Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
aal | an East Indian shrub. |
aalii | a tropical tree. |
abele | the white poplar tree. [Du. abeel, ult, from L. albus, white]. |
abelia | any of several hardy evergreen shrubs of the honeysuckle family, native to eastern Asia. [From Clarke Abel, 1780-1826, English physician and botanist]. |
abelmosk | an evergreen shrub of the East and West Indies and Northern Africa, whose musky seeds are used in perfumery and to flavor coffee. |
abies | a fir tree > ABIETES. |
abietic | relating to the genus ABIES, fir trees. |
acacia | a genus of thorny leguminous trees and shrubs, found esp. in arid regions of Australia and tropical Africa. |
acajou | the cashew tree; also, its fruit. |
acer | a plant of the maple genus. [L. acer, maple]. |
acerola | a West Indian shrub. |
ackee akee | a small African sapindaceous tree, now common in the W Indies; its edible fruit, often used in Caribbean cookery. |
afara | a type of W. African tree having a light-coloured, straight-grained wood. |
agalloch | a kind of tree found in the Middle East, aka EAGLEWOOD. [Gk. agallochon, a word of Eastern origin]. |
ailanthic | of or like the AILANTHUS, the tree of heaven. |
ailanthus ailanto | an oriental tree, the tree of heaven > AILANTOS. [Amboina (Moluccas) aylanto, tree of the gods]. |
ake akeake | a New Zealand tree. |
akebia | a climbing shrub. |
akee | see ACKEE. |
akiraho | a small New Zealand shrub with white flowers. |
al | an E. Indian shrub > ALS. |
alamo | a kind of poplar > ALAMOS. |
albespine albespyne | hawthorn. |
albizia albizzia | a tropical tree. |
alder | any tree of the genus Alnus, related to the birches. |
alectryon | a sapindaceous tree of the genus Alectryon of Australasia, Southeast Asia, and Micronesia. |
algarroba algarroba algarrobo | the carob, a leguminous tree of the Mediterranean region; also, its edible beans or pods > of ALGARROBO is ALGARROBOS. |
almond | a tree related to the peach. |
aloe | any member of a mainly S African genus Aloe, consisting mostly of trees and shrubs of the lily family. |
amla | an E. Indian tree, aka EMBLIC. |
ampelopsis | a woody vine. |
anacardium | a genus of plants including the cashew tree. [Gr ana, according to + kardia, heart (from the shape of the fruit)]. |
andromeda | a plant of the genus Andromeda, shrubs of the heath family. |
angico | a S. American tree of the mimosa family > ANGICOS. [Portugese, from TUPI]. |
angophora | an E. Australian tree, related to the eucalyptus. [Gk. angos, jar, + phoros, bearing]. |
annona | any of the various trees and shrubs of the genus Annona grown for their edible fruits. |
antiar | the UPAS tree; its poisonous latex. |
aphelandra | any shrub of the evergreen genus Aphelandra, originally from tropical America, widely grown as a house plant for its variegated shiny leaves and brightly coloured flowers. |
appleringie | an aromatic shrub of the wormwood genus, aka SOUTHERNWOOD. |
arabica | a shrub producing coffee |
arar | the SANDARAC tree. [Moroccan name]. |
araroba | a Brazilian tree; a bitter yellow powder, Goa powder, obtained from it and used as a purgative and in the treatment of skin disease, aka CHRYSAROBIN. |
araucaria | a genus of tall conifers of the pine family, aka monkey-puzzle. |
arboret | a small tree. |
arborvitae | any of a number of N. American or Far Eastern evergreen conifers, belonging chiefly to the genus Thuja. |
arbute arbutus | the strawberry-tree. |
arbutean | relating to the ARBUTE or strawberry-tree. |
areca | a tree of the betel-nut genus of palms, Areca, native to SE Asia and the Indian subcontinent. [Portuguese, from Malayalam adekka]. |
argan | a Moroccan timber-tree; its oil-bearing seed. |
arolla | the Swiss stone pine or Siberian cedar. [Fr. arolle]. |
arrowwood | a shrub growing in damp woods and thickets, so called from the long, straight, slender shoots. |
artocarpus | a tree of the genus Artocarpus of the mulberry family, that includes breadfruit and jack > ARTOCARPUSES. |
aspen | a species of poplar, noted for its tremulous leaves. |
aspine | aspen. |
assai | a S. American palm. |
atap attap | the NIPA palm. [Malay atap, roof, thatch]. |
aucuba | a shrub of the dogwood family. |
ausubo | a large evergreen tropical tree, aka BALATA > AUSUBOS. |
avodire | an African tree. The e has an accent. |
ayahuasca ayahuasco | a South American vine. |
azalea | a flowering shrub. |
babassu babacu | a Brazilian palm tree. [Brazilian Port. babaçú from Tupi yb´ fruit + guasu large.] |
bablah babool babul | a species of acacia from which gum arabic is obtained. |
bael bel bhel | a thorny Indian tree. |
balata | a large evergreen tropical tree; a gum produced from this. |
banak | a Central American tree. |
bangalay | an Australian myrtaceous tree with hard red wood. |
bangalow | an Australian palm-tree. |
bania banian banyan | an Indian fig tree with vast spreading branches; a Hindu trader. |
banksia | an evergreen, flowering shrub, native to Australia. [From Sir Joseph Banks, English naturalist]. |
baobab | an African tree with an enormously thick trunk and large edible pulpy fruit. |
barberry | a shrub of the genus Berberis, common along roadsides and in neglected fields. |
basswood | an American lime-tree or its wood. |
bauera | a kind of evergreen shrub with pink flowers. |
bauhinia | a plant of the Bauhinia genus of tropical trees. [J and G Bauhin, 17c Swiss botanists]. |
bearwood | a small tree of the buckthorn family. |
bebeeru | the greenheart tree of Guyana. [Sp. bibirú f. Carib]. |
beech | a common forest-tree of the genus Fagus with smooth grey bark. |
beechy | of or relating to beeches > BEECHIER, BEECHIEST. |
beefwood | an Australian tree and its red wood, used for cabinetwork. |
belah | an Australian tree of the Casuarina genus. |
belar | = BELAH, an Australian tree of the Casuarina genus. |
berberis | a flowering shrub > BERBERISES. |
berrigan | an Australian tree with hanging branches. |
bhel | see BAEL. |
bignonia | a large genus of American, mostly tropical, climbing shrubs, having compound leaves and showy somewhat tubular flowers. |
bilberry | a whortleberry shrub; its dark-blue edible berry. |
bilian | a heavy ant-proof timber tree of Borneo. |
bilimbi bilimbing blimbing | an E. Indian tree of the wood-sorrel family; its sour green fruit, used in chutneys. |
bilsted | a hardwood tree. |
bimble | as in bimble box, a type of dense Australian tree. |
birch | a hardy forest-tree (genus Betula), with smooth white bark and very durable wood; (verb) to flog. |
birk | birch. |
bito | a tree of dry tropical Africa and Asia > BITOS. |
bitou | as in bitou bush, a sprawling woody South African shrub. |
bitterbark | an Australian tree with bitter-tasting bark, used for tonic medicine. |
bitternut | a North American hickory tree. |
bitterwood | a West Indian tree from the wood of which the bitter drug Jamaica quassia is obtained. |
blackboy | an Australian grass tree, aka YACCA. |
blackbutt | a type of eucalyptus tree. |
blackgum | a TUPELO, a kind of dogwood. |
blackjack | a kind of OAK. |
blackthorn | a dark-coloured thornbush bearing sloes. |
blackwood | a tall Australian acacia tree. |
bladdernut | a genus of shrubs with inflated capsule. |
blimbing | see BILIMBI. |
bloodwood | a tree having the wood or the sap of the color of blood. |
bluebush | an Australian shrub. |
bluegum | an Australian tree. |
bluejack | a kind of oak tree. |
bluewood | an American shrub. |
bo bodhi | a sacred tree of India. |
boab | short for BAOBAB, a tree native to Africa. |
bolletrie bulletrie | a West Indian saponaceous tree. |
bombax | a tree of the genus Bombax, the silk-cotton tree. |
boobialla | an Australian tree, aka golden wattle. |
boojum | an American tree. |
boortree bountree bourtree | the elder tree. |
boree | any of several species of Australian acacia. |
boronia | an Australian scented shrub. [From Borone, an Italian botanist]. |
bountree | see BOORTREE. |
bourtree | see BOORTREE. |
bowwood | a deciduous tree. |
boxthorn | a plant of the genus Lycium, esp. Lycium barbarum. |
brambly | full of brambles > BRAMBLIER, BRAMBLIEST. |
breare brere | a brier. |
briar brier | a prickly bush, esp. of a wild rose. |
briared briered | full of briars. |
briary briery | full of briars. |
brigalow | any of several species of acacia. |
bristlecone | a western American pine with bristle-like prickles on its cones. |
broadleaf | an Australian evergreen tree with broad leaves > BROADLEAVES>. |
broom | a yellow flowering shrub of the pea family. |
broomy | of or pertaining to broom; overgrowing with broom > BROOMIER, BROOMIEST. |
brugmansia | a subtropical tree. |
buaze bwazi | an African shrub. |
bubinga | a species of West African tree. |
buchu bucku | a rutaceous genus of shrub, with leaves of medicinal value. |
buckbrush | an American shrub. |
buckeye | a name given to several American trees and shrubs of the same genus as the horse chestnut. |
buckthorn | a shrub of the Rhamnus genus. |
buddleia | a flowering shrub, the butterfly bush. |
buffaloberry | an American shrub of the oleaster family; its edible scarlet berry. |
bullace | a small wild plum fruit and tree. |
bulletrie | see BOLLETRIE. |
bullwaddie bullwaddy bulwaddee bulwaddy | a N. Australian tree. |
bumelia | a thorny shrub. |
bunchberry | the dwarf cornel, which bears clusters of bright red berries. |
bunya | an Australian coniferous tree with edible seeds. |
buriti | a kind of S. American palm-tree > BURITIS. |
burrawang | any of various palm-like plants having edible nuts. |
bursera | designating a tropical American genus of trees yielding ELEMI and timber. [From Joachim Burser (1593-1649), German botanist]. N.B. this is an adjective > No —S hook. |
bussu | a tropical American palm with gigantic leaves that serve for cloth. [Port. f. Tupi ubu-ussu, f. ubu leaf + ussu big.] |
bustic | a tropical tree. |
butternut | an American tree of the Walnut family, and its edible fruit; -- so called from the oil contained in the latter. |
buttonball buttonwood | the Platanus occidentalis, or American plane tree, a large tree, producing rough balls, from which it is named. |
buttonbush | a N. American shrub of the madder family with globular flower heads. |
buttonwood | see BUTTONBALL. |
bwazi | see BUAZE. |
cacao | a small evergreen tree of South America and the West Indies, from the fruit of which cocoa and chocolate are prepared. |
cadaga cadagi | an Australian eucalyptus with smooth green bark. |
cade | a Mediterranean medicinal shrub. |
calamondin | a small citrus tree, native to the Philippines; its acid-tasting orange-like fruit. [Tagalog kalamunding]. |
calamus | a genus of plams whose stems make canes or rattans. |
callistemon | an Australian genus of the myrtle family, bottlebrush shrubs. |
candleberry | a shrub, the wax myrtle. |
canella | a genus of trees of the order Canellaceae, growing in the West Indies. |
canoewood | another name for the tulip tree. |
caragana | any of a genus of hardy leguminous shrubs grown for their showy golden flowers. |
carambola | a small E Indian tree of the wood-sorrel family; its acrid yellow pulpy fruit used for making tarts, preserves, etc (aka star fruit). |
carap | a S. American tree of the mahogany family. [From caraipi, the native Guiana name]. |
carbeen | an Australian eucalyptus with drooping branches and grey bark. |
carnahuba carnauba | a Brazilian palm tree yielding a fine yellowish wax. |
carob | the sweet-flavoured seed of an evergreen tree, also called locust bean. [Arabic kharrubah]. Cf. ALGARROBA. |
cascarilla | a euphorbiaceous West Indian shrub; also, its aromatic bark. |
cashew | a large tree native to tropical America and cultivated for its edible kidney-shaped nuts; the nut itself. [Tupi (a)caju)]. |
cassena cassene cassina cassine | an American tree. |
cassia | a relative of the cinnamon tree. |
cassie | a thorny shrub or small tree of tropical or subtropical America, with clusters of fragrant yellow flowers, aka huisache. |
cassiope | an evergreen shrub. |
casuarina | a tree of the genus Casuarina, native to Australia and parts of SE Asia, with jointed branches resembling gigantic horsetail plants. |
catalpa | a tree of the genus Catalpa, of the bignonia family, with heart-shaped leaves, trumpet-shaped flowers, and long pods. |
catbrier catbriar | a thorny vine. |
catclaw | a type of acacia. |
catjang | a tropical shrub. |
ceanothus | a shrub with blue flowers. [Gk. keanothos corn-thistle]. |
cecropia | a fast-growing tropical American tree of the mulberry family. [From the mythical Attic King Cecrops]. |
cedar | a large evergreen coniferous tree. |
cedared | covered with cedars. |
cedary | of or like cedar > CEDARIER, CEDARIEST. |
cedrine | belonging to the cedar tree. |
ceiba | a kind of tropical tree. |
cembra | the Swiss stone pine. [NL, from Germ. dial. zember, timber]. |
cercis | any tree or shrub of the leguminous genus Cercis, which includes the redbud and Judas tree. [NL. from Gk. kerkis, weaver's shuttle, Judas tree]. |
cerrial | of or pertaining to the CERRIS, a species of turkey oak. |
cerris | a species of oak native to the Orient and southern Europe, aka Turkey oak > CERRISES. [L. cerreus]. |
chamisa | an American shrub. |
chamisal | a dense thicket of CHAMISO, a Californian shrub with white flowers. |
chamise chamiso | a Californian shrub with white flowers, growing in dense thickets > of CHAMISO is CHAMISOS. |
champac champak | an E. Indian tree of the magnolia family, sacred to Hindus. [Malay cempaka]. |
champaca | = CHAMPAC, an E. Indian tree of the magnolia family, sacred to Hindus. |
chaulmoogra chaulmugra | a kind of Asian tree, yielding an oil used in the treatment of leprosy. |
chempaduk | an evergreen moraceous tree of Malaysia. |
chenar chinar | the oriental plane tree. |
chestnut | a tree of genus Castanea, esp the Spanish or sweet chestnut; its edible nut, encased (three together) in a prickly husk. |
chico | a prickly American shrub. |
chicot | a handsome tree of central and eastern North America having large bipinnate leaves and green-white flowers followed by large woody brown pods whose seeds are used as a coffee substitute. |
chinaberry | a small Asian tree of the mahogany family. |
chinachina kina kinakina quina quinquina quinaquina | a tree yielding CINCHONA bark, from which quinine is made. [Sp. f. Quechua kina, bark]. |
chinar | see CHENAR. |
chincapin chinkapin chinquapin | the dwarf chestnut of the US. [Algonquin]. |
chiquichiqui | a piassava palm tree of S. America. |
cholla | a tree-like cactus. |
cinchona | see CHINACHINA. |
cissus | a genus of tropical climbing plants, that includes the kangaroo vine > CISSUSES. |
citrus | a CITRON tree. |
clematis | a climbing plant with showy flowers. [L. from Gk. klematis a plant, probably periwinkle, from klema, a twig]. |
clianthus | any climbing shrub of the genus Clianthus. [L., from Gk. kleos. glory + anthos, flower]. |
clintonia | a shrub that bears blue berries. |
coachwood | an Australian tree yielding a light-grained wood formerly used in coach-making. |
cobaea | a climbing shrub with purple flowers. |
cockspur | a variety of hawthorn with long, straight thorns. |
coco | the coconut palm > COCOS. |
cocoplum | a W. Indian rosaceous tree; its edible fruit. [Sp. icaco + plum]. |
cohune cahoun | a S. American palm tree. |
cola kola | a genus of W. African trees producing nuts used in drugs and for flavouring soft drinks. |
combretum | a member of a genus of tropical trees known for the beauty of their flowers > COMBRETUMS. |
conifer | any tree or shrub of the group Coniferae, including yews, pines, firs, etc, which typically bear cones. |
coolabah coolibah coolibar | a species of Australian eucalyptus tree. |
coontie coonty | any of several low-growing palmlike cycads of the genus Zamia, native to tropical and subtropical America. [Seminole]. |
copalm | a hardwood tree. |
coprosma | any Australian evergreen shrub or small tree of the genus Coprosma with glossy, leathery leaves and egg-shaped white or orange berries. |
coquito | a Chilean palm tree. [Sp. dim. of coco, coconut]. |
coralberry | an American shrub of the snowberry genus. |
cordyline | a tropical or subtropical palm-like shrub. |
corktree | the cork oak, or other tree with corky bark. |
cornel | a shrub, aka DOGWOOD. |
cornus | the dogwood > CORNUSES. |
corozo | a short-stemmed S. American palm > COROZOS. |
correa | an Australian evergreen shrub with large tubular showy flowers. |
corylus | a deciduous nut-bearing tree of the Corylus genus, including hazel. |
cotoneaster | any shrub or small tree of the genus Cotoneaster, related to hawthorn. [L. cotonea, quince]. |
cottonwood | an American tree of the poplar genus, having seeds covered with abundant cottonlike hairs. |
courbaril | the West Indian locust-tree. |
cowtree | a S. American tree of the mulberry family, that produces a nourishing fluid resembling milk. |
coyotillo | a poisonous shrub > COYOTILLOS. |
crabwood | a tropical American tree. |
crampbark | the guelder rose; its medicinal bark. |
crossandra | any evergreen shrub of the genus Crossandra. |
crowberry | a low creeping moorland shrub with small black berries. |
crowea | an Australian shrub with pink flowers. |
cryptomeria | a kind of evergreen tree. |
cudgerie | a large tropical rutaceous tree. |
cullay quillai quillaia quillaja | the soapbark tree, a rosaceous tree native to Chile. |
cupressus | any tree of the genus Cupressus > CUPRESSUSES. |
currajong kurrajong currejong currijong | an Australian evergreen. |
cusso kousso kusso | an Ethiopian tree, the flowers of which are used as a vermifuge. |
cycad | any member of an order of primitive gymnospermous plants, related to conifers but superficially resembling ferns and palms. |
cycadeoid | a member of the CYCAD family. |
cycas | a tropical plant, a CYCAD. |
dagwood dogwood | any of various chrubs and trees of genus Cornus. |
dahoon | an evergreen tree. |
dali | a tropical American tree related to nutmeg, yielding staves etc. and wax seeds. |
damiana | a tropical American shrub; a herbal medicine derived from this. |
daneweed danewort | an elder-like shrub, said to grow on site of battles with the Danes. |
daphne | a genus of diminutive shrubs, mostly evergreen, and with fragrant blossoms. [Gk. daphne, laurel]. |
davidia | a kind of tree, aka handkerchief tree. |
deerberry | a shrub of the blueberry group; its bitter, greenish white berry. |
degame degami | a tropical tree. |
deodar deodara | a kind of cedar. [Skr. deva-daru, divine tree]. |
deutzia | a genus of shrubs with pretty white flowers, much cultivated. |
devilwood | a kind of tree, allied to the European olive. |
dhak | a leguminous tree of eastern India and Myanmar, with showy orange or red flowers. |
dika | (the fruit or seed of) the wild mango, a W. African tree. [Mpongwe odika condiment.] |
dipterocarp | a kind of Oriental tree. |
dita | a tree of India and the Philippines. |
dogwood | see DAGWOOD. |
doornboom | a S. African acacia tree. |
doum | a kind of African palm tree. |
dracaena dracena | a genus of liliaceous plants with woody stems and funnel-shaped flowers. [Gk, drakaina, dragon]. |
durian durion | a tree of the BOMBAX family, widely grown in tropical Asia; the spinous fruit of this, the pulp of which is foul-smelling but palatable. [Malay duri, prickle]. |
durmast | a Eurasian oak, which bears sessile acorns and grows chiefly on acid soils. |
dyeweed | a shrub that yields a yellow dye. |
eccremocarpus | any plant of the evergreen climbing genus Eccremocarpus, esp. E. scaber, grown for its decorative pinnate foliage and bright orange-red bell flowers > ECCREMOCARPUSES. |
eglatere eglantine | another name for SWEETBRIAR. |
elaeagnus | another name for oleaster, a Eurasian shrub or small tree cultivated as an ornamental > ELAEAGNUSES. |
elderflower | the flower of the elder. |
elepidote | any of various medium to large rhododendrons with large, leathery leaves lacking the scales characteristic of the related lepidotes. |
elm | a tree of genus Ulmus. |
elmy | full of elm trees > ELMIER, ELMIEST. |
emblic | a deciduous tree of the euphorbia family, native to tropical Asia, a kind of MYROBALAN. [Arabic amlaj, from Persian amleh]. |
embothrium | any evergreen shrub of the genus Embothrium, esp. E. coccineum, native to South America but widely cultivated as an ornamental for its scarlet flowers > EMBOTHRIUMS. |
encina | an evergreen oak. |
encinal | relating to an ENCINA, an evergreen oak. |
enokidake | chinese hackberry. |
eriostemon | an Australian shrub. |
erythrina | a plant of the kaffir-boom genus of tropical and subtropical trees with brilliant red flowers. |
escallonia | an evergreen shrub, often grown as a windbreak. [From Escallon, a Spanish traveller]. |
eucalypt eucalyptus | a large Australian tree > of EUCALYPTUS is EUCALYPTI or EUCALYPTUSES. |
eucryphia | a tree or shrub of the mostly evergreen genus Eucryphia. |
eugenia | a genus of myrtaceous plants, mostly of tropical countries, and including several aromatic trees and shrubs. [From Prince Eugene of Savoy (1663—1736)]. |
eugh | a yew. |
eumong eumung | an Australian acacia. |
euonymus evonymus | a genus of small European and American trees; the spindle tree. The bark is used as a cathartic. |
farkleberry | a shrub with hard, black berries. |
fatshedera fatsia | an evergreen spreading shrub of the ivy family. [Japanese yatsuda]. |
feijoa | an tropical evergreen shrub or small tree of the myrtle family; the edible green fruit of this. [From J. da Silva Feijó (1760—1824), Brazilian naturalist.] |
ficus | a genus of plants including the fig-tree > FICUSES. |
figtree | a tree that bears figs. |
fir | the name of several conifers, esp of the genera Abies and Picea. |
firebush | as in Chilean firebush, a South American shrub with scarlet flowers. |
firethorn | a flowering shrub, aka PYRACANTHA. |
flindersia | any tree of the Australian genus Flindersia. |
forsythia | any shrub of the genus Forsythia, a popular garden plant producing clusters of yellow jasmine-like flowers in the spring. |
frangipani frangipanni | a showy, fragrant shrub; a perfume; an almond-filled pastry. |
franseria | an American shrub. |
fraughan | (Irish) the whortleberry. |
furze | another name for GORSE. |
garcinia | a tropical evergreen tree of the Garcinia genus, yielding gamboge, kokum butter, and mangosteen. [From Dr. Garcin]. |
gardenia | a member of a genus of the madder family of tropical and subtropical trees and shrubs with fragrant, usually white flowers of a waxy appearance. |
garrya | any of various N. American evergreen shrubs, allied to the cornels, with flowers in drooping clusters resembling catkins. |
gaultheria | a genus of ericaceous shrubs with evergreen foliage, and, often, edible berries. It includes the American winter-green (Gaultheria procumbens), and the larger-fruited SALAL of Northwestern America (Gaultheria shallon). |
gean | the wild cherry. |
geebung | an Australia proteaceous tree or its fruit. |
genip genipap genipapo guinep | a tropical American tree; its orange-like fruit. [Port. jenipapo f. Tupi ianipaba]. |
gidgee gidjee | a small acacia tree whose foliage gives off an unpleasant odour. |
gingko ginkgo jingko | the maidenhair tree, an ornamental Chinese fan-leaved tree, holy in Japan > GINGKOES not GINGKOS*; GINKGOS or GINKGOES; JINGKOES not JINGKOS*. [Japanese from Chinese jinxing, silver apricot]. |
gomuti gomuto | a Malayan palm tree, yiedling a black fibre. [Malay gemuti]. |
gorse gosse | any prickly papilionaceous shrub of the genus Ulex, with yellow flowers. |
grapetree | a tropical American tree. |
grapevine | vitis vinifera or other species of Vitis. |
greasebush | = GREASEWOOD, a name for various oily American shrubs of the goosefoot family. |
greasewood | a name for various oily American shrubs of the goosefoot family. |
greenheart | a S. American tree of the laurel family, with very hard wood. |
grevillea | any of various Australian evergreen trees and shrubs. |
grugru | a West Indian name for several kinds of palm > GRUGRUS. |
guaiac guaiacum guaiocum | a S. American tree; the resin from this. |
guanabana | a tropical tree or its fruit. |
guango | the rain tree or SAMAN > GUANGOS. [Sp., prob. from Quechua]. |
guava | a small tropical myrtaceous tree; its yellow, pear-shaped fruit. |
guayule | a silver-leaved shrub of the daisy family. |
guelder | as in guelder rose. |
gumtree | a tree that exudes gum, esp. a eucalyptus. |
gympie | a tall tree with stinging hairs. |
hackberry hagberry | a genus of trees related to the elm, but bearing drupes with scanty, but often edible, pulp. |
hackmatack | the American larch, a coniferous tree with slender deciduous leaves; also, its heavy, close-grained timber. Aka TAMARACK. |
hagberry | see HACKBERRY. |
hagbush | a large American tree. |
hakea | an Australian shrub. |
hamamelis | a winter-flowering shrub > HAMAMELISES. |
hardbeam | a tree of the genus Carpinus, of compact, horny texture, aka HORNBEAM. |
hardhack | a very astringent shrub, common in pastures. |
hawthorn | a small tree of the rose family, widely used for hedges. |
hawthorny | like HAWTHORN. |
hazel | a tree (genus Corylus) of the birch family. |
heartpea heartseed | the balloon vine. |
heather | a common low-growing shrub of the heath family, aka LING. |
hedera | ivy. |
hederal | of or pertaining to IVY. |
heketara | a small shrub that has flowers with white petals and yellow centres. |
hevea | any of various S. American trees of the spurge family, whose milky sap is a major source of rubber. [Quechua hyeve]. |
hibiscus | any of numerous chiefly tropical herbaceous plants, shrubs, and trees of the genus Hibiscus. |
hickory | a North American genus of the walnut family, yielding edible nuts and heavy strong tenacious wood. |
highbush | |
hinahina | = MAHOE, a small, bushy white-barked tree of New Zealand. |
hinau | a New Zealand tree. |
hobblebush | a low bush having long, straggling branches and handsome flowers. It is found in the Northern United States. |
holly | an evergreen shrub having leathery, shining, spinous leaves and red berries. |
holodiscus | a genus of deciduous shrubs grown for their summer flowers. |
hornbeam | a tree resembling a beech, with hard tough wood. |
horoeka | a New Zealand tree. |
horopito | a bushy New Zealand shrub, with red aromatic peppery leaves. |
houhere | a small evergreen New Zealand tree. |
hovea | an Australian shrub with purple flowers. |
huckleberry | an American shrub of the heath family; its edible blue-black fruit. |
huisache | a thorny, scrubby acacia. |
hule ule | a Central American rubber tree. |
hydrangea | a plant of the Hydrangea genus of shrubby plants. |
ilex | the holm oak > ILEXES or ILICES. |
illipe illupi | the MAHWA tree, producing nuts and oil. [Tamil illuppai]. |
inkberry | A N. American shrub of the holly family. |
inkwood | an evergreen tree. |
iroko | a hardwood tree of central and eastern Africa > IROKOS. |
ironbark ironwood | a species of Australian eucalyptus used largely by carpenters and shipbuilders. |
ita | a kind of palm tree, aka the MIRITI palm. |
ivy | an araliaceous evergreen plant that climbs by roots on trees and walls. |
ivylike | like IVY. |
ixia | a S. African shrub. [Gk. ixos, mistletoe]. |
jaborandi | the native name of a South American rutaceous shrub, whose leaves are used in medicine. |
jaboticaba | a Brazilian tree of the myrtle family. |
jacaranda | a tropical American tree of the Bignoniaceae. |
jackfruit | a tree of the E. Indies of the BREADFRUIT family. |
jambolan jambolana jambool jambu jambul | the rose-apple tree of Malaysia. |
japonica | any of several plants native to Japan, esp. the Japanese quince. |
jarool jarul | a deciduous tree of the purple loosestrife family. |
jasmin jasmine jessamine | a genus of oleaceous shrubs. |
jelutong | a Bornean apocynaceous tree (Dyera costulata) producing pontianac, a gutta-percha substitute. |
jequirity jequerity | the tropical shrub Indian liquorice. [Origin obscure]. |
jetbead | an ornamental shrub. |
jingko | see GINGKO. |
jipijapa jipyapa | a palm-like tree of tropical America. [From a town in Ecuador]. |
jojoba | a desert shrub of the box family. |
jube jujube | a spiny shrub or small tree of the buckthorn family. |
juniper | an evergreen coniferous shrub (genus Juniperus) whose berries are used in making gin. |
jupati | a large Brazilian palm tree. [Tupi yupati]. |
kabiki | a tropical tree > KABIKIS. |
kahikatea kahikatoa | a tall New Zealand coniferous tree. |
kaikawaka | a small pyramid-shaped New Zealand conifer, aka PAHAUTEA. |
kaikomako | a small New Zealand tree with white flowers and black fruit. |
kalmia | a genus of North American shrubs with poisonous evergreen foliage and corymbs of showy flowers. [From Pehr Kalm (1716—79), Swed. botanist]. |
kalumpit | a Philippine tree of the MYROBALAN genus; its edible fruit. |
kamahi | a tall New Zealand hardwood tree with pinkish flowers. |
kanuka | a New Zealand myrtaceous tree. |
kapuka | a large evergreen tree, aka BROADLEAF, PUKA, PAPAUMA. |
karaka | a New Zealand tree with edible orange fruit whose seeds are poisonous until treated. |
karamu | a small New Zealand tree with glossy leaves and orange fruit. |
karite | the shea-tree. [Native African]. |
karo | a small New Zealand shrub or tree. |
karri | a Western Australian gum tree. |
kat khat qat | a shrub of E Africa, Arabia, etc, or specif its leaves, chewed or taken as tea for their stimulant effect. |
katsura | an Asian tree. |
kauri kaury | a gum- and timber-yielding tree of New Zealand; its white timber; its resin found in lumps in ground > KAURIS; KAURIES. |
kawakawa | a New Zealand tree, aka PEPPERTREE. |
kentia | the Howea feather palm. [From William Kent (d. 1828), botanical collector]. |
kerria | a flowering shrub. [From William Kerr (d. 1814), Eng. botanical collector]. |
khat | see KAT. |
khaya | a lofty West African tree related to the mahogany. |
kiaat | a tropical African leguminous tree. |
kiekie | a climbing bush plant of New Zealand. |
kina | see CHINACHINA. |
kinakina | see CHINACHINA. |
kingwood | a hardwood tree. |
kitul kittul | a kind of palm; a fibre obtained from the leaf-stalks of this, used for making ropes, brushes, etc. |
koa | a kind of acacia with crescent-shaped leaves and white flowers. |
kohekohe | a New Zealand tree with large glossy leaves and reddish flower. |
kohutuhutu | a New Zealand shrub with tasty purple berries. |
kokum kokam kookum | an E. Indian tree.[Marathi kokamb, mangosteen]. |
kola | see COLA. |
koromiko | a flowering New Zealand shrub. |
kotukutuku | the tree fuchsia. |
kousso | see CUSSO, |
kowhai | a New Zealand tree with golden flowers. |
krameria | a genus of spreading shrubs with many stems. |
kumarahou | a New Zealand shrub. |
kurrajong | see CURRAJONG. |
kusso | see CUSSO. |
laburnum | a genus of ornamental shrubs. |
lacebark | a West Indian tree. |
ladypalm | a kind of palm tree. |
lambkill | an evergreen shrub. |
lantana | a tropical shrub of the VERVAIN family. |
larch | any tree of the coniferous genus Larix, distinguished from cedar by the deciduous leaves. |
laurustine laurustinus | a winter-flowering shrub > of LAURUSTINUS is LAURUSTINUSES. |
laylock | lilac. |
leatherleaf | an ericaceous bog shrub with coriaceous leaves. |
leatherwood | an American tree, aka WICOPY. |
lebbek | an Old World tropical mimosaceous tree. [Arab. labak.] |
lecythis | relating to a genus of gigantic trees, chiefly Brazilian. N.B. this is an adjective. |
lehua | a Polynesian tree of the myrtle family with bright red flowers, aka OHIA. |
lemonwood | a small tree of New Zealand. |
lentisc lentisk | the mastic tree, Pistacia lentiscus. [L. lentiscus]. |
lepidote | a flowering shrub. |
leylandi leylandii | the Leyland cypress. |
liana liane | any climbing plant, esp. a twisted woody kind festooning tropical forests. |
lianoid | like a LIANA. |
ligustrum | a plant of the genus that includes the privets. |
lilac | a European tree (Syringa vulgaris) of the olive family. |
limba | a kind of African tree. |
lime | a tropical citrus tree; its small nearly globular fruit, with acid-tasting flesh; (verb) to treat with lime. |
lind linden | a lime tree. |
ling | a common low-growing shrub of the heath family, aka HEATHER. |
liquidambar | a genus of balsamiferous trees of the family Hamamelidaceae, found in N. America and Asia. |
lobstick lopstick | a tree with its lower branches trimmed. |
lodgepole | a kind of N. American pine tree. |
longleaf | an evergreen tree. |
lonicera | honeysuckle. [From the German botanist Lonicera]. |
lopstick | see LOBSTICK. |
loquat | a Chinese and Japanese tree or its small, yellow, edible fruit. [Cantonese luh kwat lit. 'rush orange']. |
lowbush | a bush with sweet blueberries. |
lucuma | any of various tropical American trees of the former genus Lucuma, now Pouteria, which bear sweet fruit. |
lumbang | the candle-nut tree. |
macahuba macoya | an American palm, whose nuts yield a violet-scented oil. |
maceranduba massaranduba masseranduba | the Brazilian milk-tree. |
macoya | see MACAHUBA. |
macrocarpa | an evergreen conifer of New Zealand. |
madrona madrone madrono | a Californian tree of the Arbutus genus. |
magnolia | any tree or shrub of the magnoliaceous genus Magnolia of Asia and North America > cultivated for their white, pink, purple, or yellow showy flowers. |
mahoe | a small, bushy white-barked tree of New Zealand. |
mahogany | any of various tropical American trees, valued for their hard reddish-brown wood. |
mahonia | any of various Asian and N. American shrubs of the genus Mahonia, of the barberry family, with yellow flowers and prickly pinnate leaves. |
mahua mahwa mowa mowra | a kind of butter-tree with edible flowers. |
mahuang | an Asian plant of the Ephedra genus. |
mahwa | see MAHUA. |
mairehau | a small aromatic shrub of New Zealand. |
majagua | a tropical tree. |
mallee | a scrubby Australian evergreen tree. |
malpighia | a tropical shrub > MALPIGHIAS. |
manatu | a large flowering New Zealand deciduous shrub. |
manawa | a mangrove. |
manchineel | a tropical tree with poisonous latex. [Sp. manzanilla, little apple]. |
mangabeira | a Brazilian apocynaceous rubber tree. |
mangeao | a small New Zealand tree with glossy leaves. |
mango | a tropical tree of the cashew-nut family; its yellowish-red fleshy fruit > MANGOS or MANGOES. |
mangostan | a tree of the East Indies of the genus Garcinia, bearing a fruit of the same name, also called MANGOSTEEN. |
mangrove | any of various tropical trees or shrubs with interlacing aerial roots. |
manjack | a West Indian boraginaceous tree. |
manoao monoao | a shrub of the heath group. |
manuka | an Australian and New Zealand tree of the myrtle family, with aromatic leaves used as a substitute for tea. |
manzanita | a Californian shrub with reddish smooth bark, ovate or oval coriaceous evergreen leaves, and bearing clusters of red berries. |
mapau | a small New Zealand tree with reddish bark. |
maplelike | like a maple. |
maqui | a Chilean evergreen shrub. |
margosa | a large tree of genus Melia found in India, valued for medicinal purposes, aka NEEM. [Port. amargosa fem. of amargoso bitter.] |
marri | a eucalyptus of W. Australia, with coloured flowers. |
massaranduba | see MACERANDUBA. |
masseranduba | see MACERANDUBA. |
matagouri | a thorny bush of New Zealand, forming thickets in open country. |
matai | a coniferous evergreen tree of New Zealand, aka black pine. |
matipo | a New Zealand shrub. |
may | hawthorn blossom; (verb) to pick may. |
maybush | the hawthorn. |
mayflower | in England, the hawthorn; in New England, the trailing arbutus; also, the blossom of these plants. |
medlar | a small tree related to the apple; its fruit. |
melaleuca | an Australian tree with a white trunk and black branches. |
merry | a GEAN, a wild cherry. |
mespil | a N.American tree that produces small white flowers in spring. |
mesquit mesquite mezquit mezquite muskit | a name for two trees of the southwestern part of North America, the honey mesquite, and screw-pod mesquite. |
metasequoia | a tree, the dawn redwood. |
mezereon mezereum | an early-flowering woodland shrub with fragrant purplish or rose-coloured flowers. [Arab. mazaryun]. |
mezquit | see MESQUIT. |
mezquite | see MESQUIT. |
milkwood | any of various trees associated with latex. |
mimosa | any tropical shrubs or trees of the Mimosaceous genus Mimosa, having ball-like clusters of typically yellow flowers > MIMOSAE or MIMOSAS. |
mingimingi | a type of New Zealand tree with white berries. |
miriti | any palm of the genus Mauritia > MIRITIS. |
miro | a tall coniferous tree of New Zealand. |
misletoe missel mistletoe | mistletoe an evergreen shrub, with leathery leaves, yellowish flowers, and waxy white berries > growing as a partial parasite on various trees. |
monkeypod | the rain-tree. |
monkeypot | any of various tropical trees of the genus Lecythis. |
monoao | see MANOAO. |
moosewood | a North American tree. |
mopane mopani | a small South African tree with racemes of greenish flowers. |
moriche | a tall S. American palm, used as a source of sago, fibre, and (from the sap) wine. |
morrell | a tall eucalyptus of SW Australia. |
moutan | the Chinese tree peony, a shrub with large flowers of various colors. |
mowa | see MAHWA. |
mowra | see MAHWA. |
mugga | an Australian eucalyptus with dark bark and pink flowers. |
mulga | a kind of acacia found in arid regions of Australia. |
muntrie | an Australian shrub with green-red edible berries. |
muskit | see MESQUIT. |
mvule | a large African tree of the mulberry family. |
myrica | a widely dispersed genus of shrubs and trees, usually with aromatic foliage. |
myrtle | any evergreen shrub or tree of the myrtaceous genus Myrtus, esp M. communis, a S. European shrub with pink or white flowers and aromatic blue-black berries. |
nabk nebbuk nebeck nebek | a tree, the Christ's-thorn. [Arabic nebk]. |
nandin nandina | an evergreen Asiatic shrub of the barberry family. [Jap. nanten]. |
naseberry neesberry nisberry | the SAPODILLA plum; the tree bearing it. |
nebbuk | see NABK. |
nebeck | see NABK. |
nebek | see NABK. |
neem neemb nim nimb | an East Indian tree. |
neesberry | see NASEBERRY. |
neinei | a New Zealand shrub with long narrow leaves. |
ngaio | a New Zealand tree with white wood. |
nikau | a Maori name for the palm tree Rhopalostylis sapida, native to New Zealand. |
nimb | see NEEM. |
ninebark | a flowering shrub. |
nipa | a low-growing E. Indian palm, aka ATTAP or ATAP. |
nisberry | see NASEBERRY. |
noni | a tree of SE Asia whose fruit provides a possibly health-promoting juice. |
nyssa | a tree of the genus Nyssa (family Cornaceae) of small American and Asiatic trees with overlapping petals. |
oak | a genus (Quercus) of trees of the beech family. |
oakleaf | the leaf of the oak tree. |
oaklike | like an oak. |
oakling | a young oak. |
oaky | oak-like > OAKIER, OAKIEST. |
obeche | a large West African tree or its whiteish wood. |
ocotillo | a cactus-like Mexican tree > OCOTILLOS. |
ohia | a Polynesian tree of the myrtle family with bright red flowers, aka LEHUA. |
oiticica | any of several tropical S. American trees, whose crushed seeds yield an oil used in paints and varnishes. [Port. f. Tupi oitisica, f. uita plant name + isika resin.] |
oleander | a poisonous evergreen shrub. |
olearia | a genus of evergreen shrubs. |
oleaster | a yellow-flowered, olive-like shrub of S. Europe; erroneously, wild olive. [L. oleaster, from olea, an olive-tree, from Gk. elaia]. |
ololiuqui | a woody-stemmed Mexican vine of the morning glory family. |
ombu | a S. American tree. |
opepe | a West African tree yielding a hard yellowish wood used as a substitute for teak. |
opulus | the guelder-rose, Viburnum opulus > OPULUSES. |
orihou | a small New Zealand tree. |
osier | a species of willow whose twigs are used in making baskets. |
osiered | covered or fringed with osiers. |
pachouli patchouli patchouly | an Asiatic tree with a fragrant perfume oil; the resulting perfume. [Tamil pacculi]. |
pachysandra | a Japanese tree with evergreen leaves. |
padauk padouk | a Burmese timber-tree. |
pahautea | a small pyramid-shaped New Zealand conifer, aka KAIKAWAKA. |
palas | a leguminous tree of eastern India and Myanmar, the DHAK tree. |
palay | the ivory tree, a small S. Indian tree of the dogbane family. |
palmetto | any of various usu. small and sometimes stemless fan palms > PALMETTOES or PALMETTOS. |
palmyra | a species of palm having a straight, black, upright trunk, with palmate leaves. |
paloverde | a desert shrub with spiny, yellow flowers. [Sp. 'green tree']. |
panax | a tree of the Aralia family. |
pandanus pandan | a palm of S.E.Asia, the leaves of which are used to weave mats > PANDANUSES or PANDANI; PANDANS. |
pandani | a tropical, palm-like tree of Tasmania > PANDANIS. |
papauma | a large evergreen tree, aka BROADLEAF, KAPUKA, PUKA. |
papaw pawpaw papaya | a tree of the custard-apple family; its fruit. |
papayan | like a PAPAYA. |
paperbark | an Australian tree with spear-shaped leaves and a a papery bark. |
parapara | a small carnivorous New Zealand tree. |
patchouli | see PACHOULI. |
patchouly | see PACHOULI. |
paulownia | any tree of the Chinese and Japanese genus Paulownia, of the figwort family, with showy flowers. |
pawpaw | see PAPAW. |
paxiuba | a Brazilian palm with stilt-roots. |
peebeen | a large hardwood evergreen tree. |
peepul papal pipul | the bo tree, holy tree of the Buddhists, under which Buddha found enlightenment, planted close by every temple. |
pepperidge | another name for the TUPELO, a North American tree of the Dogwood family, having brilliant, glossy foliage and acid red berries. |
peppertree | an evergreen tree native to tropical America. |
pereira | a Brazilian tree, the bark of which is used medicinally. [From Jonathan Pereira, 19th century English pharmacologist]. |
perovskia | a genus of hardy deciduous shrubs of the Labiatae family. |
photinia | any of a genus of evergreen or deciduous trees or shrubs of the Rosaceae family. |
piassaba piassava piassaba piassava | a type of palm tree yielding.a coarse stiff fibre for making brooms. [Port. f. Tupi piaç´ba]. |
pichurim | a S. American tree of the laurel family; (in full pichurim bean) the aromatic cotyledon of the seed of this tree, used in cookery and medicine. |
pieris | an American or Asiatic shrub > PIERISES. |
pikake | a Hawaiian shrub with small, white, very fragrant flowers. [Hawaiian pikake, peacock]. |
pinang | a kind of palm tree. |
pinaster | a species of pine growing in Southern Europe. |
pinelike | like a pine. |
piney | an erroneous form of PINY, abounding in pine trees. |
piny | having e.g. the fragrance of pine > PINIER, PINIEST; (noun) a peony. |
pipal | see PEEPUL. |
pipul | see PEEPUL. |
pistachio | a kind of tree, or its edible nut-like fruit. |
pitchpine | a kind of pine tree. |
pittosporum | any of numerous chiefly subtropical evergreen shrubs or small trees constituting the genus Pittosporum, native esp. to Australasia and China. |
pituri | an Australian solanaceous shrub > PITURIS. |
platan platane | the plane tree. |
plumeria | a flowering shrub, aka FRANGIPANI. |
pohutukawa | a New Zealand evergreen which bears clusters of red flowers in December and January; thus called the Christmas tree. |
poinciana | a tree of the tropical genus Poinciana. [From De Poinci, a French W. Indian governor]. |
poinsettia | a Mexican shrub with very large and conspicuous vermilion bracts below the yellowish flowers. [From Joel Roberts Poinsett, U.S. minister to Mexico during the 1820s]. |
poisonwood | a poisonous tree of the cashew family native to Florida. |
pollard | a tree pruned back to the trunk; (verb) to prune back a tree to its trunk. |
ponderosa | a kind of pine found in the US. |
poon | an E. Indian tree. [Malayalam punna]. |
popinac popinack | a thorny shrub or small tree of tropical or subtropical America, with clusters of fragrant yellow flowers, aka huisache. |
poplar | a genus (Populus) of rapidly growing trees of the willow family. |
prickwood | the spindle tree. |
privet | a half-evergreen European shrub of the olive family. |
prunus | a genus of tree including plum > PRUNUSES. [L. prunus, plum-tree]. |
puka | a large evergreen tree, aka BROADLEAF, KAPUKA, PAPAUMA. |
pukatea | an aromatic New Zealand tree, valued for its high-quality timber. |
pupunha | the peach-palm; its fruit. [Port. from Tupi]. |
puriri | a timber tree of New Zealand, with red berries and glossy green leaves. |
pyengadu pyinkado | the ironwood tree > PYENGADUS, PYINKADOS. |
pyracanth pyracantha | the evergreen thorn (Crataegus pyracantha), a shrub native of Europe. |
pyxie | an evergreen shrub. [From L. pyxidium, the generic name]. |
qat | see KAT. |
quandang quandong quantong | a small Australian tree of the sandalwood family. |
quebracho | any of several tropical American trees and their timber or bark > QUEBRACHOS. [Sp. quebrar, to break + hacho, axe]. |
quercetum | a plantation of oak trees > QUERCETUMS. |
quercine | pertaining to an oak tree. |
quickbeam quicken | the rowan tree. |
quickset | formed of living plants arranged in place. |
quickthorn | hawthorn. |
quillai | see CULLAY. |
quillaia | see CULLAY. |
quillaja | see CULLAY. |
quina | see CHINACHINA. |
quinaquina | see CHINACHINA. |
quinquina | see CHINACHINA. |
rabbitbrush | any of several low branching composite shrubs found in the US. |
radiata | an originally Californian variety of pine tree, now grown especially in New Zealand for timber > RADIATAS. |
raffia raphia | a genus of handsome pinnately-leaved palms. |
rambutan | a tree of the same family as the LYCHEE; its edible fruit. [Malay rambut, hair]. |
ramin | a Malaysian hardwood tree; its timber. |
ramona | any of the various plants S. officinalis having aromatic greyish-green leaves, aka SAGEBRUSH. |
rangiora | an evergreen New Zealand shrub with large ovate leaves and small greenish-white flowers. |
raphia | see RAFFIA. |
rata | a myrtaceous New Zealand tree with hard red wood and bearing crimson flowers. |
ratan rattan | any of various esp. Malaysian climbing plants with long thin stems. |
ratany rhatany | a type of S. American shrub with astringent (styptic, contracting) roots. [Sp. ratania, from Quechua ratana]. |
rattan | see RATAN. |
rauwolfia | a tropical tree or shrub used as source of various drugs, especially the sedative RESERPINE. [From Leonhard Rauwolf, a German botanist]. |
redbay | a small tree. |
redbud | a small ornamental leguminous tree of the US. |
redwood | a species of SEQUOIA with reddish wood much used commercially. |
retama retem | a name for various desert plants, e.g. Spanish broom. |
rewarewa | a New Zealand tree whose wood is used in furniture making. |
rhamnus | a genus of shrubs and small trees; buckthorn > RHAMNUSES. [Gk. rhamnos]. |
rhatany | see RATANY. |
rhododendron | a large shrub > RHODODENDRA or RHODENDRONS. |
rhodie rhody | a rhododendron. |
rhododaphne | a flowering shrub. |
rhodora | a N. American azalea, bearing rose-purple flowers before the leaves. |
rhody | see RHODIE. |
rhus | a genus of shrubs and small trees > RHUSES. |
ribbonwood | a small evergreen malvaceous tree of New Zealand. |
ribes | a genus of shrubs including gooseberries and currants of many kinds. |
rimu | a coniferous New Zealand tree. |
robinia | a genus of leguminous trees including the common locust of North America. [From Jean and Vespasien Robin, royal gardeners in Paris in the late 16th and early 17th cents]. |
roble | a name for various species of oak. |
rockrose | a shrub of the Potentilla genus. |
romneya | a genus of papaveraceous shrubs. [From Thomas Romney Robinson (1792—1882), British astronomer and physicist]. |
rosebay | the oleander; any rhododendron. |
rosebush | a bush bearing roses. |
rosier rosiere | a rose-bush. |
rotan | = RATTAN, any of various esp. Malaysian climbing plants with long thin stems. |
rowan | a small deciduous tree. |
rubus | a genus of rosaceous plants, including the raspberry and blackberry > RUBUSES. |
sabal | a variety of palm tree. |
sabicu | a Caribbean tree, aka horsehead mahogany. |
sabine | an evergreen shrub. |
sagebrush | a low irregular shrub covering vast tracts of the dry alkaline regions of the American plains. |
sago | a type of palm tree; a nutritive cereal derived from its pith > SAGOS. [Malay sagu]. |
saikei | a Japanese miniature landscape of bonsai trees etc. |
saksaul saxaul | a low, thick, contorted tree of the goosefoot family. |
sal | a large North Indian tree. |
salal sallal | a N.W. American ericaceous shrub. [Chinook]. |
salix | a genus of trees or shrubs including the willow, osier, and the like, growing usually in wet grounds > SALICES. |
sallal | see SALAL. |
sallee | a species of acacia. |
saltbush | an Australian plant of the goosefoot family. |
samaan saman zaman zamang | the rain-tree, a member of the mimosa family. |
sandalwood | a compact and fine-grained very fragrant E Indian wood; the parasitic tree yielding it. |
sandbox | a tree with woody capsules that explode when ripe, used to hold sand for drying ink. |
santol | a tropical tree. |
santolina | a genus of fragrant Mediterranean shrubs. |
saouari souari | a tree of Guiana, yielding butternuts. |
sapling | a young tree. |
sapodilla sapota zapotilla | the edible fruit of a Mexican tree. |
sapote | a tropical American tree. |
sapucaia | a S. American tree, related to the Brazil nut; the oily edible seed of this. [Port. f. Tupi yasapukaya.] |
saskatoon | an amelanchier of western N. America; the sweet purple edible berry of this shrub. [Cree]. |
sassafras | an American tree of the Laurel family; also, the bark of the roots, which has an aromatic smell and taste. |
sasswood | an African tree. |
sauch saugh | a sallow. |
saughy | full of SAUGHS, willows. No comp! |
savin savine | a species of JUNIPER. |
saxaul | see SAKSAUL. |
schefflera | any of various evergreen tropical or subtropical shrubs of the family Araliaceae, having large compound leaves and clusters of small flowers followed by berries. |
screwbean | a leguminous shrub or small tree of the southwestern US. |
sebesten | an oriental boraginaceous tree; its edible plumlike fruit. [Arabic sebastan]. |
sequoia | a genus of coniferous trees, attaining an immense size. |
seringa | a Brazilian tree yielding rubber. |
shadblow shadbush | an American rosaceous bush flowering at shad spawning time. |
shaddock | a grapefruit-like tree and fruit. |
shagbark | a rough-barked species of hickory, its nut. Aka SHELLBARK. |
shallon | an evergreen shrub of Northwest America; also, its fruit. Aka SALAL. |
shea | an African sapotaceous tree, from the seeds of which a substance resembling butter is obtained; the African butter tree. |
shellbark | a species of hickory whose outer bark is loose and peeling; a shagbark; also, its nut. |
shittah | a Biblical tree, probably a species of acacia. |
sigillarid | one of an extinct family of cryptogamous trees, including the genus Sigillaria and its allies. |
silverberry | a silvery N. American shrub of the oleaster family. |
simarouba simaruba | a tropical American tree. |
sissoo | a papilionaceous Indian timber tree or its wood. [Hindi sisu]. |
sitka | as in sitka spruce, a tall N. American spruce tree. |
skimmia | an Asiatic shrub with holly-like leaves and fragrant panicles of flowers. [Japanese shirimi]. |
sloebush sloethorn sloetree | the blackthorn tree. |
smokebush | a plant with purple leaves and small flowers that turn grey-white before they fall. |
sneezewood | a S. African timber tree, or its wood, whose sawdust causes sneezing. |
snowbell | a flowering shrub. |
snowberry | the white berry of a N. American shrub of the honeysuckle family. |
snowbush | any of several white-flowered ornamental N. American shrubs. |
soapbark | a S. American tree, the bark of which can be used as soap. |
soapberry | any tree of the genus Sapindus, the fleshy part of whose fruit is used instead of soap in washing linen. |
sorbaria | a small deciduous shrub with clusters of white flowers. |
sorbus | any plant of a large genus of deciduous trees, including the srvice tree and rowan > SORBUSES. [L. sorbus, service-tree]. |
souari | see SAOUARI. |
sourgum | a softwood tree of eastern N. America. |
soursop | a W. Indian tree of the Anona species; its large, sour, pulpy fruit. |
sourwood | the sorrel tree. |
southernwood | an aromatic shrub of the wormwood genus. |
sparkleberry | a shrub or small tree bearing black berries, native to southern parts of North America. |
spart | esparto, Spanish broom. |
spekboom | a South African succulent shrub of the purslane family. [Dutch 'bacon tree']. |
spicebush | a pungently aromatic N. American shrub of the laurel family. |
spiderwood | a kind of tree found in New Zealand. |
spruce | a type of coniferous tree; (adj.) smart, dapper > SPRUCER, SPRUCEST; (verb) to make smart. |
squawbush | an American shrub. |
staggerbush | a shrubby heath of the Eastern US, poisonous to livestock. |
steeplebush | another name for HARDHACK. |
sterculia | any tree or shrub of genus Sterculia, including KOLA and CACAO. |
stringybark | an Australian tree. |
sugarberry | any of several hackberries with sweet edible fruits. |
sugarbush | an area covered in sugar maple trees. |
sumac sumach | any of various shrubs and small trees of the genus Rhus. |
sundari sundra sundri | an E. Indian tree. |
supplejack | a woody climber with a tough pliant stem. |
sweetbriar sweetbrier | a wild rose with fragrant foliage. |
sweetsop | a tropical American evergreen; its sweet fruit. |
sweetwood | a S. American lauraceous tree. |
sycamine | the mulberry tree. |
sycamore | in England, the great maple (Acer pseudoplatanus). |
sycomore | a kind of fig tree. |
syringa | the mock orange. [Gk. syrinx, shepherd's pipe]. |
talipat talipot | a very tall southern Indian fan palm with enormous leaves which are used as sunshades etc. |
tamanu | an E. Indian tree, yielding TACAMAHAC, a kind of gum resin. |
tamarack | the American or black larch. |
tamarind | a large tropical tree; its fruit. [Arabic tamr-Hindi, date of India]. |
tamarisk | a heathlike shrub or tree of warm regions. |
taraire | a type of New Zealand tree. |
tauhinu | a New Zealand poplar tree. |
taupata | a New Zealand tree with shiny dark green leaves. |
tawai tawhai | any of various species of Nothofagus, New Zealand beech. |
tawheowheo | a type of azalea found in New Zealand. |
tawhiri | a small New Zealand tree with wavy glossy dark green leaves. |
taxus | an evergreen shrub > TAXUS. |
teak | a large tree of the verbena family of India and SE Asia; the timber of this tree, a dark heavy oily wood of great strength and durability. [Malayalam tekka]. |
teil | an oak-like hardwood tree, the TEREBINTH, which when cut exudes a fragrant resinous juice. [OF teil, L. tilia]. |
terebinth | [Gk.] a small Mediterranean tree yielding a resinous liquid. [Gk. terebinthos]. |
tewart tooart tuart | a strong-timbered eucalyptus. |
thornbush | a bush bearing thorns. |
thorntree | any tree bearing thorns. |
thuja thuya | a genus of evergreen trees, thickly branched, with scalelike, closely imbricated, or compressed leaves. |
thyine | in biblical translations and allusions > of, pertaining to, or designating (the wood of) the thuya. |
ti | a small Pacific tree; a musical note. |
tibouchina | a plant of the Tibouchina genus of shrubs, with purple flowers. [Native name in Guiana]. |
tigridia | a type of tropical American plant. |
titoki | a New Zealand tree > TITOKIS. |
tod todde | a bush esp. of ivy. |
tonka | as in tonka bean, a tall leguminous African tree with fragrant black almond-shaped seeds. |
tooart | see TEWART. |
toon | an Indian tree of the mahogany family. [Hindi tun]. |
toquilla | a S. American palm-like tree; a fibre obtained from its leaves. [Sp. dim. of toca, toque]. |
tornillo | a flowering shrub, aka the screw-bean > TORNILLOS. [Sp. dim. of torno, turn]. |
totara | a New Zealand timber tree, with reddish wood > mahogany pine. |
toyon | an ornamental evergreen shrub. [Mex. Sp. tollón.] |
troelie troely troolie | an Amazonian palm tree, aka BUSSU; its immense leaf, used for thatching. [Tupi tururí]. |
tuart | see TEWART. |
tuckamore | (Canadian) a stunted tree or bush, especially a spruce or juniper, with creeping roots and interlacing branches. |
tumatakuru | a native thorny shrub of New Zealand, aka Wild Irishman. |
tung | a kind of Chinese tree. |
tupelo | a North American tree of the Dogwood family, having brilliant, glossy foliage and acid red berries. [Creek]. |
twinberry twinflower | a shrubby North American honeysuckle. |
ule | see HULE. |
ulex | gorse > ULEXES or ULICES. |
upas | a tree with a poisonous drip > UPASES. [Malay upas, poison]. |
vaccinium | a genus of ericaceous shrubs including the various kinds of blueberries and the true cranberries. [L. vaccinium, whortleberry]. |
viburnum | a kind of shrub or tree including the guelder-rose. [L. viburnum, the wayfaring tree]. |
viscum | a genus of parasitic shrubs, including the mistletoe of Europe > VISCUMS. |
vitaceous | of a family of flowering plants that includes the grapevine. |
vitex | any of various shrubs and small trees of the verbena family > VITEXES. |
waboom wagenboom | a South African proteaceous tree; also, its tough wood, used for making wagon wheels. [Dutch 'wagon-tree']. |
wallaba | a leguminous tree of Demerara, with pinnate leaves and clusters of red flowers. [Native name]. |
wandoo | an Australian hardwood tree. |
waratah | any of a genus of Australian proteaceous shrubs with very showy flowers. |
weigela weigelia | a hardy garden shrub belonging to the honeysuckle family, with white or red flowers. |
wenge | a type of tree found in central and West Africa. |
whin | gorse, furze. |
whinny | abounding in whins > WHINNIER, WHINNIEST; (verb) to make a high neighing sound. |
whitebeam | a small tree (Sorbus aria or Pyrus aria) with leaves white and downy on the underside. |
whitethorn | the hawthorn. |
whitewood | the soft and easily-worked wood of the tulip tree, much used in cabinetwork, carriage building, etc. |
whiteywood | a New Zealand tree with smooth pale bark, aka MAHOE. |
whortleberry | a widely-spread heath plant with a dark blue edible berry. |
wich wych | a tree with pliant branches, as in wych elm. |
wickape | an American tree, aka LEATHERWOOD. [Algonquin]. |
wicken wicky | the rowan tree. |
wicopy | see WICKAPE. |
wilga | a small white-flowered Australian tree. |
willow | any tree or shrub of the genus Salix, having slender pliant branches; (verb) to clean in a willowing machine. |
winterberry | a name given to several shrubs of the genus Ilex, growing in the eastern parts of N America. |
wirilda | an Australian acacia tree. |
witchen | the mountain-ash; the wych-elm. |
witgat witgatboom | a South African evergreen tree with edible roots used as a coffee substitute when roasted. [Afk., f. wit, white + gat, hole + boom, tree]. |
witherod | an American shrub. |
withy | a willow, a WITHE; (adj.) made of withes, supple > WITHIER, WITHIEST. |
wolfberry | an American shrub which bears soft white berries. |
woodbind woodbine | the honeysuckle, applied also to other creepers. |
woollybutt | a kind of eucalyptus with fibrous bark. |
wych | see WICH. |
yacca yacka | a West Indian name for two large timber trees of the Yew family. [Sp. yaca, from Taino]. |
yang | a species of Thai timber tree. |
yapon yaupon youpon yupon | a bushy evergreen shrub of the holly genus. |
yaqona | a shrub, of the West Pacific islands, aka KAVA; a narcotic fermented drink made esp. in Fiji from its macerated roots. |
yarran | a small eucalyptus tree. |
yaupon | see YAPON. |
yellowbark | another name for CALISAYA. |
yew | any tree of the genus Taxus. |
yohimbe | (Bantu) a tropical African tree. |
youpon | see YAPON. |
yulan | a kind of MAGNOLIA, producing large white flowers. |
yupon | see YAPON. |
zaman | see SAMAN. |
zamang | see SAMAN. |
zamia | a genus of cycads. |
zanthoxylum | any rutaceous shrub or tree of the genus Zanthoxylum, of temperate and subtropical E Asia and North America > includes the prickly ash and the West Indian yellowwood |
zapotilla | see SAPODILLA. |
zebrano | a tree with striped wood > ZEBRANOS. |
zelkova | a Japanese tree. |
zizyphus | a shrub or tree of the buckthorn family, aka the JUJUBE tree. [L. jujube tree]. |