24 Rhymes For LAGERSTROEMIA-SPECIOSA

• books on strange or unusual subjects (especially erotica)

• any of various plants of the genus Scabiosa

• cultivated for its shining oblong leaves and arching clusters of white flowers with pink shading and crinkled yellow lips with variegated magenta stripes

• an ancient country is eastern Asia Minor

• cultivated for its shining oblong leaves and arching clusters of white flowers with pink shading and crinkled yellow lips with variegated magenta stripes

• milkweed of southern North America having large starry purple and pink flowers

• catalpa tree of central United States

• deciduous thorny shrub native to China having red or white blossoms

• tall herb with panicles of white flowers flushed with green; northwestern United States; sometimes placed in genus Swertia

• any plant of the genus Gloriosa of tropical Africa and Asia; a perennial herb climbing by means of tendrils at leaf tips having showy yellow to red or purple flowers; all parts are poisonous

• South American herb cultivated in many varieties as a houseplant for its large handsome leaves and large variously colored bell-shaped flowers

• tall herb with panicles of white flowers flushed with green; northwestern United States; sometimes placed in genus Swertia

• climbing vine native to China; cultivated in New Zealand for its fuzzy edible fruit with green meat

• hickory of the eastern United States resembling the shagbark but having a much larger nut

• tall European perennial having purple flower heads

• a tropical floating aquatic plant having spikes of large blue flowers; troublesome in clogging waterways especially in southern United States

• fig tree of India noted for great size and longevity; lacks the prop roots of the banyan; regarded as sacred by Buddhists

• sometimes placed in family Colchicaceae; one species: glory lily

• annual or perennial herbs or subshrubs; mainly Mediterranean

• South American herb cultivated in many varieties as a houseplant for its large handsome leaves and large variously colored bell-shaped flowers

• glossy black Asiatic starling often taught to mimic speech

• tropical American vine having roots that hang like cords and cylindrical fruit with a pineapple and banana flavor

• tall feather palm of northern Brazil with hard-shelled nuts yielding valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory

• yucca of southeastern United States similar to the Spanish bayonets but with shorter trunk and smoother leaves