agave |
any of the tropical American plants, such as the century plant, that are related to the amaryllis and have tall, branched clusters of flowers and leaves with spiny edges. |
ageratum |
any of various low-growing, cultivated American plants of the aster family, with violet-blue or white flowers. |
bilberry |
any of several woody wild or cultivated North American plants that produce edible dark blue berries. [1/2 definitions] |
bouvardia |
any of several tropical American plants cultivated for their showy red or white flowers. |
camas |
any of various North American plants of the lily family that bear clusters of blue or white flowers and have a sweet edible bulb. [1/2 definitions] |
cassava |
any of several tropical American plants with a tuberous root that yields a nutritive starch. [1/2 definitions] |
cube2 |
any of certain American plants related to the pea, the roots of which yield rotenone. |
curare |
a resinous extract of certain South American plants, used as an arrow poison or as a drug for relaxing muscles. [2 definitions] |
death camas |
any of various North American plants of the lily family that bear white or greenish flowers and have roots that are poisonous, esp. to sheep. |
gentian |
any of a large variety of European and American plants that bear colorful, usu. blue or yellow flowers. [1/2 definitions] |
guaco |
any of several tropical South American plants that yield a medicinal substance used to treat snakebite. |
ipecac |
either of two tropical South American plants related to madder, coffee, and gardenia, whose roots are used medicinally. [1/2 definitions] |
istle |
a fiber from any of various tropical American plants such as agave and yucca, used for cords, nets, carpets, and the like. |
lungwort |
a related American plant having grayish leaves and bearing bell-shaped blue flowers; bluebell; Virginia cowslip. [1/2 definitions] |
partridgeberry |
a creeping woody North American plant that has round leaves and bears white flowers and scarlet berries. |
poison ivy |
a North American plant bearing leaflets in groups of three, greenish flowers, and white berries and secreting an oil that can cause a severe rash on contact. [1/2 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. |
sabadilla |
a tropical American plant of the lily family, with poisonous seeds that are used in insecticides. |
sensitive plant |
a tropical American plant, related to the mimosa, that bears tiny purple flowers in clusters and has leaflets that fold together at even a slight touch. [1/2 definitions] |
skunk cabbage |
a perennial eastern North American plant with large cabbagelike leaves, bearing a cluster of small flowers in a purple hooded covering, and having an unpleasant smell, or a related plant of western North America. |
sycamore |
any of a group of tall trees bearing leaves with hollow leafstalk bases and flowers in balls, esp. the American plane tree or buttonwood. [2/3 definitions] |