English words for 'Apocynum androsaemifolium (flytrap dogbane)'
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noun
- Apocynum androsaemifolium (flytrap dogbane)
- Asclepias tuberosa (butterfly milkweed)
- Asarum canadense (wild ginger)
- Dioscorea villosa (Chinaroot, wild yam)
- A bitter American herb of the bloodwort family (Haemodoraceae), with small yellow or white flowers in a long spike.
- Aletris spp. (crow corn)
- Liatris squarrosa (scaly blazingstar)
- any of several perennials of the genus Aletris having grasslike leaves and bitter roots reputed to cure colic
noun
- Apocynum androsaemifolium (fly-trap dogbane).
- Lewisia rediviva, a small, low, pink flower with a yellow center.
- Gentiana lutea (great yellow gentian, bitterwort)
- showy succulent ground-hugging plant of Rocky Mountains regions having deep to pale pink flowers and fleshy farinaceous roots; the Montana state flower
adj
noun
- (US) Arisaema triphyllum.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see Indian, turnip. (also meaning Brassica rapa cultivars in India)
- common American spring-flowering woodland herb having sheathing leaves and an upright club-shaped spadix with overarching green and purple spathe producing scarlet berries
noun
- A petrel of the genera Pachyptila and Halobaena.
- (molecular biology) A self-propagating misfolded conformer of a protein that is responsible for a number of diseases that affect the brain and other neural tissue.
- (microbiology) an infectious protein particle similar to a virus but lacking nucleic acid; thought to be the agent responsible for scrapie and other degenerative diseases of the nervous system
noun
- species of genus Alopecurus (foxtail grasses).
- Wodyetia bifurcata (foxtail palm).
- Acalypha hispida (chenille plant).
- Hordeum jubatum (foxtail barley).
- (metallurgy) The last cinders obtained in the fining process.
- Any of various grasses having bushy seed spikelets that resemble the tail of a fox
- A tail of a fox.
- species of Setaria (foxtail millets).
- Lycopodiella alopecuroides 9foxtail clubmoss0.
- A dry spikelet or spikelet seed and flower cluster of some grasses.
- Bromus madritensis (foxtail brome).
- An orchid of species Rhynchostylis retusa.
- grasses of the genera Alopecurus and Setaria having dense silky or bristly brushlike flowering spikes
noun
- Cyperus alternifolius
- Darmera peltata
- Diphylleia cymosa
- Heptapleurum arboricola
- Podophyllum peltatum
- Eriogonum longifolium var. harperi
- rhizomatous perennial herb with large dramatic peltate leaves and white to bright pink flowers in round heads on leafless stems; colonizes stream banks in the Sierra Nevada in California
- late blooming perennial plant of shale barrens of Virginia having flowers in flat-topped clusters
- African sedge widely cultivated as an ornamental water plant for its terminal umbrellalike cluster of slender grasslike leaves
noun
- A vermilion flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubinus).
- A scarlet tanager (Piranga olivacea). (This species is now classified as belonging to the cardinal family: Cardinalidae)
- A Baltimore oriole (Icterus galbula).
- (Slavic mythology) A magical and prophetic glowing or burning bird from a faraway land, which is both a blessing and a harbinger of doom to its captor
- the male is bright red with black wings and tail
- eastern subspecies of northern oriole
- tropical American flycatcher found as far north as southern Texas and Arizona; adult male has bright scarlet and black plumage
noun
verb
- (transitive) To allow (something) to happen, to give permission for.
- (transitive) To allow (someone) to do something; to give permission to.
- (transitive, pronounced like noun) To attempt to obtain or succeed in obtaining formal authorization for (something).
- (transitive, pronounced like noun) To grant formal authorization for (something).
- (intransitive) To allow, to admit (of).
- (intransitive) To allow for, to make something possible.
- make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen
- consent to, give permission; permit
- allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting
noun
- Wild spikenard (Asarum europaeum).
- The plant Nardostachys jatamansi (syn. Nardostachys grandiflora).
- A perfumed ointment, extracted from the plant Nardostachys jatamansi that belongs to the Valerian family and grows in the Himalayas.
- Lavandula stoechas, another species used in antiquity to produce an aromatic oil.
- False spikenard (Maianthemum racemosum, syn. Smilacina racemosa)
- Any plant of the genus Aralia of the Araliaceae family.
- Ploughman's spikenard (Inula conyza, now Pentanema conyzae).
- an aromatic ointment used in antiquity
noun
- of species Saxifraga flagellaris (whiplash saxifrage)
- of genus Chlorophytum (spider lilies)
- of genus Cleome (spiderflowers)
- especially of species Chlorophytum comosum of green and white variegated evergreen perennial plants, grown as houseplants.
- native to South America but naturalized in warm parts of United States; grown for its long-lasting spider-shaped white to pink-purple flowers
noun
- (UK) Lateolabrax japonicus, Tautogolabrus adspersus
- (textiles) A frame used to examine cloth.
- A bar used to support a candle, especially in a church.
- (Ghana) Distichodus engycephalus, Distichodus rostratus
- (figuratively) A position that is overly elevated or haughty.
- Any of the three species of spiny-finned freshwater fish in the genus Perca.
- (theater) A platform for lights to be directed at the stage.
- (Australia) Johnius belangerii, Macquaria ambigua, Macquaria colonorum, Macquaria novemaculeata, Nemadactylus macropterus
- (South Africa) Acanthopagrus berda
- (figuratively) A position that is secure and advantageous, especially one which is prominent or elevated.
- Several similar species in the order Perciformes, such as the grouper.
- A pole connecting the fore gear and hind gear of a spring carriage; a reach.
- A rod, staff, tree branch, ledge, etc., used as a roost by a bird.
- A cubic measure of stonework equal to 16.6 × 1.5 × 1 feet.
- (US) Kyphosus azureus
- support consisting of a branch or rod that serves as a resting place (especially for a bird)
- a linear measure of 16.5 feet
- any of numerous fishes of America and Europe
- any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of various families of the order Perciformes
- spiny-finned freshwater food and game fishes
- an elevated place serving as a seat
- a square rod of land
verb
- (intransitive) To stay in an elevated position.
- (transitive, intransitive, textiles) To inspect cloth using a perch.
- (transitive) To place something on (or as if on) a perch.
- (intransitive) To rest on a perch (especially, of a bird); to roost.
- (intransitive) To sit upon the edge of something.
- sit, as on a branch
- cause to perch or sit
- to come to rest, settle
noun
- Ellipsis of gooseneck barnacle.
- Ellipsis of gooseneck loosestrife.
- (nautical) The swivel connection on a sailboat located near the bottom of the mast that the boom attaches to. When a sailboat performs a tack or a jibe the gooseneck swings the boom from one side of the boat to the other.
- (often attributive) Anything with a slender curved shape, resembling the neck of a goose, such as the shaft of some lamps.
- something in a thin curved form (like the neck of a goose)
verb
noun
- Proboscidea spp. (mule grab, unicorn plant)
- Harpagophytum spp., especially Harpagophytum procumbens, native to South Africa.
- Pisonia spp. (catchbird trees)
- Ibicella lutea (yellow unicorn plant)
- Senegalia greggii (catclaw acacia, formerly Acacia greggii)
- Anything considered ugly or potentially harmful resembling a claw in appearance or behavior:
- (nautical) A metal hook for grabbing a ship's anchor chain.
- annual of southern United States to Mexico having large whitish or yellowish flowers mottled with purple and a long curving beak
noun
- Argyrosomus regius (meagre)
- Glaucosoma hebraicum (West Australian dhufish, Westralian jewfish, western jewfish)
- Lateolabrax japonicus (Japanese seabass)
- Argyrosomus japonicus (silver jewfish, also known as the mulloway jewfish in eastern Australia)
- Tandanus tandanus (eel-tailed catfish, freshwater jewfish, dewfish)
- Stereolepis gigas (black jewfish, Pacific jewfish)
- Johnius australis (bottlenose jewfish)
- Glaucosoma buergeri (Westralian jewfish)
- Epinephelus itajara (Atlantic goliath grouper, spotted jewfish)
- large important food fish of Australia; almost indistinguishable from the maigre
- large dark grouper with a thick head and rough scales
noun
- Bistorta officinalis (common bistort)
- Plantago major
- Rauvolfia serpentina (Indian snakeroot).
- Eryngium cuneifolium
- Asarum canadense (Canadian snakeroot)
- Eupatorium spp.
- Polygala senega (Seneca snakeroot)
- Any member of the genus Ageratina of perennials and rounded shrubs from the sunflower family, growing mainly in the warmer regions of the Americas.
- Aristolochia serpentaria (Virginia snakeroot)
- any of various North American plants of the genus Liatris having racemes or panicles of small discoid flower heads
- a plant of the genus Sanicula having palmately compound leaves and unisexual flowers in panicled umbels followed by bristly fruit; reputed to have healing powers
noun
- Austrogomphus cornutus, a species of dragonfly.
- Someone who invests in startups that may become unicorns (startups whose valuation has exceeded one billion U.S. dollars).
- (derogatory) Someone who seeks unicorns (bisexual women who participate in swinging or polyamory), stereotyped as harassing uninterested women.
noun
- also alder buckthorn (Frangula), especially Frangula alnus).
- especially common buckthorn or purging buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica).
- especially genus Rhamnus,
- sea buckthorn (Hippophae, in family Elaeagnaceae).
- a shrub or shrubby tree of the genus Rhamnus; fruits are source of yellow dyes or pigments
- any shrub or small tree of the genus Bumelia
- an Old World plantain with long narrow ribbed leaves widely established in temperate regions
noun
- Any of genus Apera of silky bent grasses.
- Any of genus Lachnagrostis of common slender, upright, tufted, light to yellow green, annual or short-lived perennial grasses up to 700 mm tall, often found as an urban weed, especially in waste land around puddles and in muddy ground, or around lakes, and fringing ponds, streams and on wetland margins and coastal areas.
noun
- Apocynum androsaemifolium (flytrap dogbane)
- Asclepias tuberosa (butterfly milkweed)
- Asarum canadense (wild ginger)
- Dioscorea villosa (Chinaroot, wild yam)
- A bitter American herb of the bloodwort family (Haemodoraceae), with small yellow or white flowers in a long spike.
- Aletris spp. (crow corn)
- Liatris squarrosa (scaly blazingstar)
- any of several perennials of the genus Aletris having grasslike leaves and bitter roots reputed to cure colic
noun
- Apocynum androsaemifolium (fly-trap dogbane).
- Lewisia rediviva, a small, low, pink flower with a yellow center.
- Gentiana lutea (great yellow gentian, bitterwort)
- showy succulent ground-hugging plant of Rocky Mountains regions having deep to pale pink flowers and fleshy farinaceous roots; the Montana state flower
adj
noun
- (US) Arisaema triphyllum.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see Indian, turnip. (also meaning Brassica rapa cultivars in India)
- common American spring-flowering woodland herb having sheathing leaves and an upright club-shaped spadix with overarching green and purple spathe producing scarlet berries
noun
- A petrel of the genera Pachyptila and Halobaena.
- (molecular biology) A self-propagating misfolded conformer of a protein that is responsible for a number of diseases that affect the brain and other neural tissue.
- (microbiology) an infectious protein particle similar to a virus but lacking nucleic acid; thought to be the agent responsible for scrapie and other degenerative diseases of the nervous system
noun
- species of genus Alopecurus (foxtail grasses).
- Wodyetia bifurcata (foxtail palm).
- Acalypha hispida (chenille plant).
- Hordeum jubatum (foxtail barley).
- (metallurgy) The last cinders obtained in the fining process.
- Any of various grasses having bushy seed spikelets that resemble the tail of a fox
- A tail of a fox.
- species of Setaria (foxtail millets).
- Lycopodiella alopecuroides 9foxtail clubmoss0.
- A dry spikelet or spikelet seed and flower cluster of some grasses.
- Bromus madritensis (foxtail brome).
- An orchid of species Rhynchostylis retusa.
- grasses of the genera Alopecurus and Setaria having dense silky or bristly brushlike flowering spikes
noun
- Cyperus alternifolius
- Darmera peltata
- Diphylleia cymosa
- Heptapleurum arboricola
- Podophyllum peltatum
- Eriogonum longifolium var. harperi
- rhizomatous perennial herb with large dramatic peltate leaves and white to bright pink flowers in round heads on leafless stems; colonizes stream banks in the Sierra Nevada in California
- late blooming perennial plant of shale barrens of Virginia having flowers in flat-topped clusters
- African sedge widely cultivated as an ornamental water plant for its terminal umbrellalike cluster of slender grasslike leaves
noun
- A vermilion flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubinus).
- A scarlet tanager (Piranga olivacea). (This species is now classified as belonging to the cardinal family: Cardinalidae)
- A Baltimore oriole (Icterus galbula).
- (Slavic mythology) A magical and prophetic glowing or burning bird from a faraway land, which is both a blessing and a harbinger of doom to its captor
- the male is bright red with black wings and tail
- eastern subspecies of northern oriole
- tropical American flycatcher found as far north as southern Texas and Arizona; adult male has bright scarlet and black plumage
noun
verb
- (transitive) To allow (something) to happen, to give permission for.
- (transitive) To allow (someone) to do something; to give permission to.
- (transitive, pronounced like noun) To attempt to obtain or succeed in obtaining formal authorization for (something).
- (transitive, pronounced like noun) To grant formal authorization for (something).
- (intransitive) To allow, to admit (of).
- (intransitive) To allow for, to make something possible.
- make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen
- consent to, give permission; permit
- allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting
noun
- Wild spikenard (Asarum europaeum).
- The plant Nardostachys jatamansi (syn. Nardostachys grandiflora).
- A perfumed ointment, extracted from the plant Nardostachys jatamansi that belongs to the Valerian family and grows in the Himalayas.
- Lavandula stoechas, another species used in antiquity to produce an aromatic oil.
- False spikenard (Maianthemum racemosum, syn. Smilacina racemosa)
- Any plant of the genus Aralia of the Araliaceae family.
- Ploughman's spikenard (Inula conyza, now Pentanema conyzae).
- an aromatic ointment used in antiquity
noun
- of species Saxifraga flagellaris (whiplash saxifrage)
- of genus Chlorophytum (spider lilies)
- of genus Cleome (spiderflowers)
- especially of species Chlorophytum comosum of green and white variegated evergreen perennial plants, grown as houseplants.
- native to South America but naturalized in warm parts of United States; grown for its long-lasting spider-shaped white to pink-purple flowers
noun
- (UK) Lateolabrax japonicus, Tautogolabrus adspersus
- (textiles) A frame used to examine cloth.
- A bar used to support a candle, especially in a church.
- (Ghana) Distichodus engycephalus, Distichodus rostratus
- (figuratively) A position that is overly elevated or haughty.
- Any of the three species of spiny-finned freshwater fish in the genus Perca.
- (theater) A platform for lights to be directed at the stage.
- (Australia) Johnius belangerii, Macquaria ambigua, Macquaria colonorum, Macquaria novemaculeata, Nemadactylus macropterus
- (South Africa) Acanthopagrus berda
- (figuratively) A position that is secure and advantageous, especially one which is prominent or elevated.
- Several similar species in the order Perciformes, such as the grouper.
- A pole connecting the fore gear and hind gear of a spring carriage; a reach.
- A rod, staff, tree branch, ledge, etc., used as a roost by a bird.
- A cubic measure of stonework equal to 16.6 × 1.5 × 1 feet.
- (US) Kyphosus azureus
- support consisting of a branch or rod that serves as a resting place (especially for a bird)
- a linear measure of 16.5 feet
- any of numerous fishes of America and Europe
- any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of various families of the order Perciformes
- spiny-finned freshwater food and game fishes
- an elevated place serving as a seat
- a square rod of land
verb
- (intransitive) To stay in an elevated position.
- (transitive, intransitive, textiles) To inspect cloth using a perch.
- (transitive) To place something on (or as if on) a perch.
- (intransitive) To rest on a perch (especially, of a bird); to roost.
- (intransitive) To sit upon the edge of something.
- sit, as on a branch
- cause to perch or sit
- to come to rest, settle
noun
- Ellipsis of gooseneck barnacle.
- Ellipsis of gooseneck loosestrife.
- (nautical) The swivel connection on a sailboat located near the bottom of the mast that the boom attaches to. When a sailboat performs a tack or a jibe the gooseneck swings the boom from one side of the boat to the other.
- (often attributive) Anything with a slender curved shape, resembling the neck of a goose, such as the shaft of some lamps.
- something in a thin curved form (like the neck of a goose)
verb
noun
- Proboscidea spp. (mule grab, unicorn plant)
- Harpagophytum spp., especially Harpagophytum procumbens, native to South Africa.
- Pisonia spp. (catchbird trees)
- Ibicella lutea (yellow unicorn plant)
- Senegalia greggii (catclaw acacia, formerly Acacia greggii)
- Anything considered ugly or potentially harmful resembling a claw in appearance or behavior:
- (nautical) A metal hook for grabbing a ship's anchor chain.
- annual of southern United States to Mexico having large whitish or yellowish flowers mottled with purple and a long curving beak
noun
- Argyrosomus regius (meagre)
- Glaucosoma hebraicum (West Australian dhufish, Westralian jewfish, western jewfish)
- Lateolabrax japonicus (Japanese seabass)
- Argyrosomus japonicus (silver jewfish, also known as the mulloway jewfish in eastern Australia)
- Tandanus tandanus (eel-tailed catfish, freshwater jewfish, dewfish)
- Stereolepis gigas (black jewfish, Pacific jewfish)
- Johnius australis (bottlenose jewfish)
- Glaucosoma buergeri (Westralian jewfish)
- Epinephelus itajara (Atlantic goliath grouper, spotted jewfish)
- large important food fish of Australia; almost indistinguishable from the maigre
- large dark grouper with a thick head and rough scales
noun
- Bistorta officinalis (common bistort)
- Plantago major
- Rauvolfia serpentina (Indian snakeroot).
- Eryngium cuneifolium
- Asarum canadense (Canadian snakeroot)
- Eupatorium spp.
- Polygala senega (Seneca snakeroot)
- Any member of the genus Ageratina of perennials and rounded shrubs from the sunflower family, growing mainly in the warmer regions of the Americas.
- Aristolochia serpentaria (Virginia snakeroot)
- any of various North American plants of the genus Liatris having racemes or panicles of small discoid flower heads
- a plant of the genus Sanicula having palmately compound leaves and unisexual flowers in panicled umbels followed by bristly fruit; reputed to have healing powers
noun
- Austrogomphus cornutus, a species of dragonfly.
- Someone who invests in startups that may become unicorns (startups whose valuation has exceeded one billion U.S. dollars).
- (derogatory) Someone who seeks unicorns (bisexual women who participate in swinging or polyamory), stereotyped as harassing uninterested women.
noun
- also alder buckthorn (Frangula), especially Frangula alnus).
- especially common buckthorn or purging buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica).
- especially genus Rhamnus,
- sea buckthorn (Hippophae, in family Elaeagnaceae).
- a shrub or shrubby tree of the genus Rhamnus; fruits are source of yellow dyes or pigments
- any shrub or small tree of the genus Bumelia
- an Old World plantain with long narrow ribbed leaves widely established in temperate regions
noun
- Any of genus Apera of silky bent grasses.
- Any of genus Lachnagrostis of common slender, upright, tufted, light to yellow green, annual or short-lived perennial grasses up to 700 mm tall, often found as an urban weed, especially in waste land around puddles and in muddy ground, or around lakes, and fringing ponds, streams and on wetland margins and coastal areas.
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