foliage (noun)

  • 111bean caper — noun perennial shrub of the eastern Mediterranean region and southwestern Asia having flowers whose buds are used as capers • Syn: ↑Syrian bean caper, ↑Zygophyllum fabago • Hypernyms: ↑shrub, ↑bush • Member Holonyms: ↑Zygophyllum, ↑ …

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  • 112cabbage tree — noun 1. tree with shaggy unpleasant smelling toxic bark and yielding strong durable wood; bark and seeds used as a purgative and vermifuge and narcotic • Syn: ↑cabbage bark, ↑cabbage bark tree, ↑Andira inermis • Hypernyms: ↑angelim, ↑andelmin …

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  • 113carpenteria — noun California evergreen shrub having glossy opposite leaves and terminal clusters of a few fragrant white flowers • Syn: ↑Carpenteria californica • Hypernyms: ↑hydrangea • Member Holonyms: ↑genus Carpenteria * * * ˌkärpənˈtirēə noun …

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  • 114cecropia moth — noun North American silkworm moth; larvae feed on the leaves of forest trees • Syn: ↑cecropia, ↑Hyalophora cecropia • Hypernyms: ↑saturniid, ↑saturniid moth * * * “ noun also …

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  • 115celery pine — noun Australasian evergreen conifer having a graceful head of foliage resembling celery that is composed of phyllodes borne in the axils of scalelike leaves • Hypernyms: ↑conifer, ↑coniferous tree • Hyponyms: ↑celery top pine, ↑celery topped pine …

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  • 116musk thistle — noun Eurasian perennial naturalized in eastern North America having very spiny white cottony foliage and nodding musky crimson flower heads; valuable source of nectar • Syn: ↑nodding thistle, ↑Carduus nutans • Hypernyms: ↑thistle • Member… …

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  • 117Photinia — noun genus of deciduous and evergreen east Asian trees and shrubs widely cultivated as ornamentals for their white flowers and red fruits; in some classifications includes genus Heteromeles • Syn: ↑genus Photinia • Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus • …

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  • 118Queen Anne's lace — noun a widely naturalized Eurasian herb with finely cut foliage and white compound umbels of small white or yellowish flowers and thin yellowish roots • Syn: ↑wild carrot, ↑Daucus carota • Hypernyms: ↑wildflower, ↑wild flower • Member Holonyms:… …

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  • 119ring rot — noun disease of tomatoes and potatoes and tobacco etc caused by the bacterium Pseudomonas solanacearum • Syn: ↑ring disease, ↑tobacco wilt • Hypernyms: ↑brown rot * * * noun 1. : decay in a log following closely the annual rings 2 …

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  • 120rose campion — noun an old cottage garden plant of southeastern Europe widely cultivated for its attractive white woolly foliage and showy crimson flowers • Syn: ↑mullein pink, ↑gardener s delight, ↑dusty miller, ↑Lychnis coronaria • Hypernyms: ↑lychnis,… …

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