slopes in warmer regions of America; grown for their spikes of woolly white flowers (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | goosefoot, |
definition | : | any of various weeds of the genus Chenopodium having small greenish flowers (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | orach, orache, |
definition | : | any of various herbaceous plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in deserts and salt marshes (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | halogeton, halogeton glomeratus, |
definition | : | a coarse annual herb introduced into North America from Siberia; dangerous to sheep and cattle on western rangelands because of its high oxalate content (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | barilla, halogeton souda, |
definition | : | Algerian plant formerly burned to obtain calcium carbonate (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | glasswort, salicornia europaea, samphire, |
definition | : | fleshy maritime plant having fleshy stems with rudimentary scalelike leaves and small spikes of minute flowers; formerly used in making glass (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | pokeweed, |
definition | : | perennial of the genus Phytolacca (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | purslane, |
definition | : | a plant of the family Portulacaceae having fleshy succulent obovate leaves often grown as a potherb or salad herb; a weed in some areas (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | rock purslane, |
definition | : | a plant of the genus Calandrinia (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | indian lettuce, |
definition | : | a plant of the genus Montia having edible pleasant-tasting leaves (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | cleome, spiderflower, |
definition | : | any of various often strong-smelling plants of the genus Cleome having showy spider-shaped flowers (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | stone cress, stonecress, |
definition | : | any Old World herb of the genus Aethionema; native of sunny limestone habitats (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | berteroa incana, hoary alison, hoary alyssum, |
definition | : | tall European annual with downy grey-green foliage and dense heads of small white flowers followed by hairy pods; naturalized in North America; sometimes a troublesome weed (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | cakile maritima, sea-rocket, |
definition | : | salt-tolerant seashore annual grown for its fragrant rose or violet flowers and fleshy grey-green foliage (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | crambe maritima, sea cole, sea kale, |
definition | : | perennial of coastal sands and shingles of northern Europe and Baltic and Black Seas having racemes of small white flowers and large fleshy blue-green leaves often used as potherbs (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | draba, |
definition | : | any of numerous low-growing cushion-forming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems; fruit is a dehiscent oblong or linear silique (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | woad, |
definition | : | any of several herbs of the genus Isatis (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | bladderpod, |
definition | : | any of several hairy North American herbs having yellow racemose flowers and inflated pods (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | bladderpod, |
definition | : | any of several plants of the genus Physaria having racemose yellow flowers and inflated pods (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | chamois cress, lepidium alpina, pritzelago alpina, |
definition | : | small tufted perennial herb of mountains of central and southern Europe having very small flowers of usually leafless stems; sometimes placed in genus Lepidium (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | hedge mustard, sisymbrium officinale, |
definition | : | stiffly branching Old World annual with pale yellow flowers; widely naturalized in North America; formerly used medicinally (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | fringepod, lacepod, |
definition | : | annual herb having pinnatifid basal leaves and slender racemes of small white flowers followed by one-seeded winged silicles (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | bladderpod, |
definition | : | annual or perennial herbs with inflated seed pods; some placed in genus Lesquerella (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | wasabi, |
definition | : | a Japanese plant of the family Cruciferae with a thick green root (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | bloodroot, puccoon, redroot, sanguinaria canadensis, tetterwort, |
definition | : | perennial woodland native of North America having a red root and red sap and bearing a solitary lobed leaf and white flower in early spring and having acrid emetic properties; rootstock used as a stimulant and expectorant (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | achillea, |
definition | : | any of several plants of the genus Achillea native to Europe and having small white flowers in flat-topped flower heads (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | andryala, |
definition | : | any plant of the genus Andryala having milky sap and heads of bright yellow flowers (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | arnica, |
definition | : | any of various rhizomatous usually perennial plants of the genus Arnica (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | ayapana, ayapana triplinervis, eupatorium aya-pana, |
definition | : | low spreading tropical American shrub with long slender leaves used to make a mildly stimulating drink resembling tea; sometimes placed in genus Eupatorium (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | balsamroot, |
definition | : | a plant of the genus Balsamorhiza having downy leaves in a basal rosette and yellow flowers and long balsam-scented taproots (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | indian plantain, |
definition | : | any of various plants of the genus Cacalia having leaves resembling those of plantain (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | chaenactis, |
definition | : | any of several United States plants having long stalks of funnel-shaped white or yellow flowers (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | chicory, chicory plant, cichorium intybus, succory, |
definition | : | perennial Old World herb having rayed flower heads with blue florets cultivated for its root and its heads of crisp edible leaves used in salads (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | cichorium endivia, endive, witloof, |
definition | : | widely cultivated herb with leaves valued as salad green; either curly serrated leaves or broad flat ones that are usually blanched (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | coreopsis, tick-weed, tickseed, tickweed, |
definition | : | any of numerous plants of the genus Coreopsis having a profusion of showy usually yellow daisylike flowers over long periods; North and South America (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | leopard's-bane, leopardbane, |
definition | : | any of several herbs of the genus Doronicum having alternate often clasping stem leaves cultivated for their long stalks of yellow flower heads (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | globe thistle, |
definition | : | any of various plants of the genus Echinops having prickly leaves and dense globose heads of bluish flowers (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | elephant's-foot, |
definition | : | any plant of the genus Elephantopus having heads of blue or purple flowers; America (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | emilia sagitta, tassel flower, |
definition | : | tropical Asiatic annual cultivated for its small tassel-shaped heads of scarlet flowers (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | eupatorium cannabinum, hemp agrimony, |
definition | : | coarse European herb with palmately divided leaves and clusters of small reddish-purple flower heads (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | dog fennel, eupatorium capillifolium, |
definition | : | weedy plant of southeastern United States having divided leaves and long clusters of greenish flowers (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | gum plant, gumweed, rosinweed, tarweed, |
definition | : | any of various western American plants of the genus Grindelia having resinous leaves and stems formerly used medicinally; often poisonous to livestock (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | sneezeweed, |
definition | : | any of various plants of the genus Helenium characteristically causing sneezing (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | hawkweed, |
definition | : | any of numerous often hairy plants of the genus Hieracium having yellow or orange flowers that resemble the dandelion (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | inula, |
definition | : | any plant of the genus Inula (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | krigia, |
definition | : | any small branched yellow-flowered North American herb of the genus Krigia (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | lettuce, |
definition | : | any of various plants of the genus Lactuca (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | leopard plant, |
definition | : | any of various plants of temperate Eurasia; grown for their yellow flowers and handsome foliage (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | tarweed, |
definition | : | any of various resinous glandular plants of the genus Madia; of western North and South America (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | butterweed, |
definition | : | any of several yellow-flowered plants of the genus Packera; often placed in genus Senecio (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | hawkweed, |
definition | : | any of various plants of the genus Pilosella (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | stevia, |
definition | : | any plant of the genus Piqueria or the closely related genus Stevia (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | creeping zinnia, sanvitalia procumbens, |
definition | : | low-branching leafy annual with flower heads resembling zinnias; found in southwestern United States and Mexico to Guatemala (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | costusroot, saussurea costus, saussurea lappa, |
definition | : | annual herb of the eastern Himalayas (Kashmir) having purple florets and a fragrant root that yields a volatile oil used in perfumery and for preserving furs (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | stevia, |
definition | : | any plant of the genus Stevia or the closely related genus Piqueria having glutinous foliage and white or purplish flowers; Central and South America (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | chrysanthemum parthenium, feverfew, tanacetum parthenium, |
definition | : | bushy aromatic European perennial herb having clusters of buttonlike white-rayed flower heads; valued traditionally for medicinal uses; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | blowball, dandelion, |
definition | : | any of several herbs of the genus Taraxacum having long tap roots and deeply notched leaves and bright yellow flowers followed by fluffy seed balls (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | coltsfoot, tussilago farfara, |
definition | : | perennial herb with large rounded leaves resembling a colt's foot and yellow flowers appearing before the leaves do; native to Europe but now nearly cosmopolitan; used medicinally especially formerly (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | ironweed, vernonia, |
definition | : | any of various plants of the genus Vernonia of tropical and warm regions of especially North America that take their name from their loose heads of purple to rose flowers that quickly take on a rusty hue (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | loasa, |
definition | : | any of various perennial South American plants of the genus Loasa having stinging hairs and showy white or yellow or reddish-orange flowers (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | bellflower, campanula, |
definition | : | any of various plants of the genus Campanula having blue or white bell-shaped flowers (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | primrose, primula, |
definition | : | any of numerous short-stemmed plants of the genus Primula having tufted basal leaves and showy flowers clustered in umbels or heads (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | pimpernel, |
definition | : | any of several plants of the genus Anagallis (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | loosestrife, |
definition | : | any of various herbs and subshrubs of the genus Lysimachia (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | plumbago, |
definition | : | any plumbaginaceous plant of the genus Plumbago (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | herbage, pasturage, |
definition | : | succulent herbaceous vegetation of pasture land (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | bur reed, |
definition | : | marsh plant having elongated linear leaves and round prickly fruit (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | lobelia, |
definition | : | any plant or flower of the genus Lobelia (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | vegetable, |
definition | : | any of various herbaceous plants cultivated for an edible part such as the fruit or the root of the beet or the leaf of spinach or the seeds of bean plants or the flower buds of broccoli or cauliflower (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | simple, |
definition | : | any herbaceous plant having medicinal properties (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | pyrola, wintergreen, |
definition | : | any of several evergreen perennials of the genus Pyrola (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | marsh felwort, swertia perennia, |
definition | : | perennial of damp places in mountains of Eurasia and North America having dull-colored blue or violet flowers (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | bloodwort, |
definition | : | any of various plants of the family Haemodoraceae; roots contain a deep red coloring matter (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | willowherb, |
definition | : | a plant of the genus Epilobium having pink or yellow flowers and seeds with silky hairs (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | evening primrose, |
definition | : | any of several plants of the family Onagraceae (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | canna, |
definition | : | any plant of the genus Canna having large sheathing leaves and clusters of large showy flowers (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | maranta, |
definition | : | any of numerous herbs of the genus Maranta having tuberous starchy roots and large sheathing leaves (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | banana, banana tree, |
definition | : | any of several tropical and subtropical treelike herbs of the genus Musa having a terminal crown of large entire leaves and usually bearing hanging clusters of elongated fruits (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | bird of paradise, strelitzia reginae, |
definition | : | ornamental plant of tropical South Africa and South America having stalks of orange and purplish-blue flowers resembling a bird (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | ginger, |
definition | : | perennial plants having thick branching aromatic rhizomes and leafy reedlike stems (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | curcuma domestica, curcuma longa, turmeric, |
definition | : | widely cultivated tropical plant of India having yellow flowers and a large aromatic deep yellow rhizome; source of a condiment and a yellow dye (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | reseda, |
definition | : | any plant of the genus Reseda (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | viola, |
definition | : | any of the numerous plants of the genus Viola (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | bog hemp, false nettle, |
definition | : | any of several flowering weeds of the genus Boehmeria lacking stinging hairs (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | bowiea volubilis, climbing onion, |
definition | : | much-branched leafless twining South African herb cultivated as an ornamental for its bright green stems growing from large aboveground bulbs (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | day lily, plantain lily, |
definition | : | any of numerous perennials having mounds of sumptuous broad ribbed leaves and clusters of white, blue, or lilac flowers; used as ground cover (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | herb paris, paris quadrifolia, |
definition | : | European herb with yellow-green flowers resembling and closely related to the trilliums; reputed to be poisonous (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | flax, |
definition | : | plant of the genus Linum that is cultivated for its seeds and for the fibers of its stem (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | anthyllis vulneraria, kidney vetch, |
definition | : | perennial Eurasian herb having heads of red or yellow flowers and common in meadows and pastures; formerly used medicinally for kidney disorders (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | crotalaria, rattlebox, |
definition | : | any of various plants of the genus Crotalaria having inflated pods within which the seeds rattle; used for pasture and green-manure crops (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | galega officinalis, goat rue, goat's rue, |
definition | : | tall bushy European perennial grown for its pinnate foliage and slender spikes of blue flowers; sometimes used medicinally (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | glycyrrhiza glabra, licorice, liquorice, |
definition | : | deep-rooted coarse-textured plant native to the Mediterranean region having blue flowers and pinnately compound leaves; widely cultivated in Europe for its long thick sweet roots (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | medic, medick, trefoil, |
definition | : | any of several Old World herbs of the genus Medicago having small flowers and trifoliate compound leaves (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | bush pea, |
definition | : | any of various plants of the genus Thermopsis having trifoliate leaves and yellow or purple racemose flowers (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | plantain, |
definition | : | any of numerous plants of the genus Plantago; mostly small roadside or dooryard weeds with elliptic leaves and small spikes of very small flowers; seeds of some used medicinally (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | buckwheat, fagopyrum esculentum, polygonum fagopyrum, |
definition | : | a member of the genus Fagopyrum; annual Asian plant with clusters of small pinkish white flowers and small edible triangular seeds which are used whole or ground into flour (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | rhubarb, rhubarb plant, |
definition | : | plants having long green or reddish acidic leafstalks growing in basal clumps; stems (and only the stems) are edible when cooked; leaves are poisonous (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | dock, sorrel, sour grass, |
definition | : | any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | ananas comosus, pineapple, pineapple plant, |
definition | : | a tropical American plant bearing a large fleshy edible fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves; widely cultivated in the tropics (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | agrimonia, agrimony, |
definition | : | a plant of the genus Agrimonia having spikelike clusters of small yellow flowers (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | strawberry, |
definition | : | any of various low perennial herbs with many runners and bearing white flowers followed by edible fruits having many small achenes scattered on the surface of an enlarged red pulpy berry (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | bedstraw, |
definition | : | any of several plants of the genus Galium (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | teasel, teasle, teazel, |
definition | : | any of several herbs of the genus Dipsacus native to the Old World having flower heads surrounded by spiny bracts (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | geranium, |
definition | : | any of numerous plants of the family Geraniaceae (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | herb of grace, rue, ruta graveolens, |
definition | : | European strong-scented perennial herb with grey-green bitter-tasting leaves; an irritant similar to poison ivy (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | nasturtium, |
definition | : | any tropical American plant of the genus Tropaeolum having pungent juice and long-spurred yellow to red flowers (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | carnivorous plant, |
definition | : | plants adapted to attract and capture and digest primarily insects but also other small animals (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | sedum, |
definition | : | any of various plants of the genus Sedum (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | astilbe, |
definition | : | any plant of the genus Astilbe having compound leaves and showy panicles of tiny colorful flowers (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | bergenia, |
definition | : | any plant of the genus Bergenia; valued as an evergreen ground cover and for the spring blossoms (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | alumbloom, alumroot, |
definition | : | any of several herbs of the genus Heuchera (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | bishop's cap, miterwort, mitrewort, |
definition | : | any of various rhizomatous perennial herbs of the genus Mitella having a capsule resembling a bishop's miter (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | suksdorfia, |
definition | : | any of several American plants of the genus Suksdorfia having orbicular to kidney-shaped somewhat succulent leaves and white or rose or violet flowers in terminal panicles (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | polemonium, |
definition | : | any plant of the genus Polemonium; most are low-growing often foul-smelling plants of temperate to Arctic regions (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | phlox, |
definition | : | any polemoniaceous plant of the genus Phlox; chiefly North American; cultivated for their clusters of flowers (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | acanthus, |
definition | : | any plant of the genus Acanthus having large spiny leaves and spikes or white or purplish flowers; native to Mediterranean region but widely cultivated (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | borage, borago officinalis, tailwort, |
definition | : | hairy blue-flowered European annual herb long used in herbal medicine and eaten raw as salad greens or cooked like spinach (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | anchusa, |
definition | : | any of various Old World herbs of the genus Anchusa having one-sided clusters of trumpet-shaped flowers (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | cynoglossum officinale, hound's-tongue, |
definition | : | biennial shrub of Europe and western Asia having coarse tongue-shaped leaves and dark reddish-purple flowers (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | stickweed, |
definition | : | any of several herbaceous plants having seeds that cling to clothing (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | lithospermum caroliniense, puccoon, |
definition | : | perennial plant of eastern North America having hairy foliage yielding a red or yellow pigment (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | false gromwell, |
definition | : | any of several North American perennial herbs with hairy foliage and small yellowish or greenish flowers (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | comfrey, cumfrey, |
definition | : | perennial herbs of Europe and Iran; make rapidly growing groundcover for shaded areas (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | gesneria, |
definition | : | any plant of the genus Gesneria (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | waterleaf, |
definition | : | any of several plants of the genus Hydrophyllum (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | nemophila, |
definition | : | any plant of the genus Nemophila (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | giant hyssop, |
definition | : | any of a number of aromatic plants of the genus Agastache (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | bugle, bugleweed, |
definition | : | any of various low-growing annual or perennial evergreen herbs native to Eurasia; used for ground cover (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | wood mint, |
definition | : | American herb of genus Blephilia with more or less hairy leaves and clusters of purplish or bluish flowers (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | calamint, |
definition | : | perennial aromatic herbs growing in hedgerows or scrub or open woodlands from western Europe to central Asia and in North America (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | coleus, flame nettle, |
definition | : | any of various Old World tropical plants of the genus Coleus having multicolored decorative leaves and spikes of blue flowers (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | elsholtzia, |
definition | : | any of various aromatic herbs of the genus Elsholtzia having blue or purple flowers in one-sided spikes (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | dead nettle, galeopsis tetrahit, hemp nettle, |
definition | : | coarse bristly Eurasian plant with white or reddish flowers and foliage resembling that of a nettle; common as a weed in United States (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | hyssop, hyssopus officinalis, |
definition | : | a European mint with aromatic and pungent leaves used in perfumery and as a seasoning in cookery; often cultivated as a remedy for bruises; yields hyssop oil (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | dead nettle, |
definition | : | any of various plants of the genus Lamium having clusters of small usually purplish flowers with two lips (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | leonurus cardiaca, motherwort, |
definition | : | bitter Old World herb of hedgerows and woodland margins having toothed leaves and white or pale pink flowers (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | bugleweed, lycopus virginicus, |
definition | : | a mildly narcotic and astringent aromatic herb having small whitish flowers; eastern United States (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | origanum, |
definition | : | any of various fragrant aromatic herbs of the genus Origanum used as seasonings (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | horehound, |
definition | : | any of various aromatic herbs of the genus Marrubium (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | mint, |
definition | : | any north temperate plant of the genus Mentha with aromatic leaves and small mauve flowers (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | monarda, wild bergamot, |
definition | : | any of various aromatic herbs of the genus Monarda (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | catmint, catnip, nepeta cataria, |
definition | : | hairy aromatic perennial herb having whorls of small white purple-spotted flowers in a terminal spike; used in the past as a domestic remedy; strongly attractive to cats (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | basil, |
definition | : | any of several Old World tropical aromatic annual or perennial herbs of the genus Ocimum (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | physostegia, |
definition | : | any of various plants of the genus Physostegia having sessile linear to oblong leaves and showy white or rose or lavender flowers (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | heal all, prunella vulgaris, self-heal, |
definition | : | decumbent blue-flowered European perennial thought to possess healing properties; naturalized throughout North America (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | mountain mint, |
definition | : | any of a number of perennial herbs of the genus Pycnanthemum; eastern North America and California (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | rosemary, rosmarinus officinalis, |
definition | : | widely cultivated for its fragrant grey-green leaves used in cooking and in perfumery (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | sage, salvia, |
definition | : | any of various plants of the genus Salvia; a cosmopolitan herb (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | savory, |
definition | : | any of several aromatic herbs or subshrubs of the genus Satureja having spikes of flowers attractive to bees (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | helmetflower, skullcap, |
definition | : | a herbaceous plant of the genus Scutellaria which has a calyx that, when inverted, resembles a helmet with its visor raised (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | hedge nettle, stachys palustris, |
definition | : | perennial herb with an odorless rhizome widespread in moist places in northern hemisphere (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | thyme, |
definition | : | any of various mints of the genus Thymus (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | martynia, martynia annua, |
definition | : | sprawling annual or perennial herb of Central America and West Indies having creamy-white to red-purple bell-shaped flowers followed by unusual horned fruit (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | digitalis, foxglove, |
definition | : | any of several plants of the genus Digitalis (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | flannel leaf, mullein, velvet plant, |
definition | : | any of various plants of the genus Verbascum having large usually woolly leaves and terminal spikes of yellow or white or purplish flowers (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | devil's apples, mandragora officinarum, mandrake, |
definition | : | a plant of southern Europe and North Africa having purple flowers, yellow fruits and a forked root formerly thought to have magical powers (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | tobacco, tobacco plant, |
definition | : | aromatic annual or perennial herbs and shrubs (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | cupflower, nierembergia, |
definition | : | any of various plants of the genus Nierembergia having upturned bell-shaped flowers (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | ground cherry, husk tomato, |
definition | : | any of numerous cosmopolitan annual or perennial herbs of the genus Physalis bearing edible fleshy berries enclosed in a bladderlike husk; some cultivated for their flowers (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | salpiglossis, |
definition | : | any plant of the genus Salpiglossis (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | anethum graveolens, dill, |
definition | : | aromatic Old World herb having aromatic threadlike foliage and seeds used as seasoning (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | angelica, angelique, |
definition | : | any of various tall and stout herbs of the genus Angelica having pinnately compound leaves and small white or greenish flowers in compound umbels (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | caraway, carum carvi, |
definition | : | a Eurasian plant with small white flowers yielding caraway seed (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | conopodium denudatum, earthnut, |
definition | : | a common European plant having edible tubers with the flavor of roasted chestnuts (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | cumin, cuminum cyminum, |
definition | : | dwarf Mediterranean annual long cultivated for its aromatic seeds (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | carrot, cultivated carrot, daucus carota sativa, |
definition | : | perennial plant widely cultivated as an annual in many varieties for its long conical orange edible roots; temperate and tropical regions (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | button snakeroot, eryngium aquaticum, |
definition | : | coarse prickly perennial eryngo with aromatic roots; southeastern United States; often confused with rattlesnake master (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | fennel, |
definition | : | any of several aromatic herbs having edible seeds and leaves and stems (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | levisticum officinale, lovage, |
definition | : | herb native to southern Europe; cultivated for its edible stalks and foliage and seeds (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | anise, anise plant, pimpinella anisum, |
definition | : | native to Egypt but cultivated widely for its aromatic seeds and the oil from them used medicinally and as a flavoring in cookery (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | sanicle, snakeroot, |
definition | : | a plant of the genus Sanicula having palmately compound leaves and unisexual flowers in panicled umbels followed by bristly fruit; reputed to have healing powers (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | moon carrot, stone parsley, |
definition | : | any plant of the genus Seseli having dense umbels of small white or pink flowers and finely divided foliage (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | sison amomum, stone parsley, |
definition | : | a slender roadside herb of western Europe and Mediterranean areas that has foliage resembling parsley and has white flowers with aromatic seeds (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | corn salad, |
definition | : | a plant of the genus Valerianella (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | wort, |
definition | : | usually used in combination: `liverwort'; `milkwort'; `whorlywort' (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | peperomia, |
definition | : | any of various plants of the genus Peperomia; grown primarily for their often succulent foliage (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | anemopsis californica, yerba mansa, |
definition | : | stoloniferous herb of southwestern United States and Mexico having a pungent rootstock and small spicate flowers with white bracts suggesting an anemone (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | asclepiad, |
definition | : | any plant of the family Asclepiadaceae (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | milkweed, silkweed, |
definition | : | any of numerous plants of the genus Asclepias having milky juice and pods that split open releasing seeds with downy tufts (noun.plant) |
hyponym | : | carrion flower, stapelia, starfish flower, |
definition | : | any of various plants of the genus Stapelia having succulent leafless toothed stems resembling cacti and large foul-smelling (often star-shaped) flowers (noun.plant) |
part holonym | : | veg, vegetable, veggie, |
definition | : | edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant (noun.food) |
derivation | : | herbal, |
definition | : | of or relating to herbs (adj.pert) |
derivation | : | herbal, |
definition | : | of or relating to herbs (adj.pert) |
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