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| balata |
a tropical American tree with dark red wood that yields a latex sap. [2 definitions] |
| bloodroot |
a North American spring wildflower that bears a single white flower and has a fleshy red root that yields a toxic red sap. |
| guayule |
a small woody shrub, with sap from which rubber can be made. [2 definitions] |
| lactescent |
forming or exuding a milky sap, as certain plants. [1/3 definitions] |
| latex |
the sticky, usu. milky sap of certain plants such as the rubber tree, that coagulates when exposed to air. [1/2 definitions] |
| maple |
any of numerous related deciduous hardwood trees found in temperate zones, cultivated as ornamentals or for their wood or sweet sap. [1/2 definitions] |
| maple sugar |
a sweet, yellowish brown, crystalline substance obtained by fully reducing the syrup made from the sap of maple trees. |
| maple syrup |
a sweet, viscous liquid made by reducing the sap from maple trees. |
| opium poppy |
a Eurasian annual poppy having grayish-green leaves and bearing large white, red, pink, or purple flowers, and oily seeds, the unripe pods of which may be harvested for their opium-containing sap. |
| palmyra |
a fan palm of Asia and Africa cultivated for its durable wood, its edible fruit, its sap, used for beverages, and its leaves, used for thatching. |
| rosin |
a translucent, yellow-brown, brittle residue of the distillation of turpentine from pine sap, used as a friction-increasing agent, as on the bows of certain stringed instruments, and in manufacturing varnish, inks, and soap. [1/3 definitions] |
| rosinweed |
any of several related, composite, North American plants that have a resinous sap, sticky exterior, and strong aroma, such as the compass plant or the gum plant. |
| rubber1 |
a highly elastic solid made of dried and coagulated sap or latex from various tropical plants, esp. the rubber tree. [1/9 definitions] |
| rubber plant |
any of several plants that yield a milky sap from which crude rubber can be coagulated. [1/2 definitions] |
| sap1 |
to drain of sap. [1/4 definitions] |
| sap2 |
to approach (an enemy fortification) by means of a sap or a system of saps. [1/4 definitions] |
| sappy |
full of or covered with sap. [1/3 definitions] |
| sapsucker |
either of two types of woodpecker native to North America that feed on the sap and insects of certain trees. |
| sapwood |
the newer, softer layers of wood, between the bark and the heartwood, that conduct water and sap in a tree. |
| spile |
a tap or spout driven into a sugar maple through which the sap is drawn off. [1/4 definitions] |
| succulent |
full of juice or sap; juicy. [1/3 definitions] |
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