(a) an adult male goat; †(b) (also ramgoat bush) any of several, chiefly strong-smelling, Caribbean and tropical American plants; esp. Zanthoxylum tra…

A shrub found in Campeachy and in the Galápagos islands.

a shrub of Central America, Malpighia urens; = Barbados-cherry n. at Barbados, n. compounds.

As the name of a plant. Originally and chiefly Jamaican. Any of several tropical American shrubs, often having aromatic foliage used medicinally; esp.…

any of the tropical Asian and American trees and shrubs constituting the genus Helicteres (family Malvaceae), having simple leaves, tubular…

Either of two evergreen West Indian shrubs of the family Solanaceae, Brunfelsia americana and night jasmine (Cestrum nocturnum), bearing flowers…

A perennial shrub, Capraria biflora (family Scrophulariaceae), native to North and South America, used as a tea and medicinal herb, having white…

A genus of tropical American shrubs belonging to the Solanaceæ (sub-order Atropeæ); also, a plant belonging to this genus.

= garrya, n.

An evergreen shrub of the genus so called, esp. Garrya elliptica, which is native to California and Oregon, and cultivated for the ornamental…

A shrub of tropical South America, Piper angustifolium (family Piperaceae), valued for its medicinal properties.

An evergreen shrub, the only member of the genus so called, native to Mexico and belonging to the family Rutaceæ; also called Mexican orange.

A genus of shrubby poppies (family Papaveraceae) native to California and Mexico and comprising the two species Romneya coulteri and R. trichocalyx…

In the West Indies, a common name of Piper geniculatum.

Any of several shrubs of the genus Larrea (family Zygophyllaceae) of warm deserts in the Americas, having a strong smell of creosote; esp. L. tride…

= creosote-bush n.

Any of several shrubs of the genus Spiraea (family Rosaceae) having clusters of white flowers and often cultivated as garden plants; esp. S. pruni…

A desert shrub, Fouquieria splendens (family Fouquieriaceae), native to Mexico and the south-western U.S. and bearing inconspicuous leaves and…

Each of several plants formerly placed in a small genus Adelaster but now placed in the genus Fittonia (family Acanthaceae), comprising small…

†(a) a plant of the genus Cistus (obsolete); (b) a shrub, Turnera ulmifolia, found in the West Indies and South America.

An evergreen shrub or small tree with large, fragrant, trumpet-shaped white flowers, Portlandia grandiflora (family Rubiaceae), native to the West…

a Californian poppy, Dendromecon rigidum, with yellow flowers, remarkable for its shrubby growth.

A genus of West Indian and Central American shrubs, N.O. Passifloraceæ, closely allied to the Passion-flowers.

(a) a tree which drips water (or other liquid) from its foliage; esp. the monkey pod, Samanea saman (family Fabaceae (Leguminosae)), a large…

Also piquillin bush. A spiny South American shrub, Condalia microphylla (family Rhamnaceae), with edible fruits.

The common name in America of an evergreen shrub, Garrya elliptica, a native of California, Mexico, Cuba, and Jamaica: so called from its elegant…

either of two poppies which grow as shrubs, native to California: Romneya coulteri (with large white flowers), and Dendromecon rigida (with yellow…

an evergreen Mexican shrub, Choisya ternata (family Rutaceae), widely cultivated for its fragrant white flowers.

an evergreen shrub, Justicia brandegeana (formerly Beloperone guttata), belonging to the family Acanthaceæ, native to Mexico, and bearing small white…