ornamentāls
51Cypress — /suy preuhs/, n. a city in SW California. 40,391. * * * Any of about 20 species of ornamental and timber evergreen conifers constituting the genus Cupressus of the family Cupressaceae, which includes more than 130 species found throughout the… …
52dahlia — /dal yeuh, dahl / or, esp. Brit., /dayl /, n. 1. any composite plant of the genus Dahlia, native to Mexico and Central America and widely cultivated for its showy, variously colored flower heads. 2. the flower or tuberous root of a dahlia. 3. a… …
53edelweiss — /ayd l vuys , wuys /, n. 1. a small composite plant, Leontopodium alpinum, having white woolly leaves and flowers, growing in the high altitudes of the Alps. 2. a liqueur made in Italy, flavored with the extracts of alpine flowers. [1860 65; < G …
54euonymus — /yooh on euh meuhs/, n. any of several shrubs or small trees of the genus Euonymus, of northern temperate regions, having opposite leaves, branching clusters of small, greenish or purplish flowers, and crimson or rose colored capsules that on… …
55gourd — gourdlike, adj. /gawrd, gohrd, goord/, n. 1. the hard shelled fruit of any of various plants, esp. those of Lagenaria siceraria (white flowered gourd or bottle gourd), whose dried shell is used for bowls and other utensils, and Cucurbita pepo… …
56grass — grassless, adj. grasslike, adj. grassward, grasswards, adv. adj. /gras, grahs/, n. 1. any plant of the family Gramineae, having jointed stems, sheathing leaves, and seedlike grains. Cf. grass family. 2. such plants collectively, as when… …
57Grass — /grahs/; Ger. /grddahs/, n. Günter (Wilhelm) /goon teuhr wil helm/; Ger. /gyuun teuhrdd vil helm/, born 1927, German novelist, poet, and playwright. * * * I Any of many low, green, nonwoody plants that make up the families Poaceae (or Gramineae) …
58gymnosperm — gymnospermism, n. /jim neuh sperrm /, n. Bot. a vascular plant having seeds that are not enclosed in an ovary; a conifer or cycad. Cf. angiosperm. [1820 30; < NL gymnospermae name of type. See GYMNO , SPERM] * * * Any woody plant that reproduces… …
59hawkweed — /hawk weed /, n. 1. any composite plant of the genus Hieracium, usually bearing yellow flowers. 2. any of various related plants. [1555 65; trans. of NL, L hieracium < Gk hierak, s. of hiérax hawk + L ium IUM; see WEED1] * * * Any of the… …
60hawthorn — 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 …
