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conker |
(chiefly British; informal) a brown, inedible nut encased in a spiky husk produced by a horse chestnut tree. [1/2 definitions] |
horse chestnut |
any of a family of large, full trees bearing large fingerlike leaves, flowerclusters, and smooth, brown, inedible nuts encased in spiny husks. [1/2 definitions] |
menhaden |
an inedible fish related to the herring, found in the western Atlantic Ocean and used for bait and for making oil and fertilizer. |
Osage orange |
the inedible, orangelike fruit of this tree. [1/2 definitions] |
toadstool |
a mushroom, esp. one that is umbrella-shaped, inedible, and, often, poisonous. |
Virginia creeper |
a climbing vine of eastern North America that has palmately compound leaves and bears green flower clusters and bluish black, inedible berries; woodbine. |
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