17 9 noun
• medium-sized birch of eastern North America having white or pale grey bark and valueless wood; occurs often as a second-growth forest tree
Example sentence • The betula populifolia is native to eastern North America.
16 6 noun, adjective n, adj noun
• shrub of eastern and southern coastal United States having beautiful racemes of spice-scented white flowers
Example sentence • The clethra alnifolia produces fragrant white flowers in late summer.
20 9 noun n noun
• yellow-flowered European plant that grows on old walls and in waste places; an adventive weed in North America
22 10 noun n noun
• plant with basal leathery elliptic leaves and erect leafless flower stalks each bearing a dense roundish cluster of tiny white flowers; moist places of northwestern North America to Oregon and Idaho
21 9 noun n noun
• common North American yellow-flowered plant
Example sentence • The lysimachia quadrifolia is a flowering plant species in the family Primulaceae.
27 12 noun n noun
• wild aster with fernlike leaves and flower heads with very narrow bright purple rays; Alberta to Texas and Mexico
16 7 noun n noun
• a coarse Old World wild water mint having long leaves and spikelike clusters of flowers; naturalized in the eastern United States
21 10 noun n noun
• leafy wildflower with lavender-pink flowers that open in the evening and remain through cool part of the next day; found in open woods or brush in mountains of southern Colorado to Arizona and into Mexico
18 9 noun n noun
• medium-sized hop hornbeam of southern Europe and Asia Minor
26 10 noun n noun
• common North American vine with compound leaves and bluish-black berrylike fruit
20 9 noun n noun
• West Indian passionflower; cultivated for its yellow edible fruit
16 8 noun n noun
• California evergreen wild plum with spiny leathery leaves and white flowers
22 11 noun n noun
• medium-sized Caucasian much-branched tree distinguished from other walnut trees by its winged fruit
17 8 noun n noun
• shrubby oak of southeastern United States usually forming dense thickets
18 8 noun
• gaunt Tasmanian evergreen shrubby tree with slender tapering leaves 3 to 5 feet long
22 10 noun n noun
• plants forming dense cushions with bright reddish-lavender flowers; rocky areas of Europe and Asia and western North America
23 11 noun n noun
• perennial stellate and hairy herb with small yellow flowers of mountains of southern Europe; sometimes placed in genus Sisymbrium
15 7 noun n noun
• small fast-growing tree native to Asia; widely grown as shelterbelts and hedges
Example sentence • The ulmus parvifolia is a deciduous tree that can reach heights of up to 60 feet.
21 10 noun n noun
• perennial decumbent herb having small opposite leaves and racemes of blue flowers; throughout Eurasia and the New World
17 8 noun n noun
• East Indian legume having hairy foliage and small yellow flowers followed by cylindrical pods; used especially in India for food and forage and as a soil conditioner; sometimes placed in genus Phaseolus
14 6 noun n noun
• a stiff yucca with a short trunk; found in the southern United States and tropical America; has rigid spine-tipped leaves and clusters of white flowers
8 4 noun n noun
• a psychological disorder characterized by delusions of persecution or grandeur
Example sentence • Her constant fear of being followed was a clear sign of her paranoia .
7 4 noun n
No meanings yet for this word...
9 5 noun n noun
• type genus of the Latimeridae: coelacanth
Example sentence • The latimeria is a rare species of fish that is often referred to as a living fossil.
9 5 noun n noun
• A slender cytoplasmic projection which extends from the leading edge of a migrating cell
Example sentence • The cell extends filopodia to explore its environment.
9 5 noun n noun
• A free-living motile form of a trematode, covered with cilia, which settles in a mollusc intermediate host to become a sporocyst
Example sentence • The miracidia swim freely in water until they find a suitable host.
10 5 noun n
No meanings yet for this word...
7 4 noun n noun
• The marginal membrane of certain medusae belonging to the Discophora
Example sentence • The velaria were colorful and provided shade for the spectators at the outdoor concert.
8 5 noun n
No meanings yet for this word...
7 3 noun n noun
• wood of either of two huge coniferous California trees that reach a height of 300 feet; sometimes placed in the Taxodiaceae
Example sentence • The giant sequoia is one of the most majestic trees in the world.
11 6 noun n noun
• large fast-growing Chinese monoecious tree having flat bright-green deciduous leaves and small globular cones; commonly cultivated in United States as an ornamental; known as a fossil before being discovered in China
15 4 noun n noun
• loss of sensation in the extremities
11 6 noun n noun
• a condition in which the urine (which is normally slightly acidic) is alkaline
Example sentence • The doctor ordered a urinalysis to check for alkalinuria .
9 4 noun n noun
• cockroaches; in some classifications considered an order
Example sentence • The blattaria is a large order of insects that includes cockroaches and termites.
10 4 noun, adjective n, adj noun
• genus of herbs of southwestern America having usually creamy florets followed by one-seeded fruits in a prominent bristly sheath
7 3 noun n noun
• one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; during Roman times the region was known as Cambria
10 5 noun n noun
• tall ornamental grasses of South America and New Zealand and New Guinea: pampas grass
Example sentence • The cortaderia plant is native to South America.
8 4 noun n noun
• a disorder in the sense of smell
Example sentence • The patient experienced dysosmia which caused a distorted sense of smell.
10 5 noun n noun
• evergreen shrubs of New Zealand and South America
Example sentence • The leaves of griselinia are usually glossy and leathery.
15 7 noun n noun
• the presence of abnormally high levels of calcium in the urine; usually the result of excessive bone resorption in hyperparathyroidism or osteoporosis
Example sentence • Individuals with hypercalcinuria may develop kidney stones due to the increased levels of calcium in their urine.
8 4 noun n Example sentence • The seeds of irvingia are commonly used in traditional African cuisine.
8 2 noun
• genus of fern having only one species
12 6 noun n noun
• tissue consisting of glial cells with sheetlike processes that form the myelin sheath of nerve fibers
Example sentence • The oligodendria play a crucial role in producing the myelin sheath that covers nerve fibers.
9 5 noun
• genus of temperate Old World herbs: fleabane
8 4 noun n noun
• low tree ferns with large fronds; in rain forests and on lava flows of Hawaiian Islands
10 5 noun n noun
• genus of aquatic herbs of temperate and tropical regions having sagittate or hastate leaves and white scapose flowers
10 5 noun n noun
• sessile hydroid that forms feathery colonies
Example sentence • The sertularia has a unique branching and feathery appearance.
10 5 noun n noun
• one species; a dwarf creeping mat-forming evergreen herb
Example sentence • The delicate leaves of soleirolia create a lush carpet effect in garden beds.
11 6 noun n noun
• autosomal recessive defect in tyrosine metabolism resulting in liver and kidney disturbances and mental retardation
Example sentence • Untreated tyrosinemia can lead to liver and kidney problems.
9 5 noun n noun
• small genus of chiefly Mediterranean herbs: bladderpods
Example sentence • Many species of vesicaria are native to the Andes region of South America.
or scroll down to see all results...
