north temperate zone
61maidenhair spleenwort — noun small rock inhabiting fern of northern temperate zone and Hawaii with pinnate fronds • Syn: ↑Asplenium trichomanes • Hypernyms: ↑spleenwort * * * noun : a rock inhabiting small fern (Asplenium trichomanes) of the north temperate zone and… …
62beach pea — either of two plants of the legume family, Lathyrus japonicus, of seashores of the North Temperate Zone, or L. littoralis, of the temperate western coast of North America, both having oblong leaves and clusters of pealike flowers. [1795 1805,… …
63walnut — /wawl nut , neuht/, n. 1. the edible nut of trees of the genus Juglans, of the North Temperate Zone. Cf. walnut family. 2. the tree itself. 3. the wood of such a tree. 4. Northeastern U.S. the hickory nut. 5. any of various fruits or trees… …
64Gentianales — ▪ plant order Introduction gentian order of flowering plants, consisting of 5 families with more than 1,100 genera and nearly 17,000 species. The families are Gentianaceae, Rubiaceae, Apocynaceae (including Secamonoideae and Asclepiadoideae),… …
65Cardiff — For other uses, see Cardiff (disambiguation). City and County of Cardiff Dinas a Sir Caerdydd Clockwise from top: Cardiff Bay, the Senedd, Cardiff University and the Millennium Stadium …
66gruiform — /grooh euh fawrm /, adj. Ornith. of or pertaining to birds of the order Gruiformes, including cranes, rails, and coots. [1895 1900; < NL gruiformis, sing. of Gruiformes, equiv. to Gru , s. of Grus a genus of the order (L grus CRANE) + iformes… …
67Boreal (period) — In paleoclimatology of the Holocene, the Boreal was the first of the Blytt Sernander sequence of north European climatic phases that were originally based on the study of Danish peat bogs, named for Axel Blytt and Rutger Sernander, who first… …
68hawthorn — hawthorny, adj. /haw thawrn /, n. any of numerous plants belonging to the genus Crataegus, of the rose family, typically a small tree with stiff thorns, certain North American species of which have white or pink blossoms and bright colored fruits …
69buttercup — /but euhr kup /, n. any of numerous plants of the genus Ranunculus, having glossy yellow flowers and deeply cut leaves. [1505 15; BUTTER + CUP, from color and shape of flower] * * * Any of about 250 species of herbaceous flowering plants… …
70rhododendron — /roh deuh den dreuhn/, n. any evergreen or deciduous shrub or tree belonging to the genus Rhododendron, of the heath family, having rounded clusters of showy, pink, purple, or white flowers and oval or oblong leaves. [1595 1605; < L < Gk… …
