45 Rhymes For SWERTIA-SPECIOSA

• books on strange or unusual subjects (especially erotica)

• any of various plants of the genus Scabiosa

• 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

• 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

• native to Asia, Australia, and East Indies, where it provides timber called pyinma; used elsewhere as an ornamental for its large showy flowers

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

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

• Spanish grass with light feathery panicles grown for dried bouquets

• a North American vine with fragrant blossoms and edible tubers; important food crop of Native Americans

• small shrub of colder parts of North America and Greenland

• prostrate spiny shrub of the Mediterranean region cultivated for its greenish flower buds which are pickled

• smooth-barked North American hickory with 7 to 9 leaflets bearing a hard-shelled edible nut

• most common paintbrush of western United States dry lands; having erect stems ending in dense spikes of bright orange to red flowers

• greyish-green shrub of desert regions of southwestern United States and Mexico having sparse foliage and terminal spikes of bluish violet flowers; locally important as source of a light-colored honey of excellent flavor

• Chilean evergreen shrub having delicate spikes of small white flowers

• a perennial marsh gentian of eastern North America

• perennial herb of North America

• of Canada and northeastern United States

• Eurasian plant having loose racemes of pink or purple flowers and spiny stems and tough roots

• tall tree of Baja California having deciduous bark and large alternate palmately lobed leaves and ball-shaped clusters of flowers

• thorny deep-rooted drought-resistant shrub native to southwestern United States and Mexico bearing pods rich in sugar and important as livestock feed; tends to form extensive thickets

• tropical American weed having pale yellow or orange flowers naturalized in southern United States

• eastern North American herb whose yellow flowers are (or were) used in dyeing

• venomous tropical marine fish resembling a piece of rock

• European vetch much cultivated as forage and cover crops

• 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