| anil |
a shrub of the pea family that is native to the West Indies, and from which indigo is obtained, or the blue dye itself. [1/2 definitions] |
| antifamily |
combined form of family. |
| appanage |
a grant of land or revenue made by a king or queen to a dependent member of the royal family. [1/2 definitions] |
| araroba |
this tree, a member of the pea family. [1/2 definitions] |
| Arawakan |
a family of South American Indian languages that includes Arawak. |
| arbutus |
an evergreen tree or shrub of the heath family having broad dark green leaves and bearing clusters of pink or white flowers and small strawberrylike fruit. [2 definitions] |
| arm2 |
(pl.) the insignia of a family or institution. [1/7 definitions] |
| arnica |
a medicinal plant of the aster family, having bright yellow, rayed blossoms. [1/2 definitions] |
| arugula |
a plant of the mustard family having flat, green leaves that have a distinctive pungent taste and are often used as salad greens. |
| arum |
any of a family of plants, such as jack-in-the-pulpit, with arrow-shaped leaves and bearing a flower, at the tip of a long spike, that is enclosed by a hoodlike leaf. [1/2 definitions] |
| aster |
any of a large family of plants whose white, pink, blue, or purple flowers consist of numerous narrow petals around a yellow center. |
| aucuba |
an Asian evergreen shrub of the dogwood family that has variegated leaves and bears red berries. |
| au pair |
(French) a girl or woman who works for a family, usu. in a foreign country, in exchange for room and board. [1/2 definitions] |
| Austroasiatic |
a language family of Southeast Asia that includes Vietnamese and Khmer. |
| Austronesian |
a family of languages spoken over a vast area from the Indian Ocean to New Zealand and Hawaii. [1/3 definitions] |
| baby |
the youngest person in a family or group. [1/12 definitions] |
| baby's-breath |
a plant of the pink family that has small delicate white or pink flowers that grow in branching clusters. |
| balsam fir |
an evergreen tree of the pine family, native to Canada and the northeastern United States, which is cut for pulpwood and Christmas trees and from which Canada balsam is derived. |
| baneberry |
a plant of the buttercup family that bears white flowers and fleshy poisonous red or white berries. [1/2 definitions] |
| basil |
a type of aromatic herb of the mint family, used in cooking. |
| bass1 |
the instrument within a family of musical instruments that plays the lowest tones. [1/5 definitions] |