any of several flowering plants which have long coarse grasslike leaves; esp. common yucca, Yucca filamentosa, and squaw grass, Xerophyllum tenax…
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| 释义 | the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > non-British plants or herbs > [noun] > North American > other plants (23) bear grass1750 any of several flowering plants which have long coarse grasslike leaves; esp. common yucca, Yucca filamentosa, and squaw grass, Xerophyllum tenax… gardenia1756 A plant with pink flowers and purplish-green oval leaves, native to wetlands of the northeastern United States and south-eastern Canada, Triadenum… sisyrinchium1767 Any plant of the genus Sisyrinchium (family Iridaceae), comprising annual or perennial herbaceous plants native to the New World, bearing linear… heartsease1785 U.S. The plant redshank, Persicaria maculosa (a naturalized weed in North America); (also) any of several other North American plants of the genera… blazing star1789 The popular name of three different North American plants: Aletris farinosa, Chamælirium luteum, and Liatris squarrosa. Also used of other plants… nondo1791 Canadian liquorice-root, Ligusticum canadense (family Apiaceae (Umbelliferae)), which is an alpine lovage with an aromatic root. unicorn-plant1796 a name for various North American plants, esp. Martynia proboscidea, the capsule of which terminates in two horn-like spines. screw-stem1802 (a) the part of a screw between its head and its point (now rare); (b) any plant of the North American genus Bartonia (family Gentianaceae), the… American centaury1803 any plant of the genus Sabatia (family Gentianaceae), comprising herbaceous plants of North America and the West Indies, typically having pink… wild ginger?1804 in North America, any of several plants of the genus Asarum, esp. A. canadense, or, in India, a wild plant of the genus Zingiber. pinweed1814 Any of various North American plants constituting the genus Lechea (family Cistaceae), with small linear leaves and inconspicuous flowers. sabbatia1814 An annual or perennial herb of the genus so called, belonging to the family Gentianaceae, native to eastern North America, and bearing clusters of… mountain mint1817 U.S. Any of various plants of the genus Pycnanthemum (family Lamiaceae (Labiatae)), whose leaves when crushed smell of mint. orange-root1817 a North American plant, goldenseal, Hydrastis canadensis, whose root yields an orange-yellow dye. richweed1818 Horse-balm, Collinsonia canadensis. goldenseal1828 a perennial herbaceous plant native to North America, Hydrastis canadensis (family Ranunculaceae), having palmately lobed leaves, petalless… pipeweed1837 Any of various plants having straight, slender, esp. hollow or unbranched stems, esp. field horsetail (Equisetum arvense), and (U.S.) (more fully Indi… snow plant1846 (a) a snow-alga; (b) a plant of the Sierra Nevada in California, Sarcodes sanguinea, (see quot. 1905). lopseed1850 ‘A North American herb, Phryma Leptostachya, with spikes of small purple flowers, which in fruit are bent back close against the axis’ (Cent. Dict.). devil's claw1876 Any of various plants having fruits or seed pods with claw-like hooks, esp. (a) a flowering plant of the genus Proboscidea, native to northern… turkey's beard1884 a North American herb, Xerophyllum asphodeloides, N.O. Liliaceæ, having a tuft of wiry root-leaves, and an erect stem with a raceme of white flowers. richweed1894 White snakeroot, Ageratina altissima (family Asteraceae), which contains a toxic alkaloid (cf. milk sickness n. at milk, n.1 adj.compounds 3a). Now… blue star grass1999 (a) the carnation sedge, Carex panicea, of Eurasia (obsolete. rare); (b) the windmill grass, Chloris ventricosa, of eastern Australia (now rare)… |
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