ornamentāls
71rue family — the plant family Rutaceae, characterized by trees and shrubs having simple or compound aromatic leaves, fragrant flowers, and fruit in a variety of forms, and including the citruses, the gas plant, Hercules club, and rue. * * * or citrus family… …
72snowdrop — /snoh drop /, n. any of several early blooming bulbous plants belonging to the genus Galanthus, of the amaryllis family, native to Eurasia, esp. G. nivalis, having drooping white flowers with green markings. [1655 65; SNOW + DROP] * * * Any of… …
73sumac — /sooh mak, shooh /, n. 1. any of several shrubs or small trees belonging to the genus Rhus of the cashew family, having milky sap, compound leaves, and small, fleshy fruit. 2. a preparation of the dried and powdered leaves, bark, etc., of certain …
74yarrow — /yar oh/, n. 1. a composite plant, Achillea millefolium, of Eurasia, having fernlike leaves and flat topped clusters of whitish flowers, naturalized in North America. 2. any of various other plants of the genus Achillea, some having yellow… …
75Yarrow — /yar oh/, n. a river in SE Scotland, flowing into the Tweed. 14 mi. (23 km) long. * * * Any of about 80 species of perennial herbs that make up the genus Achillea in the composite family, native mainly to the northern temperate zone. Some species …
76yucca — /yuk euh/, n. any plant belonging to the genus Yucca, of the agave family, native to the warmer regions of America, having pointed, usually rigid, sword shaped leaves and clusters of white, waxy flowers: the state flower of New Mexico. [1655 65;… …
77Amaranthaceae — ▪ plant family the amaranth family of flowering plants in the order Caryophyllales, with about 60 genera and more than 800 species of herbs, with a few shrubs, trees, and vines, native to tropical America and Africa. The leaves of members of the …
78Apocynaceae — ▪ plant family the dogbane family of flowering plants of the gentian order (Gentianales), including more than 150 genera and about 1,000 species of trees, shrubs, woody vines, and herbs, distributed primarily in tropical and subtropical areas of …
79Boraginaceae — ▪ plant family borage or forget me not family of flowering plants, with 148 genera and more than 2,700 species. In the earlier Cronquist botanical classification system, it was placed in the order Lamiales, and, in the first version of the… …
80Fabales — ▪ plant order Introduction order of dicotyledonous flowering plants in the Rosid I group among the core eudicots. The order comprises 4 families ( Fabaceae, Polygalaceae, Quillajaceae, and Surianaceae), 754 genera, and more than 20,000 species.… …
