22 Rhymes For PHYSALIS-IXOCARPA

• tall California cypress endemic on Monterey Bay; widely used for ornament as well as reforestation and shelterbelt planting

• a plant having leaves and stems covered with down that resembles dust

• tropical South American tree having a wide-spreading crown of bipinnate leaves and coiled ear-shaped fruits; grown for shade and ornament as well as valuable timber

• the central research and development organization for the United States Department of Defense; responsible for developing new surveillance technologies since 9/11

• very small genus of twining vines of North America and Asia: hog peanut

• small hybrid apricot of Asia and Asia Minor having purplish twigs and white flowers following by inferior purple fruit

• very large closely branched South African shrub having forked bright green spines and shiny leaves

• stemless plant with tufts of grasslike leaves and erect panicle of minute creamy white flowers; southwestern United States and Mexico

• evening-opening primrose of south central United States

• a stemless palm tree of Brazil and Peru bearing ivory nuts

• Brazilian shrub having twice-pinnate leaves and small spicate flowers followed by flat or irregularly torulose pods; sometimes placed in genus Piptadenia

• cottonwood of western North America with dark green leaves shining above and rusty or silvery beneath

• douglas fir of California having cones 4-8 inches long

• medium to large deciduous oak of central and eastern North America with ovoid acorns deeply immersed in large fringed cups; yields tough close-grained wood

• small stocky fan palm of southern Florida and Cuba

• medium-tall timber tree of the Rocky Mountains having a narrowly conic to columnar crown

• very small genus of twining vines of North America and Asia: hog peanut

• a small shrubby spiny tree cultivated for its maroon-purple fruit with sweet purple pulp tasting like gooseberries; Sri Lanka and India

• deciduous roundheaded Asiatic tree widely grown in mild climates as an ornamental for its heart-shaped leaves and fragrant yellow-green flowers followed by hanging clusters of fleshy orange-red berries