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"black raspberry", "blackcap raspberry", "thimbleberry" ] } ] }, "bellbird": { "word": "bellbird", "wordset_id": "b373ae4a1b", "meanings": [ { "id": "cae2ef314a", "def": "any of several tropical American birds of the genus Procnias having a bell-like call", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "broadbill": { "word": "broadbill", "wordset_id": "973c64b2f9", "meanings": [ { "id": "f56f246265", "def": "small birds of the Old World tropics having bright plumage and short wide bills", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "cbd02d97f2", "def": "freshwater duck of the northern hemisphere having a broad flat bill", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "shoveler", "shoveller" ] }, { "id": "afa5abcbf6", "def": "diving ducks of North America having a bluish-grey bill", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "scaup", "scaup duck", "bluebill" ] }, { "id": "62af706927", "def": "tropical American heron related to night herons", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "boatbill" ] } ] }, "bulbul": { "word": "bulbul", 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carnivorous birds that hunt and kill other animals", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "raptor", "raptorial bird" ] } ] }, "bird of Jove": { "word": "bird of Jove", "wordset_id": "18f549f887", "meanings": [ { "id": "a344d63ef7", "def": "any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong soaring flight", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "eagle" ] } ] }, "blue darter": { "word": "blue darter", "wordset_id": "1e8e203dbe", "meanings": [ { "id": "ca8ac45f14", "def": "bluish-grey North American hawk having a darting flight", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "black-capped chickadee": { "word": "black-capped chickadee", "wordset_id": "670bcbc2d4", "meanings": [ { "id": "1742dff34d", "def": "chickadee having a dark crown", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "blackcap" ] } ] }, "blue tit": { "word": "blue tit", "wordset_id": "e2d2b1b925", "meanings": [ { "id": "d2532af71a", "def": "widely distributed European titmouse with bright cobalt blue wings and tail and crown of the head", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "tomtit" ] } ] }, "bush shrike": { "word": "bush shrike", "wordset_id": "983e46adef", "meanings": [ { "id": "45767f3957", "def": "an African shrike", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "buzzard": { "word": "buzzard", "wordset_id": "202df8de20", "meanings": [ { "id": "0083fb955c", "def": "the common European short-winged hawk", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "1d7180bc01", "def": "a New World vulture that is common in South America and Central America and the southern United States", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "turkey buzzard", "turkey vulture" ] } ] }, "bushtit": { "word": "bushtit", "wordset_id": "5564601859", "meanings": [ { "id": "e7a09cc9c9", "def": "active grey titmice of western North America", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "black-fronted bush shrike": { "word": "black-fronted bush shrike", "wordset_id": "18df2516e8", "meanings": [ { "id": "e077c93000", "def": "a kind of bush shrike", "speech_part": "noun" 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"blue-headed vireo", "wordset_id": "994edf5b15", "meanings": [ { "id": "49fc19a0d8", "def": "common vireo of northeastern North America with bluish slaty-grey head", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "bank martin": { "word": "bank martin", "wordset_id": "d9a5fd4316", "meanings": [ { "id": "eff6647b20", "def": "swallow of the northern hemisphere that nests in tunnels dug in clay or sand banks", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bank swallow", "sand martin" ] } ] }, "bearded vulture": { "word": "bearded vulture", "wordset_id": "e21b2f2515", "meanings": [ { "id": "08ebc7e49b", "def": "the largest Eurasian bird of prey", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "lammergeier", "lammergeyer" ] } ] }, "bullfrog": { "word": "bullfrog", "wordset_id": "737f322f7d", "meanings": [ { "id": "1da1689143", "def": "largest North American frog", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "black vulture": { "word": "black vulture", "wordset_id": "fda34c4376", "meanings": [ { "id": "fe65d7502d", "def": "of southern Eurasia and northern Africa", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "ce8ba8fc90", "def": "American vulture smaller than the turkey buzzard", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "carrion crow" ] } ] }, "barn owl": { "word": "barn owl", "wordset_id": "c03fd94733", "meanings": [ { "id": "05fbffe661", "def": "mottled buff and white owl often inhabiting barns and other structures", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "barking frog": { "word": "barking frog", "wordset_id": "0fbd81d923", "meanings": [ { "id": "c38870438d", "def": "of southwest United States and Mexico", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "robber frog" ] } ] }, "bird of Minerva": { "word": "bird of Minerva", "wordset_id": "45d6c9cc8f", "meanings": [ { "id": "564f24eaef", "def": "nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "owl" ] } ] }, "bird of night": { "word": "bird of night", "wordset_id": "b3b7b7f956", "meanings": [ { "id": "10d1f8adac", "def": 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}, "bagel": { "word": "bagel", "wordset_id": "3ca88cae70", "meanings": [ { "id": "74fe74979a", "def": "(Yiddish) glazed yeast-raised doughnut-shaped roll with hard crust", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "beigel" ] } ] }, "beigel": { "word": "beigel", "wordset_id": "144f7764f3", "meanings": [ { "id": "e6cb4f9aa3", "def": "(Yiddish) glazed yeast-raised doughnut-shaped roll with hard crust", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bagel" ] } ] }, "breakfast food": { "word": "breakfast food", "wordset_id": "ad8fe621ed", "meanings": [ { "id": "f0fa2f0830", "def": "any food (especially cereal) usually served for breakfast", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "baking-powder biscuit": { "word": "baking-powder biscuit", "wordset_id": "fadb92de1b", "meanings": [ { "id": "b5c28d09e1", "def": "leavened with baking powder", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "buttermilk biscuit": { "word": "buttermilk biscuit", "wordset_id": "53659a7fd8", "meanings": [ { "id": "77b884167d", "def": "very tender biscuit partially leavened with buttermilk and soda", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "soda biscuit" ] } ] }, "brandysnap": { "word": "brandysnap", "wordset_id": "79f314c0c3", "meanings": [ { "id": "0ffd47bd69", "def": "a gingersnap flavored with brandy", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "berry": { "word": "berry", "wordset_id": "8d5286eddb", "meanings": [ { "id": "4726b589e3", "def": "any of numerous small and pulpy edible fruits", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "ce7a669f93", "def": "a small fruit having any of various structures, e.g., simple (grape or blueberry) or aggregate (blackberry or raspberry)", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "2e94da11fe", "def": "to pick or gather berries", "example": "We went berrying in the summer.", "speech_part": "verb", "labels": [ { "name": "intransitive verb", "is_dialect": false } ] } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah" ], "contributors": [ "msingle", "zellerpress" ] }, "bilberry": { "word": "bilberry", "wordset_id": "b02dfc1022", "meanings": [ { "id": "c4a623b805", "def": "blue-black berries similar to American blueberries", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "whortleberry" ] }, { "id": "c722e0bd7d", "def": "erect blueberry of western United States having solitary flowers and somewhat sour berries", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "thin-leaved bilberry" ] }, { "id": "00ee09abee", "def": "erect European blueberry having solitary flowers and blue-black berries", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "whortleberry", "whinberry", "blaeberry" ] } ] }, "black salsify": { "word": "black salsify", "wordset_id": "24dc4cba7b", "meanings": [ { "id": "5a28e70d0b", "def": "long black salsify", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "scorzonera" ] }, { "id": "869419d166", "def": "perennial south European herb having narrow entire leaves and solitary yellow flower heads and long black edible roots shaped like carrots", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "scorzonera" ] } ] }, "blueberry": { "word": "blueberry", "wordset_id": "4dfec325a2", "meanings": [ { "id": "4b5d8eea0f", "def": "sweet edible dark-blue berries of either low-growing or high-growing blueberry plants", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "ae236d2b1c", "def": "any of numerous shrubs of the genus Vaccinium bearing blueberries", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "blueberry bush" ] } ] }, "butter bean": { "word": "butter bean", "wordset_id": "9c4140f5c4", "meanings": [ { "id": "f7caa7baff", "def": "small flat green bean similar to lima beans", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "sieva bean" ] }, { "id": "04fa8262f7", "def": "bush bean plant cultivated especially in southern United States having small flat edible seeds", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "lima bean" ] } ] }, "butterbean": { "word": "butterbean", "wordset_id": "bb33e8634a", "meanings": [ { "id": "337b036c66", "def": "small flat green bean similar to lima beans", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "sieva bean" ] } ] }, "boxberry": { "word": "boxberry", "wordset_id": "08f1d8c9f6", "meanings": [ { "id": "fe4b149591", "def": "spicy red berrylike fruit", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "wintergreen" ] }, { "id": "b77ff703d2", "def": "creeping woody plant of eastern North America with shiny evergreen leaves and scarlet berries", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "partridgeberry" ] } ] }, "broad bean": { "word": "broad bean", "wordset_id": "802ccb4262", "meanings": [ { "id": "70befd48c2", "def": "shell beans cooked as lima beans", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "fava bean" ] }, { "id": "aa03568a18", "def": "a bean plant cultivated for use animal fodder", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "horse bean" ] }, { "id": "2a71b34b12", "def": "Old World upright plant grown especially for its large flat edible seeds but also as fodder", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "broad-bean", "broad-bean plant", "field bean" ] }, { "id": "8d953a8d94", "def": "seed of the broad-bean plant", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "fava bean" ] } ] }, "butterhead lettuce": { "word": "butterhead lettuce", "wordset_id": "c594eef0e9", "meanings": [ { "id": "46ce24d748", "def": "lettuce with relatively soft leaves in a loose head", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "buttercrunch": { "word": "buttercrunch", "wordset_id": "a66c491c7a", "meanings": [ { "id": "2586270f5f", "def": "lettuce with delicate and relatively crunchy leaves", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "black currant": { "word": "black currant", "wordset_id": "81c8afe491", "meanings": [ { "id": "900c9875ca", "def": "small black berries used in jams and jellies", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "0c61ce7d05", "def": "widely cultivated current bearing edible black aromatic berries", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "blackberry": { "word": "blackberry", "wordset_id": "2001e4c5ae", "meanings": [ { "id": "144c95837b", "def": "large sweet black or very dark purple edible aggregate fruit of any of various bushes of the genus Rubus", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "5d7b0953be", "def": "bramble with sweet edible black or dark purple berries that usually do not separate from the receptacle", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "blackberry bush" ] }, { "id": "f81b735893", "def": "to pick or gather blackberries", "example": "I blackberry whenever I can.", "speech_part": "verb", "labels": [ { "name": "intransitive verb", "is_dialect": false } ] } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah" ], "contributors": [ "malrase", "hcatlin" ] }, "bunya bunya": { "word": "bunya bunya", "wordset_id": "dc3c0bbd36", "meanings": [ { "id": "37a0dae93c", "def": "nut tasting like roasted chestnuts", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "ae06cc3428", "def": "Australian conifer bearing two-inch seeds tasting like roasted chestnuts", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bunya bunya tree" ] } ] }, "banana peel": { "word": "banana peel", "wordset_id": "2e3b36ad7f", "meanings": [ { "id": "97e2094074", "def": "the skin of a banana (especially when it is stripped off and discarded)", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "banana skin" ] } ] }, "banana skin": { "word": "banana skin", "wordset_id": "1581c61fc3", "meanings": [ { "id": "854aef86da", "def": "the skin of a banana, especially when it is stripped off and discarded", "example": "I slipped on a banana skin and almost fell.", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "banana peel" ] } ], "editors": [ "sabreuse" ], "contributors": [ "msingle", "lefurjah" ] }, "beet green": { "word": "beet green", "wordset_id": "b8e58c9ebe", "meanings": [ { "id": "aac8205ee6", "def": "young leaves of the beetroot", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "black-eyed pea": { "word": "black-eyed pea", "wordset_id": "08d1ff72aa", "meanings": [ { "id": "908e8ae3a7", "def": "eaten fresh as shell beans or dried", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "cowpea" ] }, { "id": "b0fec4f7f4", "def": "sprawling Old World annual cultivated especially in southern United States for food and forage and green manure", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "cowpea", "cowpea plant" ] }, { "id": "b15bf16eb3", "def": "fruit or seed of the cowpea plant", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "cowpea" ] } ] }, "bell pepper": { "word": "bell pepper", "wordset_id": "bff8decf8b", "meanings": [ { "id": "3065dde4a7", "def": "large bell-shaped sweet pepper in green or red or yellow or orange or black varieties", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "95216d488f", "def": "plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "sweet pepper" ] } ] }, "black bean": { "word": "black bean", "wordset_id": "5ed8ff4311", "meanings": [ { "id": "199567e568", "def": "black-seeded bean of South America", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "turtle bean" ] } ] }, "beefsteak tomato": { "word": "beefsteak tomato", "wordset_id": "3468cb9cf5", "meanings": [ { "id": "475f11ac5e", "def": "any of several large tomatoes with thick flesh", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "bitter orange": { "word": "bitter orange", "wordset_id": "e26532f488", "meanings": [ { "id": "a23b157b9e", "def": "highly acidic orange used especially in marmalade", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "sour orange" ] }, { "id": "6dc8ca1edd", "def": "any of various common orange trees yielding sour or bitter fruit", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "sour orange", "bitter orange tree", "bigarade", "marmalade orange" ] } ] }, "black cherry": { "word": "black cherry", "wordset_id": "094d5101da", "meanings": [ { "id": "cc140d0f36", "def": "any of several fruits of cultivated cherry trees that have sweet flesh", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "sweet cherry" ] }, { "id": "b29cfdd95f", "def": "large North American wild cherry with round black sour edible fruit", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "black cherry tree", "rum cherry" ] } ] }, "betel nut": { "word": "betel nut", "wordset_id": "eaccfc7a1a", "meanings": [ { "id": "02c2869261", "def": "seed of betel palm", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "areca nut" ] } ] }, "bing cherry": { "word": "bing cherry", "wordset_id": "fb7f65cac6", "meanings": [ { "id": "37a1b67c63", "def": "dark red or blackish sweet cherry", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "beechnut": { "word": "beechnut", "wordset_id": "326acc5bd9", "meanings": [ { "id": "e0686d1621", "def": "small sweet triangular nut of any of various beech trees", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "black walnut": { "word": "black walnut", "wordset_id": "0b17ccfbe7", "meanings": [ { "id": "e31bb49dd6", "def": "American walnut having a very hard and thick woody shell", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "9fd2871b61", "def": "North American walnut tree with hard dark wood and edible nut", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "black walnut tree", "black hickory" ] } ] }, "blackheart": { "word": "blackheart", "wordset_id": "2be47f5c95", "meanings": [ { "id": "111109bff7", "def": "heart cherry with dark flesh and skin cherry", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "blackheart cherry" ] }, { "id": "b04a558eb0", "def": "any of various diseases in which the central tissues blacken", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "blackheart cherry": { "word": "blackheart cherry", "wordset_id": "615e3a2878", "meanings": [ { "id": "48e245f83e", "def": "heart cherry with dark flesh and skin cherry", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "blackheart" ] } ] }, "brazil nut": { "word": "brazil nut", "wordset_id": "02c1660bf6", "meanings": [ { "id": "6ef4179933", "def": "three-sided tropical American nut with white oily meat and hard brown shell", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "brazil" ] }, { "id": "40ce0a3ac5", "def": "tall South American tree bearing brazil nuts", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "brazil-nut tree" ] } ] }, "brazil": { "word": "brazil", "wordset_id": "bc881ccb75", "meanings": [ { "id": "d99ccfcb28", "def": "three-sided tropical American nut with white oily meat and hard brown shell", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "brazil nut" ] } ] }, "butternut": { "word": "butternut", "wordset_id": "05bd1f2703", "meanings": [ { "id": "31b8dc33f5", "def": "oily egg-shaped nut of an American tree of the walnut family", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "9537db64c5", "def": "North American walnut tree having light-brown wood and edible nuts", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "butternut tree", "white walnut" ] } ] }, "bullace grape": { "word": "bullace grape", "wordset_id": "cfb9f9a789", "meanings": [ { "id": "ce08739e6c", "def": "dull-purple grape of southern United States", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "muscadine" ] } ] }, "beach plum": { "word": "beach plum", "wordset_id": "b3bc4910ff", "meanings": [ { "id": "e084c342e0", "def": "small dark purple fruit used especially in jams and pies", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "08642d637d", "def": "seacoast shrub of northeastern North America having showy white blossoms and edible purple fruit", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "beach plum bush" ] } ] }, "boysenberry": { "word": "boysenberry", "wordset_id": "6a13bc2d32", "meanings": [ { "id": "568c7a92fe", "def": "large raspberry-flavored fruit", "example": "The dessert special was a chocolate cake with boysenberry gelato. ", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "57a92f8bc3", "def": "cultivated hybrid bramble of California having large dark wine-red fruit with a flavor resembling raspberries", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "boysenberry bush" ] } ], "editors": [ "zellerpress" ], "contributors": [ "joypvb", "luciankahn", "lefurjah" ] }, "bullock's heart": { "word": "bullock's heart", "wordset_id": "2bede50f61", "meanings": [ { "id": "2904f82822", "def": "large heart-shaped tropical fruit with soft acid pulp", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "9255e7af43", "def": "small tropical American tree bearing a bristly heart-shaped acid tropical fruit", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bullock's heart tree", "bullock heart" ] } ] }, "banana": { "word": "banana", "wordset_id": "92aa585a8e", "meanings": [ { "id": "92b8ec6f37", "def": "elongated crescent-shaped yellow fruit with soft sweet flesh", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "e2cc6c5082", "def": "any of several tropical and subtropical treelike herbs of the genus Musa having a terminal crown of large entire leaves and usually bearing hanging clusters of elongated fruits", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "banana tree" ] } ] }, "black olive": { "word": "black olive", "wordset_id": "1ee4810665", "meanings": [ { "id": "fe9e8daea4", "def": "olives picked ripe and cured in brine then dried or pickled or preserved canned or in oil", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "ripe olive" ] } ] }, "bosc": { "word": "bosc", "wordset_id": "da3e29df04", "meanings": [ { "id": "c2ee53bb10", "def": "greenish-yellow pear", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "bell apple": { "word": "bell apple", "wordset_id": "c36c4f61e8", "meanings": [ { "id": "418e84a2f5", "def": "the edible yellow fruit of the Jamaica honeysuckle", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "sweet cup", "water lemon" ] } ] }, "bartlett": { "word": "bartlett", "wordset_id": "325d8622dd", "meanings": [ { "id": "7fa538dfeb", "def": "juicy yellow pear", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bartlett pear" ] } ] }, "bartlett pear": { "word": "bartlett pear", "wordset_id": "a3f4b1aba5", "meanings": [ { "id": "e1e8ba1ed7", "def": "juicy yellow pear", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bartlett" ] } ] }, "breadfruit": { "word": "breadfruit", "wordset_id": "993d081199", "meanings": [ { "id": "add8354373", "def": "a large round seedless or seeded fruit with a texture like bread", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "0c18ee0fda", "def": "native to Pacific islands and having edible fruit with a texture like bread", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "breadfruit tree" ] } ] }, "barbados cherry": { "word": "barbados cherry", "wordset_id": "fe9166bfd0", "meanings": [ { "id": "dab09c448d", "def": "acid red or yellow cherry-like fruit of a tropical American shrub very rich in vitamin C", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "surinam cherry", "acerola" ] }, { "id": "414f49f96b", "def": "tropical American shrub bearing edible acid red fruit resembling cherries", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "acerola" ] } ] }, "blade apple": { "word": "blade apple", "wordset_id": "432231c849", "meanings": [ { "id": "9ae4d86989", "def": "small yellow to orange fruit of the Barbados gooseberry cactus used in desserts and preserves and jellies", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "bay leaf": { "word": "bay leaf", "wordset_id": "1b240fedfb", "meanings": [ { "id": "94999eec5a", "def": "dried leaf of the bay laurel", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "bird feed": { "word": "bird feed", "wordset_id": "4b22915dcb", "meanings": [ { "id": "90e67eb3f2", "def": "food given to birds", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bird food", "birdseed" ] } ] }, "borage": { "word": "borage", "wordset_id": "d00ca82b4c", "meanings": [ { "id": "c652a8cb66", "def": "an herb whose leaves are used to flavor sauces and punches", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "c0661a8502", "def": "hairy blue-flowered European annual herb long used in herbal medicine and eaten raw as salad greens or cooked like spinach", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "tailwort" ] } ] }, "bird food": { "word": "bird food", "wordset_id": "4ad188f988", "meanings": [ { "id": "228fef0446", "def": "food given to birds", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bird feed" ] } ] }, "birdseed": { "word": "birdseed", "wordset_id": "62bf45aa6b", "meanings": [ { "id": "d8a621458f", "def": "food given to birds", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bird feed" ] } ] }, "bread and butter pickle": { "word": "bread and butter pickle", "wordset_id": "db4abd7e3e", "meanings": [ { "id": "59ae110095", "def": "thinly sliced sweet pickles", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "beluga caviar": { "word": "beluga caviar", "wordset_id": "9150936c42", "meanings": [ { "id": "123aa3340d", "def": "roe of beluga sturgeon usually from Russia", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "bouillon cube": { "word": "bouillon cube", "wordset_id": "3aaf5c6b7b", "meanings": [ { "id": "13940ae166", "def": "a cube of evaporated seasoned meat extract", "speech_part": "noun" } 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"7794793c14", "def": "subshrubs of southeastern United States forming slow-growing clumps and having blue flowers in short terminal cymes", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "black catechu": { "word": "black catechu", "wordset_id": "f0c66801d8", "meanings": [ { "id": "2c768ca8e5", "def": "extract of the heartwood of Acacia catechu used for dyeing and tanning and preserving fishnets and sails", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "catechu" ] } ] }, "black bead": { "word": "black bead", "wordset_id": "cd0a091a1f", "meanings": [ { "id": "5e4d85d944", "def": "erect shrub with small if any spines having racemes of white to yellow flowers followed by curved pointed pods and black shiny seeds", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "cat's-claw" ] } ] }, "black calla": { "word": "black calla", "wordset_id": "8fc69c03c3", "meanings": [ { "id": "0d5e0491ab", "def": "ornamental plant of Middle East cultivated for its dark purple spathe", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "bogmat": { "word": "bogmat", "wordset_id": "76b59397cd", "meanings": [ { "id": "190aa81551", "def": "having narrow flat sickle-shaped submerged fronds", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "mud midget" ] } ] }, "bristly sarsaparilla": { "word": "bristly sarsaparilla", "wordset_id": "7addb449dc", "meanings": [ { "id": "73115d8c10", "def": "bristly herb of eastern and central North America having black fruit and medicinal bark", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bristly sarsparilla" ] } ] }, "bristly sarsparilla": { "word": "bristly sarsparilla", "wordset_id": "74949974bf", "meanings": [ { "id": "e2d10f923a", "def": "bristly herb of eastern and central North America having black fruit and medicinal bark", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bristly sarsaparilla" ] } ] }, "bouncing Bet": { "word": "bouncing Bet", "wordset_id": "05eae74115", "meanings": [ { "id": "c323e9e3c5", "def": "plant of European origin having pink or white flowers and leaves yielding a detergent when bruised", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "soapwort" ] } ] }, "bouncing Bess": { "word": "bouncing Bess", "wordset_id": "769c4188f6", "meanings": [ { "id": "b8e6c64868", "def": "plant of European origin having pink or white flowers and leaves yielding a detergent when bruised", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "soapwort" ] } ] }, "birthwort family": { "word": "birthwort family", "wordset_id": "2a756b324d", "meanings": [ { "id": "f8d5252266", "def": "family of birthworts (including wild ginger)", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "birthwort": { "word": "birthwort", "wordset_id": "8ff12b1034", "meanings": [ { "id": "5c3c141df1", "def": "creeping plant having curving flowers thought to resemble fetuses", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "bladder campion": { "word": "bladder campion", "wordset_id": "d0da2112e4", "meanings": [ { "id": "69a294568c", "def": "bluish-green herb having sticky stems and clusters of large evening-opening white flowers with much-inflated calyx", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "white campion" ] }, { "id": "ef2314b7a8", "def": "perennial of Arctic Europe having large white flowers with inflated calyx", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "button pink": { "word": "button pink", "wordset_id": "f8ae0db8b1", "meanings": [ { "id": "d4d525f083", "def": "much-branched pink with flowers in clusters", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "baby's breath": { "word": "baby's breath", "wordset_id": "234e116b1b", "meanings": [ { "id": "496cdfa0cd", "def": "tall plant with small lance-shaped leaves and numerous tiny white or pink flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "babies'-breath" ] } ] }, "babies'-breath": { "word": "babies'-breath", "wordset_id": "cad9a6c99f", "meanings": [ { "id": "00d62efc0c", "def": "tall plant with small lance-shaped leaves and numerous tiny white or pink flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "baby's breath" ] } ] }, "bachelor's button": { "word": "bachelor's button", "wordset_id": "f3dc105c6c", "meanings": [ { "id": "8f32385dc0", "def": "tropical American herb having rose to red or purple flowers that can be dried without losing color", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "globe amaranth" ] }, { "id": "21a5007b81", "def": "an annual Eurasian plant cultivated in North America having showy heads of blue or purple or pink or white flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bluebottle" ] } ] }, "barilla": { "word": "barilla", "wordset_id": "d12835177c", "meanings": [ { "id": "4b4e5b826e", "def": "Algerian plant formerly burned to obtain calcium carbonate", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "ea7d5a5695", "def": "bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "saltwort", "glasswort", "kali", "kelpwort" ] } ] }, "black greasewood": { "word": "black greasewood", "wordset_id": "c75d21cae5", "meanings": [ { "id": "f40887132e", "def": "low hardy much-branched spiny shrub common in alkaline soils of western America", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "greasewood" ] } ] }, "barrel cactus": { "word": "barrel cactus", "wordset_id": "0005f8258a", "meanings": [ { "id": "69dd6a7d05", "def": "any cactus of the genus Echinocactus", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "echinocactus" ] }, { "id": "3416ceb9f5", "def": "a cactus of the genus Ferocactus: unbranched barrel-shaped cactus having deep ribs with numerous spines and usually large funnel-shaped flowers followed by dry fruits", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "bella sombra": { "word": "bella sombra", "wordset_id": "49d0410583", "meanings": [ { "id": "9d5fdd808c", "def": "fast-growing herbaceous evergreen tree of South America having a broad trunk with high water content and dark green oval leaves", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "ombu" ] } ] }, "beach pancake": { "word": "beach pancake", "wordset_id": "2a72ac14b8", "meanings": [ { "id": "bc7e84bfdf", "def": "plant having hemispherical heads of wine-red flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "beach sand verbena": { "word": "beach sand verbena", "wordset_id": "d591a2e495", "meanings": [ { "id": "3c1e0a410f", "def": "prostrate herb having heads of deep pink to white flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "pink sand verbena" ] } ] }, "bougainvillea": { "word": "bougainvillea", "wordset_id": "dd97fa8503", "meanings": [ { "id": "65cdaf08e2", "def": "any of several South American ornamental woody vines of the genus Bougainvillea having brilliant red or purple flower bracts", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "burning bush": { "word": "burning bush", "wordset_id": "9882f3a72f", "meanings": [ { "id": "d69df8e293", "def": "densely branched Eurasian plant", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "belvedere" ] }, { "id": "af8f182803", "def": "Eurasian perennial herb with white flowers that emit flammable vapor in hot weather", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "fraxinella", "dittany", "gas plant" ] }, { "id": "3ffe79ae12", "def": "deciduous shrub having purple capsules enclosing scarlet seeds", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "wahoo" ] } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah" ], "contributors": [ "sabreuse", "zellerpress", "malrase" ] }, "bloodleaf": { "word": "bloodleaf", "wordset_id": "7c626007e2", "meanings": [ { "id": "15fcefb9b7", "def": "any plant of the genus Iresine having colored foliage", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "beefsteak plant": { "word": "beefsteak plant", "wordset_id": "c8bd3ba715", "meanings": [ { "id": "362d6a2438", "def": "South American plant having green to purple or red branches with green to purple ornamental foliage and spikes of insignificant woolly flowers with dry membranous bracts", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "beef plant" ] }, { "id": "ced3abd9a9", "def": "plant grown for its ornamental red or purple foliage", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "beef plant": { "word": "beef plant", "wordset_id": "cae273aec4", "meanings": [ { "id": "e12396b6a9", "def": "South American plant having green to purple or red branches with green to purple ornamental foliage and spikes of insignificant woolly flowers with dry membranous bracts", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "beefsteak plant" ] } ] }, "brussels sprout": { "word": "brussels sprout", "wordset_id": "cab8b704c0", "meanings": [ { "id": "033de252e6", "def": "plant grown for its stout stalks of edible small green heads resembling diminutive cabbages", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "borecole": { "word": "borecole", "wordset_id": "30dfcd4a4f", "meanings": [ { "id": "e2e0cde3a4", "def": "a hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "cole" ] } ] }, "bitterroot": { "word": "bitterroot", "wordset_id": "52276dd6d5", "meanings": [ { "id": "edf009710b", "def": "showy succulent ground-hugging plant of Rocky Mountains regions having deep to pale pink flowers and fleshy farinaceous roots", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "broad-leaved montia": { "word": "broad-leaved montia", "wordset_id": "b3721619f2", "meanings": [ { "id": "30c647a380", "def": "succulent plant with mostly basal leaves", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "blinks": { "word": "blinks", "wordset_id": "580ab3d7c8", "meanings": [ { "id": "a4df6317e7", "def": "small Indian lettuce of northern regions", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "blinking chickweed", "water chickweed" ] } ] }, "blinking chickweed": { "word": "blinking chickweed", "wordset_id": "17dc4b52d6", "meanings": [ { "id": "ddb91ca360", "def": "small Indian lettuce of northern regions", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "blinks" ] } ] }, "black mustard": { "word": "black mustard", "wordset_id": "343880d545", "meanings": [ { "id": "1e9f702b1a", "def": "widespread Eurasian annual plant cultivated for its pungent seeds", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "blood berry": { "word": "blood berry", "wordset_id": "691eddd9fb", "meanings": [ { "id": "7bdabc5e59", "def": "bushy houseplant having white to pale pink flowers followed by racemes of scarlet berries", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "bittercress": { "word": "bittercress", "wordset_id": "42fb37f76b", "meanings": [ { "id": "350edace96", "def": "any of various herbs of the genus Cardamine, having usually pinnate leaves and racemes of white, pink or purple flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bitter cress" ] } ] }, "bitter cress": { "word": "bitter cress", "wordset_id": "877a0fb990", "meanings": [ { "id": "adda63666b", "def": "any of various herbs of the genus Cardamine, having usually pinnate leaves and racemes of white, pink or purple flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bittercress" ] } ] }, "bay-leaved caper": { "word": "bay-leaved caper", "wordset_id": "f7865c7ef1", "meanings": [ { "id": "3539cfd645", "def": "shrub or small tree of southern Florida to Central and South America", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "caper tree" ] } ] }, "buckler mustard": { "word": "buckler mustard", "wordset_id": "3a82ebf705", "meanings": [ { "id": "243d000651", "def": "plant of southeastern Europe having yellow flowers like those of mustard and pods with open valves resembling bucklers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "blue poppy": { "word": "blue poppy", "wordset_id": "5a6cc53666", "meanings": [ { "id": "a2ffd88f87", "def": "Chinese perennial having mauve-pink to bright sky blue flowers in drooping cymes", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "brompton stock": { "word": "brompton stock", "wordset_id": "94ee74188c", "meanings": [ { "id": "dfcd8d7005", "def": "European plant with racemes of sweet-scented flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "bloodroot": { "word": "bloodroot", "wordset_id": "37bc391282", "meanings": [ { "id": "4abb27dcef", "def": "perennial woodland native of North America having a red root and red sap and bearing a solitary lobed leaf and white flower in early spring and having acrid emetic properties", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "puccoon", "redroot", "tetterwort" ] } ] }, "bocconia": { "word": "bocconia", "wordset_id": "5451f2f89c", "meanings": [ { "id": "c34bd5527a", "def": "small Central American tree having loose racemes of purple-tinted green flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "tree celandine" ] }, { "id": "c80f9a14f7", "def": "herb of China and Japan widely cultivated for its plumelike panicles of creamy white flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "plume poppy" ] } ] }, "bush poppy": { "word": "bush poppy", "wordset_id": "7e45a01254", "meanings": [ { "id": "19b9c08d64", "def": "evergreen shrub of southwestern United States and Mexico often cultivated for its fragrant golden yellow flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "tree poppy" ] } ] }, "bladderpod": { "word": "bladderpod", "wordset_id": "139a040e72", "meanings": [ { "id": "067606fe14", "def": "any of several hairy North American herbs having yellow racemose flowers and inflated pods", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "18ad187f25", "def": "any of several plants of the genus Physaria having racemose yellow flowers and inflated pods", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "9dbd2e716a", "def": "annual or perennial herbs with inflated seed pods", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "9f29c9eea2", "def": "North American wild lobelia having small blue flowers and inflated capsules formerly used as an antispasmodic", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "blue-eyed African daisy": { "word": "blue-eyed African daisy", "wordset_id": "1a300d5e38", "meanings": [ { "id": "a1540f50f4", "def": "bushy perennial of South Africa with white or violet flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "bitterweed": { "word": "bitterweed", "wordset_id": "aa7040d58c", "meanings": [ { "id": "5a62fef1b6", "def": "any of numerous chiefly North American weedy plants constituting the genus Ambrosia that produce highly allergenic pollen responsible for much hay fever and asthma", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "ambrosia" ] }, { "id": "df6e871957", "def": "widespread European weed with spiny tongue-shaped leaves and yellow flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "oxtongue", "bristly oxtongue", "bugloss" ] } ] }, "bog aster": { "word": "bog aster", "wordset_id": "ce98f54939", "meanings": [ { "id": "05f5c6a454", "def": "a variety of aster", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "annual salt-marsh aster" ] } ] }, "bud brush": { "word": "bud brush", "wordset_id": "d20e9a73b9", "meanings": [ { "id": "d38ec68c6c", "def": "a perennial that is valuable as sheep forage in the United States", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bud sagebrush" ] } ] }, "bud sagebrush": { "word": "bud sagebrush", "wordset_id": "be6e861424", "meanings": [ { "id": "4e42d325ff", "def": "a perennial that is valuable as sheep forage in the United States", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bud brush" ] } ] }, "beach wormwood": { "word": "beach wormwood", "wordset_id": "1ad4554de8", "meanings": [ { "id": "2fb3bb78e7", "def": "herb with greyish leaves found along the east coast of North America", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "old woman" ] } ] }, "balsamroot": { "word": "balsamroot", "wordset_id": "e0f08b93d3", "meanings": [ { "id": "3e243985c2", "def": "a plant of the genus Balsamorhiza having downy leaves in a basal rosette and yellow flowers and long balsam-scented taproots", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "bur marigold": { "word": "bur marigold", "wordset_id": "506f9d5db2", "meanings": [ { "id": "fdfde947b6", "def": "any of several plants of the genus Bidens having yellow flowers and prickly fruits that cling to fur and clothing", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "sticktight" ] } ] }, "burr marigold": { "word": "burr marigold", "wordset_id": "c406db9411", "meanings": [ { "id": "fc4b5434be", "def": "any of several plants of the genus Bidens having yellow flowers and prickly fruits that cling to fur and clothing", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "sticktight" ] } ] }, "beggar-ticks": { "word": "beggar-ticks", "wordset_id": "34b9fd6dba", "meanings": [ { "id": "51d044931b", "def": "any of several plants of the genus Bidens having yellow flowers and prickly fruits that cling to fur and clothing", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "sticktight" ] }, { "id": "711f45f665", "def": "the seed of bur marigolds", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "beggar's-ticks": { "word": "beggar's-ticks", "wordset_id": "f32c22f55e", "meanings": [ { "id": "29b5444ec1", "def": "any of several plants of the genus Bidens having yellow flowers and prickly fruits that cling to fur and clothing", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "sticktight" ] } ] }, "burdock": { "word": "burdock", "wordset_id": "81a38e482e", "meanings": [ { "id": "ab6a378d6d", "def": "any of several erect biennial herbs of temperate Eurasia having stout taproots and producing burs", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "clotbur" ] } ] }, "bushy aster": { "word": "bushy aster", "wordset_id": "a472db1a6e", "meanings": [ { "id": "d4d35ad115", "def": "stiff perennial of the eastern United States having small linear leaves and numerous tiny white flower heads", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "blue fleabane": { "word": "blue fleabane", "wordset_id": "8f031f20ad", "meanings": [ { "id": "c880a24e90", "def": "widespread weed with pale purple-blue flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "beach aster": { "word": "beach aster", "wordset_id": "7ad11f89b7", "meanings": [ { "id": "cec6e0724a", "def": "slightly succulent perennial with basal leaves and hairy sticky stems each bearing a solitary flower head with narrow pink or lavender rays", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "seaside daisy" ] } ] }, "brass buttons": { "word": "brass buttons", "wordset_id": "3088e266fa", "meanings": [ { "id": "a34c6328ce", "def": "South African herb with golden-yellow globose flower heads", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "billy buttons": { "word": "billy buttons", "wordset_id": "fdecd03e45", "meanings": [ { "id": "efa7798221", "def": "any of various plants of the genus Craspedia grown for their downy foliage and globose heads of golden flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "boneset": { "word": "boneset", "wordset_id": "d106f17b67", "meanings": [ { "id": "1715bd4d77", "def": "perennial herb of southeastern United States having white-rayed flower heads", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "agueweed", "thoroughwort" ] }, { "id": "df69ae387f", "def": "European herb having small white, pink or purple flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "common comfrey" ] } ] }, "blue daisy": { "word": "blue daisy", "wordset_id": "d27c28333c", "meanings": [ { "id": "1c76d79731", "def": "hairy South African or Australian subshrub that has daisylike flowers with blue rays", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "blue marguerite" ] } ] }, "blue marguerite": { "word": "blue marguerite", "wordset_id": "1b6afff7e4", "meanings": [ { "id": "8c85451c19", "def": "hairy South African or Australian subshrub that has daisylike flowers with blue rays", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "blue daisy" ] } ] }, "blanket flower": { "word": "blanket flower", "wordset_id": "d843e6eb73", "meanings": [ { "id": "ea1b461baf", "def": "annual of central United States having showy long-stalked yellow flower heads marked with scarlet or purple in the center", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "fire wheel", "fire-wheel" ] } ] }, "brook thistle": { "word": "brook thistle", "wordset_id": "d93f3beaca", "meanings": [ { "id": "912d1f92d2", "def": "of central and southwestern Europe", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "bull thistle": { "word": "bull thistle", "wordset_id": "40b5a8b35b", "meanings": [ { "id": "aeecef359f", "def": "European thistle with rather large heads and prickly leaves", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "boar thistle", "spear thistle" ] } ] }, "blue succory": { "word": "blue succory", "wordset_id": "f6d5583956", "meanings": [ { "id": "5ef6e8d370", "def": "south European plant having dark-eyed flowers with flat blue rays", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "cupid's dart" ] } ] }, "boar thistle": { "word": "boar thistle", "wordset_id": "b1e3aafcf9", "meanings": [ { "id": "ddfcbe409f", "def": "European thistle with rather large heads and prickly leaves", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bull thistle" ] } ] }, "blessed thistle": { "word": "blessed thistle", "wordset_id": "dd2a07aea5", "meanings": [ { "id": "a095da21cb", "def": "annual of Mediterranean to Portugal having hairy stems and minutely spiny-toothed leaves and large heads of yellow flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "sweet sultan" ] }, { "id": "f40ba63b1d", "def": "tall Old World biennial thistle with large clasping white-blotched leaves and purple flower heads", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "milk thistle", "lady's thistle", "holy thistle" ] } ] }, "basket flower": { "word": "basket flower", "wordset_id": "cc9cf2d9a0", "meanings": [ { "id": "4cb03809b3", "def": "annual of southwestern United States cultivated for its purple flower heads and its bracts that resemble small baskets", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "brittlebush": { "word": "brittlebush", "wordset_id": "fb20577f03", "meanings": [ { "id": "5ce6825690", "def": "fragrant rounded shrub of southwestern United States and adjacent Mexico having brittle stems and small crowded blue-green leaves and yellow flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "brittle bush", "incienso" ] } ] }, "brittle bush": { "word": "brittle bush", "wordset_id": "21b361f819", "meanings": [ { "id": "8b6acdcf8c", "def": "fragrant rounded shrub of southwestern United States and adjacent Mexico having brittle stems and small crowded blue-green leaves and yellow flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "brittlebush" ] } ] }, "black knapweed": { "word": "black knapweed", "wordset_id": "3e4a49ed79", "meanings": [ { "id": "11c7e74822", "def": "a weedy perennial with tough wiry stems and purple flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "lesser knapweed" ] } ] }, "broom snakeweed": { "word": "broom snakeweed", "wordset_id": "24644893ba", "meanings": [ { "id": "84379510f7", "def": "low-growing sticky subshrub of southwestern United States having narrow linear leaves on many slender branches and hundreds of tiny yellow flower heads", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "rabbitweed" ] } ] }, "broom snakeroot": { "word": "broom snakeroot", "wordset_id": "fbd64f508d", "meanings": [ { "id": "7af9b25687", "def": "low-growing sticky subshrub of southwestern United States having narrow linear leaves on many slender branches and hundreds of tiny yellow flower heads", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "rabbitweed" ] } ] }, "broomweed": { "word": "broomweed", "wordset_id": "5db013d981", "meanings": [ { "id": "76cede1f0d", "def": "annual of southwestern United States having rigid woody branches with sticky foliage and yellow flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "broom-weed" ] } ] }, "broom-weed": { "word": "broom-weed", "wordset_id": "f621726eeb", "meanings": [ { "id": "277f8a125a", "def": "annual of southwestern United States having rigid woody branches with sticky foliage and yellow flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "broomweed" ] } ] }, "blazing star": { "word": "blazing star", "wordset_id": "934c0e014b", "meanings": [ { "id": "835952f918", "def": "any of various North American plants of the genus Liatris having racemes or panicles of small discoid flower heads", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "button snakeroot", "gayfeather", "gay-feather", "snakeroot" ] }, { "id": "f16cab45b3", "def": "biennial of southwestern United States having white stems and toothed leaves that is grown for its large pale yellow flowers that open in early morning", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "button snakeroot": { "word": "button snakeroot", "wordset_id": "5f637df27e", "meanings": [ { "id": "8cf3810fa3", "def": "any of various North American plants of the genus Liatris having racemes or panicles of small discoid flower heads", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "blazing star" ] }, { "id": "2428394a91", "def": "coarse prickly perennial eryngo with aromatic roots", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "83e0b6cf75", "def": "coarse prickly perennial eryngo of United States thought to cure rattlesnake bite", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "rattlesnake master", "rattlesnake's master" ] } ] }, "butterweed": { "word": "butterweed", "wordset_id": "f97f06e1de", "meanings": [ { "id": "e4e6cbf10c", "def": "any of several yellow-flowered plants of the genus Packera", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "8ed31f5fbb", "def": "American ragwort with yellow flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "ragwort" ] } ] }, "burweed marsh elder": { "word": "burweed marsh elder", "wordset_id": "1670422aef", "meanings": [ { "id": "bcb057b0e8", "def": "tall annual marsh elder common in moist rich soil in central North America that can cause contact dermatitis", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "false ragweed" ] } ] }, "bastard feverfew": { "word": "bastard feverfew", "wordset_id": "7d98780309", "meanings": [ { "id": "dcf4e716f7", "def": "tropical American annual weed with small radiate heads of white flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "blackfoot daisy": { "word": "blackfoot daisy", "wordset_id": "202a6871cb", "meanings": [ { "id": "e4608e486f", "def": "bushy subshrub having flower heads that resemble asters with broad white rays", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "big marigold": { "word": "big marigold", "wordset_id": "cc11e0a073", "meanings": [ { "id": "71a134619b", "def": "a stout branching annual with large yellow to orange flower heads", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "bible leaf": { "word": "bible leaf", "wordset_id": "fa3b9a52ca", "meanings": [ { "id": "cb125f7a06", "def": "tansy-scented Eurasian perennial herb with buttonlike yellow flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "costmary" ] } ] }, "balsam herb": { "word": "balsam herb", "wordset_id": "80c028e969", "meanings": [ { "id": "f47a03860b", "def": "tansy-scented Eurasian perennial herb with buttonlike yellow flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "costmary" ] } ] }, "big sagebrush": { "word": "big sagebrush", "wordset_id": "cb0b120087", "meanings": [ { "id": "606de15577", "def": "aromatic shrub of arid regions of western North America having hoary leaves", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "blue sage" ] } ] }, "blue sage": { "word": "blue sage", "wordset_id": "e25fb00ffe", "meanings": [ { "id": "8938b814e8", "def": "aromatic shrub of arid regions of western North America having hoary leaves", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "big sagebrush" ] }, { "id": "03e8f65844", "def": "blue-flowered sage of dry prairies of the eastern United States", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "e611a3cd9c", "def": "Texas sage having intensely blue flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "mealy sage" ] }, { "id": "8a27e0b6b9", "def": "sage of western North America to Central America having violet-blue flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "black-eyed Susan": { "word": "black-eyed Susan", "wordset_id": "84d2b8f75a", "meanings": [ { "id": "cd1eb9ee61", "def": "the state flower of Maryland", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "2f04bc39c9", "def": "annual weedy herb with ephemeral yellow purple-eyed flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "flower-of-an-hour", "flowers-of-an-hour", "bladder ketmia" ] }, { "id": "4b9f3e6a16", "def": "tropical African climbing plant having yellow flowers with a dark purple center", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "black-eyed Susan vine" ] } ] }, "blowball": { "word": "blowball", "wordset_id": "12a476fbc8", "meanings": [ { "id": "c82159f16e", "def": "any of several herbs of the genus Taraxacum having long tap roots and deeply notched leaves and bright yellow flowers followed by fluffy seed balls", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "dandelion" ] } ] }, "beach goldenrod": { "word": "beach goldenrod", "wordset_id": "a0537b8e38", "meanings": [ { "id": "115e1581c4", "def": "vigorous showy goldenrod common along eastern coast and Gulf Coast of North America", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "seaside goldenrod" ] } ] }, "butterbur": { "word": "butterbur", "wordset_id": "f955997701", "meanings": [ { "id": "45f630f043", "def": "small Eurasian herb having broad leaves and lilac-pink rayless flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bog rhubarb" ] } ] }, "bog rhubarb": { "word": "bog rhubarb", "wordset_id": "faa071af2b", "meanings": [ { "id": "0e819f27ea", "def": "small Eurasian herb having broad leaves and lilac-pink rayless flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "butterbur" ] } ] }, "broad leaved goldenrod": { "word": "broad leaved goldenrod", "wordset_id": "7ffc9003a9", "meanings": [ { "id": "2f38d09bcf", "def": "a variety of goldenrod", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "rough-stemmed goldenrod" ] } ] }, "bristly oxtongue": { "word": "bristly oxtongue", "wordset_id": "9ba2dcf2ba", "meanings": [ { "id": "d411505e40", "def": "widespread European weed with spiny tongue-shaped leaves and yellow flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bitterweed" ] } ] }, "benweed": { "word": "benweed", "wordset_id": "aad4faafb7", "meanings": [ { "id": "041de07ccb", "def": "widespread European weed having yellow daisylike flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "ragweed" ] } ] }, "bugloss": { "word": "bugloss", "wordset_id": "dbe1fe2cad", "meanings": [ { "id": "77ea64d07c", "def": "widespread European weed with spiny tongue-shaped leaves and yellow flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bitterweed" ] }, { "id": "8d10e2b1f6", "def": "perennial or biennial herb cultivated for its delicate usually blue flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "alkanet" ] } ] }, "bluebell": { "word": "bluebell", "wordset_id": "0c5d6ff671", "meanings": [ { "id": "842416ce34", "def": "perennial of northern hemisphere with slender stems and bell-shaped blue flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "harebell" ] }, { "id": "2ef51ba747", "def": "one of the most handsome prairie wildflowers having large erect bell-shaped bluish flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "prairie gentian", "tulip gentian" ] }, { "id": "8016580fe3", "def": "sometimes placed in genus Scilla", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "harebell", "wild hyacinth", "wood hyacinth" ] } ] }, "butter daisy": { "word": "butter daisy", "wordset_id": "5ce70addbb", "meanings": [ { "id": "def708eb22", "def": "coarse greyish-green annual yellow-flowered herb", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "cowpen daisy" ] } ] }, "butterfly orchid": { "word": "butterfly orchid", "wordset_id": "b5845155bb", "meanings": [ { "id": "6584706048", "def": "Mediterranean orchid having usually purple flowers with a fan-shaped spotted or striped rose-red lip", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "butterfly orchis" ] }, { "id": "290dedfaa4", "def": "orchid of Florida and the Bahamas having showy brightly colored flowers", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "2f8b11bf3c", "def": "Mexican epiphytic orchid having pale green or yellow-green flowers with white purple-veined lip", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "butterfly orchis" ] }, { "id": "08a6780572", "def": "any orchid of the genus Oncidium: characterized by slender branching sprays of small yellow and brown flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "oncidium", "dancing lady orchid", "butterfly plant" ] }, { "id": "658f5a85f2", "def": "any orchid of the genus Psychopsis: spectacular large tiger-striped orchids", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "butterfly orchis": { "word": "butterfly orchis", "wordset_id": "154d5cc89c", "meanings": [ { "id": "0ab90051fb", "def": "Mediterranean orchid having usually purple flowers with a fan-shaped spotted or striped rose-red lip", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "butterfly orchid" ] }, { "id": "88632773b7", "def": "Mexican epiphytic orchid having pale green or yellow-green flowers with white purple-veined lip", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "butterfly orchid" ] } ] }, "bog rose": { "word": "bog rose", "wordset_id": "26783994c3", "meanings": [ { "id": "836f752cb3", "def": "a bog orchid with usually a solitary fragrant magenta pink blossom with a wide gaping corolla", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "wild pink" ] } ] }, "bog rein orchid": { "word": "bog rein orchid", "wordset_id": "e5e7bea59a", "meanings": [ { "id": "819ee9b86c", "def": "orchid with spikes of many fragrant white flowers on erect leafy stems", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bog candles" ] } ] }, "bog candles": { "word": "bog candles", "wordset_id": "9d09752ecd", "meanings": [ { "id": "3c2a6c8120", "def": "orchid with spikes of many fragrant white flowers on erect leafy stems", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bog rein orchid" ] } ] }, "bletia": { "word": "bletia", "wordset_id": "893a50bf6c", "meanings": [ { "id": "3971505858", "def": "any of various orchids of the genus Bletia having pseudobulbs and erect leafless racemes of large purple or pink flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "bartonia": { "word": "bartonia", "wordset_id": "cb80c0897c", "meanings": [ { "id": "9af414f24f", "def": "annual grown especially for its fragrant golden nocturnal flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "brassavola": { "word": "brassavola", "wordset_id": "93c4e0ccf5", "meanings": [ { "id": "8b92194824", "def": "any of various tropical American orchids with usually solitary fleshy leaves and showy white to green nocturnally fragrant blossoms solitary or in racemes of up to 7", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "bellflower family": { "word": "bellflower family", "wordset_id": "f6cecbdbda", "meanings": [ { "id": "d4e297a534", "def": "family of plants of the order Campanulales", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "bellflower": { "word": "bellflower", "wordset_id": "f782b813a6", "meanings": [ { "id": "992d0c2738", "def": "any of various plants of the genus Campanula having blue or white bell-shaped flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "campanula" ] } ] }, "brookweed": { "word": "brookweed", "wordset_id": "2cbfb5e46e", "meanings": [ { "id": "76fb82c519", "def": "water pimpernel of Europe to China", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "f7a46b2820", "def": "American water pimpernel", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "black bryony": { "word": "black bryony", "wordset_id": "8726c864c7", "meanings": [ { "id": "f6f230db69", "def": "common European twining vine with tuberous roots and cordate leaves and red berries", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "black bindweed" ] } ] }, "black bindweed": { "word": "black bindweed", "wordset_id": "c424bf0e85", "meanings": [ { "id": "cad4ac6d43", "def": "common European twining vine with tuberous roots and cordate leaves and red berries", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "black bryony" ] } ] }, "bear's ear": { "word": "bear's ear", "wordset_id": "505ac1cbe1", "meanings": [ { "id": "7f54e8f78f", "def": "yellow-flowered primrose native to Alps", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "auricula" ] } ] }, "broad-leaved twayblade": { "word": "broad-leaved twayblade", "wordset_id": "3b65ffb1ae", "meanings": [ { "id": "de375b1909", "def": "small orchid with two elliptic leaves and a slender raceme of small green flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "bog pimpernel": { "word": "bog pimpernel", "wordset_id": "28bbc88012", "meanings": [ { "id": "815115d13d", "def": "small creeping European herb having delicate pink flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "bastard pimpernel": { "word": "bastard pimpernel", "wordset_id": "6c0fd75429", "meanings": [ { "id": "bde77c371a", "def": "weedy plant having short dry chafflike leaves", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "chaffweed" ] } ] }, "butterfly plant": { "word": "butterfly plant", "wordset_id": "6f2e72beaa", "meanings": [ { "id": "fb3213c85f", "def": "any orchid of the genus Oncidium: characterized by slender branching sprays of small yellow and brown flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "butterfly orchid" ] }, { "id": "f4a6e51014", "def": "orchid having large elliptic to obovate fleshy leaves and fragrant pink-and-white flowers dotted with red", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "bee orchid": { "word": "bee orchid", "wordset_id": "430bcfdf00", "meanings": [ { "id": "78115984e6", "def": "European orchid whose flowers resemble bumble bees in shape and color", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "black saltwort": { "word": "black saltwort", "wordset_id": "8ab3a60c96", "meanings": [ { "id": "160275ec92", "def": "a small fleshy herb common along North American seashores and in brackish marshes having pink or white flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "sea milkwort" ] } ] }, "blue orchid": { "word": "blue orchid", "wordset_id": "c2351f4610", "meanings": [ { "id": "b784cf3b81", "def": "famous orchid of northern India having large pale to deep lilac-blue flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "brome": { "word": "brome", "wordset_id": "3ca091685c", "meanings": [ { "id": "ace801c1fb", "def": "any of various woodland and meadow grasses of the genus Bromus", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bromegrass" ] } ] }, "bromegrass": { "word": "bromegrass", "wordset_id": "bd9bfa7948", "meanings": [ { "id": "4cba2c5586", "def": "any of various woodland and meadow grasses of the genus Bromus", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "brome" ] } ] }, "barnyard grass": { "word": "barnyard grass", "wordset_id": "fdda2f61fb", "meanings": [ { "id": "881bae864a", "def": "a coarse annual panic grass", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "barn grass", "barn millet" ] } ] }, "bearded wheatgrass": { "word": "bearded wheatgrass", "wordset_id": "e84601aeed", "meanings": [ { "id": "05c63019a8", "def": "a wheatgrass with straight terminal awns on the flowering glumes", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "barn grass": { "word": "barn grass", "wordset_id": "b788742db2", "meanings": [ { "id": "4fffe3522e", "def": "a coarse annual panic grass", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "barnyard grass" ] } ] }, "barn millet": { "word": "barn millet", "wordset_id": "0e3eac9050", "meanings": [ { "id": "0790c933f2", "def": "a coarse annual panic grass", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "barnyard grass" ] } ] }, "bluestem wheatgrass": { "word": "bluestem wheatgrass", "wordset_id": "db07596eb6", "meanings": [ { "id": "b932b462b4", "def": "valuable forage grass of western United States", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "western wheatgrass" ] } ] }, "billion-dollar grass": { "word": "billion-dollar grass", "wordset_id": "806c098d95", "meanings": [ { "id": "383ca9266b", "def": "coarse annual grass cultivated in Japan and southeastern Asia for its edible seeds and for forage", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "sanwa millet" ] } ] }, "blue grama": { "word": "blue grama", "wordset_id": "4cd7093bc5", "meanings": [ { "id": "8e52652e6a", "def": "a pasture grass of western North America", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "black grama": { "word": "black grama", "wordset_id": "1114695f73", "meanings": [ { "id": "6b0e908192", "def": "a pasture grass (especially of western coastal regions of North America)", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "buffalo grass": { "word": "buffalo grass", "wordset_id": "1dc30988d9", "meanings": [ { "id": "12dd00cbe2", "def": "short grass growing on dry plains of central United States (where buffalo roam)", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "2f0a3db16b", "def": "low mat-forming grass of southern United States and tropical America", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "bent grass": { "word": "bent grass", "wordset_id": "f6d94d0029", "meanings": [ { "id": "f30d90e9da", "def": "grass for pastures and lawns especially bowling and putting greens", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bent" ] } ] }, "bent-grass": { "word": "bent-grass", "wordset_id": "d643587523", "meanings": [ { "id": "50e41c2838", "def": "grass for pastures and lawns especially bowling and putting greens", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bent" ] } ] }, "brown bent": { "word": "brown bent", "wordset_id": "b08d731e66", "meanings": [ { "id": "77c1144cf7", "def": "common grass with slender stems and narrow leaves", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "velvet bent" ] } ] }, "burgrass": { "word": "burgrass", "wordset_id": "819aabc7be", "meanings": [ { "id": "57f170aaff", "def": "a grass of the genus Cenchrus", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bur grass" ] } ] }, "bur grass": { "word": "bur grass", "wordset_id": "14c9a4449f", "meanings": [ { "id": "4708319694", "def": "a grass of the genus Cenchrus", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "burgrass" ] } ] }, "buffel grass": { "word": "buffel grass", "wordset_id": "3d81a2e7ff", "meanings": [ { "id": "16769e32c9", "def": "erect tussock-forming perennial bur grass used particularly in South Africa and Australia for pasture and forage", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "broom grass": { "word": "broom grass", "wordset_id": "3db61d392f", "meanings": [ { "id": "02ac094206", "def": "any of several grasses of the genus Andropogon", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "bracelet wood": { "word": "bracelet wood", "wordset_id": "e99e48546f", "meanings": [ { "id": "5d815d072f", "def": "small West Indian shrub or tree with hard glossy seeds patterned yellow and brown that are used to make bracelets", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "broom sedge": { "word": "broom sedge", "wordset_id": "9f5238433d", "meanings": [ { "id": "7394c2b3d8", "def": "tall tufted grass of southeastern United States", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "barbasco": { "word": "barbasco", "wordset_id": "0a388b0822", "meanings": [ { "id": "8e9ce655f1", "def": "West Indian shrub or small tree having leathery saponaceous leaves and extremely hard wood", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "joewood" ] } ] }, "bay grass": { "word": "bay grass", "wordset_id": "4f4849c026", "meanings": [ { "id": "b715dfea44", "def": "any of various grasses of the genus Eragrostis", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "love grass" ] } ] }, "beach grass": { "word": "beach grass", "wordset_id": "e3a13d5256", "meanings": [ { "id": "cabc1de410", "def": "tough grasses with strong roots that can grow on exposed sandy shores", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "bunchgrass": { "word": "bunchgrass", "wordset_id": "87bb1316c8", "meanings": [ { "id": "ca39ced3b4", "def": "any of various grasses of many genera that grow in tufts or clumps rather than forming a sod or mat", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bunch grass" ] } ] }, "bunch grass": { "word": "bunch grass", "wordset_id": "237c9a3e81", "meanings": [ { "id": "f5f48b6422", "def": "any of various grasses of many genera that grow in tufts or clumps rather than forming a sod or mat", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bunchgrass" ] } ] }, "bottle-grass": { "word": "bottle-grass", "wordset_id": "6c8d9c8537", "meanings": [ { "id": "dc49103b29", "def": "European foxtail naturalized in North America", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "rough bristlegrass" ] } ] }, "bottle grass": { "word": "bottle grass", "wordset_id": "c09b359d8e", "meanings": [ { "id": "9f8e3a9598", "def": "European foxtail naturalized in North America", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "rough bristlegrass" ] } ] }, "bulrush millet": { 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"meanings": [ { "id": "d9c6f35c59", "def": "any of various grasses of the genus Poa", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bluegrass" ] } ] }, "broomcorn": { "word": "broomcorn", "wordset_id": "ebe4670e38", "meanings": [ { "id": "cf00cbcf3f", "def": "tall grasses grown for the elongated stiff-branched panicle used for brooms and brushes", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "blackseed": { "word": "blackseed", "wordset_id": "2e46caf675", "meanings": [ { "id": "b69b124d8f", "def": "grass native to West Indies but common in southern United States having tufted wiry stems often infested with a dark fungus", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "smut grass" ] } ] }, "broom beard grass": { "word": "broom beard grass", "wordset_id": "a6c8169fcd", "meanings": [ { "id": "719ad25246", "def": "handsome hardy North American grass with foliage turning pale bronze in autumn", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "wire grass" ] } ] }, "bluestem": { "word": "bluestem", "wordset_id": "8520a3f5ee", "meanings": [ { "id": "af03d62afb", "def": "tall grass with smooth bluish leaf sheaths grown for hay in the United States", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "blue stem" ] } ] }, "blue stem": { "word": "blue stem", "wordset_id": "ad65ca6687", "meanings": [ { "id": "b6a810edf6", "def": "tall grass with smooth bluish leaf sheaths grown for hay in the United States", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bluestem" ] } ] }, "broomcorn millet": { "word": "broomcorn millet", "wordset_id": "ab46329346", "meanings": [ { "id": "ed99dc9535", "def": "extensively cultivated in Europe and Asia for its grain and in United States sometimes for forage", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "hog millet" ] } ] }, "bristlegrass": { "word": "bristlegrass", "wordset_id": "0a8b31229e", "meanings": [ { "id": "fae2cb828f", "def": "grasses of grasslands and woodlands having large gracefully arching spikes with long bristles beneath each spikelet", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bristle grass" ] } ] }, "bristle grass": { "word": "bristle grass", "wordset_id": "ab00eddff8", "meanings": [ { "id": "04e20de071", "def": "grasses of grasslands and woodlands having large gracefully arching spikes with long bristles beneath each spikelet", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bristlegrass" ] } ] }, "balsam apple": { "word": "balsam apple", "wordset_id": "faa7bbd0bc", "meanings": [ { "id": "b6a038d3d4", "def": "a tropical Old World flowering vine with red or orange warty fruit", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "bur reed": { "word": "bur reed", "wordset_id": "c0d732e8bd", "meanings": [ { "id": "6a2d0a10c4", "def": "marsh plant having elongated linear leaves and round prickly fruit", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "balsam pear": { "word": "balsam pear", "wordset_id": "f8e5079b88", "meanings": [ { "id": "7f5b628875", "def": "tropical Old World vine with yellow-orange fruit", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "blue cardinal flower": { "word": "blue cardinal flower", "wordset_id": "f67457bdf1", "meanings": [ { "id": "66bcb47b58", "def": "tall erect and very leafy perennial herb of eastern North America having dense spikes of blue flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "great lobelia" ] } ] }, "buffalo gourd": { "word": "buffalo gourd", "wordset_id": "2ee1da3db7", "meanings": [ { "id": "74dcfb1218", "def": "perennial vine of dry parts of central and southwestern United States and Mexico having small hard mottled green inedible fruit", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "prairie gourd" ] } ] }, "bryony": { "word": "bryony", "wordset_id": "3b80f17362", "meanings": [ { "id": "74c34991a9", "def": "a vine of the genus Bryonia having large leaves and small flowers and yielding acrid juice with emetic and purgative properties", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "briony" ] } ] }, "briony": { "word": "briony", "wordset_id": "68216407ce", "meanings": [ { "id": "4f8cb56772", "def": "a vine of the genus Bryonia having large leaves and small flowers and yielding acrid juice with emetic and purgative properties", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bryony" ] } ] }, "bamboo": { "word": "bamboo", "wordset_id": "2b04f7676a", "meanings": [ { "id": "10ff411b5d", "def": "woody tropical grass having hollow woody stems", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "42f367912a", "def": "the hard woody stems of bamboo plants", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "butter-print": { "word": "butter-print", "wordset_id": "bc11ce5143", "meanings": [ { "id": "8c8c462359", "def": "tall annual herb or subshrub of tropical Asia having velvety leaves and yellow flowers and yielding a strong fiber", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "velvetleaf" ] } ] }, "bottle gourd": { "word": "bottle gourd", "wordset_id": "246c228e94", "meanings": [ { "id": "489607b727", "def": "Old World climbing plant with hard-shelled bottle-shaped gourds as fruits", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "calabash" ] } ] }, "black bamboo": { "word": "black bamboo", "wordset_id": "33f854c46e", "meanings": [ { "id": "1d6a44cd34", "def": "small bamboo having thin green culms turning shining black", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "kuri-chiku" ] } ] }, "bur-reed family": { "word": "bur-reed family", "wordset_id": "79a172ebf8", "meanings": [ { "id": "9ae3a00d25", "def": "coextensive with the genus Sparganium", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "balsa": { "word": "balsa", "wordset_id": "b9203054a2", "meanings": [ { "id": "f43e5b92ba", "def": "forest tree of lowland Central America having a strong very light wood", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "7a7f80e6db", "def": "strong lightweight wood of the balsa tree used especially for floats", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "balsa wood" ] } ] }, "balsa wood": { "word": "balsa wood", "wordset_id": "4816e5c157", "meanings": [ { "id": "a152948329", "def": "strong lightweight wood of the balsa tree used especially for floats", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "balsa" ] } ] }, "bimli": { "word": "bimli", "wordset_id": "1518b08a56", "meanings": [ { "id": "b996460d31", "def": "valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "bimli hemp": { "word": "bimli hemp", "wordset_id": "a7a0379362", "meanings": [ { "id": "73a05215a0", "def": "valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "blue fig": { "word": "blue fig", "wordset_id": "48bd1344e6", "meanings": [ { "id": "d2722d3fa7", "def": "Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "quandong" ] }, { "id": "90ad00587d", "def": "the fruit of the Brisbane quandong tree", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "quandong" ] } ] }, "brown oak": { "word": "brown oak", "wordset_id": "a227c3ea06", "meanings": [ { "id": "91cc7e8eca", "def": "large tree of Australasia", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "red beech" ] } ] }, "booyong": { "word": "booyong", "wordset_id": "df296f02f0", "meanings": [ { "id": "63a3b6978d", "def": "large tree of Australasia", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "red beech" ] } ] }, "blue mahoe": { "word": "blue mahoe", "wordset_id": "e50dfc37cd", "meanings": [ { "id": "e9d20cbb0f", "def": "erect forest tree of Cuba and Jamaica having variably hairy leaves and orange-yellow or orange-red flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "mahoe", "majagua", "mahagua" ] } ] }, "bush hibiscus": { "word": "bush hibiscus", "wordset_id": "970179fa00", "meanings": [ { "id": "2d30052fb2", "def": "southern and western Australian shrub with unlobed or shallowly lobed toothed leaves and purple flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "breakax": { "word": "breakax", "wordset_id": "e161b8d612", "meanings": [ { "id": "387b2bd323", "def": "West Indian timber tree having very hard wood", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "breakaxe", "break-axe" ] } ] }, "breakaxe": { "word": "breakaxe", "wordset_id": "9014282d87", "meanings": [ { "id": "8cfbcbfa53", "def": "West Indian timber tree having very hard wood", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "breakax" ] } ] }, "break-axe": { "word": "break-axe", "wordset_id": "0ba86ee263", "meanings": [ { "id": "b281f179cf", "def": "West Indian timber tree having very hard wood", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "breakax" ] } ] }, "balibago": { "word": "balibago", "wordset_id": "4a0bd38acc", "meanings": [ { "id": "d5a525b82e", "def": "shrubby tree widely distributed along tropical shores", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "mahoe" ] } ] }, "bendy tree": { "word": "bendy tree", "wordset_id": "d765153ffa", "meanings": [ { "id": "b43c7784a8", "def": "pantropical tree of usually seacoasts sometimes cultivated as an ornamental for its rounded heart-shaped leaves and showy yellow and purple flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "portia tree" ] } ] }, "bladder ketmia": { "word": "bladder ketmia", "wordset_id": "bbb35e2840", "meanings": [ { "id": "d3d6f9cb3e", "def": "annual weedy herb with ephemeral yellow purple-eyed flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "black-eyed Susan" ] } ] }, "bottle-tree": { "word": "bottle-tree", "wordset_id": "00edc78e5a", "meanings": [ { "id": "1fb4f0ae32", "def": "an Australian tree of the genus Brachychiton", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bottle tree" ] } ] }, "bottle tree": { "word": "bottle tree", "wordset_id": "158adf4734", "meanings": [ { "id": "901aa7cc4a", "def": "an Australian tree of the genus Brachychiton", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bottle-tree" ] } ] }, "broad-leaved bottletree": { "word": "broad-leaved bottletree", "wordset_id": "e962bc9468", "meanings": [ { "id": "c4a5f1f4ee", "def": "north Australian tree having white flowers and broad leaves", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "flame tree" ] } ] }, "baobab": { "word": "baobab", "wordset_id": "1a94375901", "meanings": [ { "id": "dc2a5654d5", "def": "African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "monkey-bread tree" ] } ] }, "black huckleberry": { "word": "black huckleberry", "wordset_id": "4cfe120f4d", "meanings": [ { "id": "85b16023c5", "def": "low shrub of the eastern United States bearing shiny black edible fruit", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "bog rosemary": { "word": "bog rosemary", "wordset_id": "08ee494594", "meanings": [ { "id": "9e89a800ed", "def": "wiry evergreen shrub having pendent clusters of white or pink flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "moorwort" ] } ] }, "box huckleberry": { "word": "box huckleberry", "wordset_id": "789c605802", "meanings": [ { "id": "02d0fe8c29", "def": "creeping evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having small shiny boxlike leaves and flavorless berries", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "bog laurel": { "word": "bog laurel", "wordset_id": "d6993af272", "meanings": [ { "id": "b7c382d3c8", "def": "laurel of bogs of northwestern United States having small purple flowers and pale leaves that are glaucous beneath", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "swamp laurel" ] } ] }, "bearberry": { "word": "bearberry", "wordset_id": "3481a69377", "meanings": [ { "id": "84c6f8629b", "def": "chiefly evergreen subshrubs of northern to Arctic areas", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "c305c9baaa", "def": "deciduous shrub of southeastern and central United States", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "possum haw", "winterberry" ] }, { "id": "404cc83b65", "def": "shrubby tree of the Pacific coast of the United States", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "chittamwood", "chittimwood", "cascara buckthorn", "bearwood" ] } ] }, "bear's grape": { "word": "bear's grape", "wordset_id": "49c930de96", "meanings": [ { "id": "7096763226", "def": "evergreen mat-forming shrub of North America and northern Eurasia having small white flowers and red berries", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "common bearberry" ] } ] }, "black bearberry": { "word": "black bearberry", "wordset_id": "af374798ca", "meanings": [ { "id": "435c705727", "def": "deciduous creeping shrub bright red in autumn having black or blue-black berries", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "alpine bearberry" ] } ] }, "banksia": { "word": "banksia", "wordset_id": "44ae234752", "meanings": [ { "id": "01086e9fd3", "def": "any shrub or tree of the genus Banksia having alternate leathery leaves apetalous yellow flowers often in showy heads and conelike fruit with winged seeds", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "bryanthus": { "word": "bryanthus", "wordset_id": "81d0c167dc", "meanings": [ { "id": "ef3b7a2d38", "def": "procumbent Old World mat-forming evergreen shrub with racemes of pinkish-white flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "brier": { "word": "brier", "wordset_id": "2c4fd8cdfa", "meanings": [ { "id": "209ce8d2e0", "def": "evergreen treelike Mediterranean shrub having fragrant white flowers in large terminal panicles and hard woody roots used to make tobacco pipes", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "briar" ] }, { "id": "09756befd5", "def": "a very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed by clusters of inedible shiny black berries", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "briar" ] }, { "id": "fa2ac2483b", "def": "Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "briar" ] }, { "id": "d04454d1d6", "def": "tangled mass of prickly plants", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "brierpatch", "brier patch" ] }, { "id": "b90e9e17ec", "def": "a thorny stem or twig", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "briarroot": { "word": "briarroot", "wordset_id": "dbdbfd9c03", "meanings": [ { "id": "39f38bd672", "def": "hard woody root of the briar Erica arborea", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "briarwood": { "word": "briarwood", "wordset_id": "7aa57c675f", "meanings": [ { "id": "48e4456a14", "def": "wood from the hard woody root of the briar Erica arborea", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "brierwood", "brier-wood" ] } ] }, "brierwood": { "word": "brierwood", "wordset_id": "fbe8530b47", "meanings": [ { "id": "02596968af", "def": "wood from the hard woody root of the briar Erica arborea", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "briarwood" ] } ] }, "beefwood": { "word": "beefwood", "wordset_id": "a310b21da8", "meanings": [ { "id": "09330d7c3e", "def": "tree yielding hard heavy reddish wood", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "337ce636a1", "def": "tree or tall shrub with shiny leaves and umbels of fragrant creamy-white flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "scrub beefwood" ] }, { "id": "b393f70d8b", "def": "any of several Australian trees of the genus Casuarina yielding heavy hard red wood used in cabinetwork", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "ddef74113f", "def": "any of several heavy hard reddish chiefly tropical woods of the families Casuarinaceae and Proteaceae", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "1e03c4c7b5", "def": "a tropical hardwood tree yielding balata gum and heavy red timber", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "balata", "balata tree", "bully tree" ] } ] }, "brier-wood": { "word": "brier-wood", "wordset_id": "486e10aa07", "meanings": [ { "id": "eaa5f1e984", "def": "wood from the hard woody root of the briar Erica arborea", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "briarwood" ] } ] }, "basswood": { "word": "basswood", "wordset_id": "e15f1fdccd", "meanings": [ { "id": "fc561cdfb2", "def": "any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia with heart-shaped leaves and drooping cymose clusters of yellowish often fragrant flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "lime" ] }, { "id": "02199f2090", "def": "soft light-colored wood of any of various linden trees", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "linden" ] } ] }, "bell heather": { "word": "bell heather", "wordset_id": "0630f62c28", "meanings": [ { "id": "853794e3a1", "def": "common low European shrub with purple-red flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "heather bell", "fine-leaved heath" ] }, { "id": "c470445cae", "def": "dwarf European shrub with rose-colored flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "cross-leaved heath" ] } ] }, "beetleweed": { "word": "beetleweed", "wordset_id": "4af2eaa027", "meanings": [ { "id": "4a8cf13d3a", "def": "tufted evergreen perennial herb having spikes of tiny white flowers and glossy green round to heart-shaped leaves that become coppery to maroon or purplish in fall", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "galaxy" ] } ] }, "beech family": { "word": "beech family", "wordset_id": "706ac10bc4", "meanings": [ { "id": "613dde36db", "def": "chiefly monoecious trees and shrubs: beeches", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "beech": { "word": "beech", "wordset_id": "05fa7dd6dd", "meanings": [ { "id": "234a587f50", "def": "any of several large deciduous trees with rounded spreading crowns and smooth grey bark and small sweet edible triangular nuts enclosed in burs", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "beech tree" ] }, { "id": "dcf3ad23f1", "def": "wood of any of various beech trees", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "beechwood" ] } ] }, "beech tree": { "word": "beech tree", "wordset_id": "725adb0c49", "meanings": [ { "id": "e4563a9935", "def": "any of several large deciduous trees with rounded spreading crowns and smooth grey bark and small sweet edible triangular nuts enclosed in burs", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "beech" ] } ] }, "beechwood": { "word": "beechwood", "wordset_id": "e1cd62761f", "meanings": [ { "id": "1cefa74158", "def": "wood of any of various beech trees", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "beech" ] } ] }, "blueberry bush": { "word": "blueberry bush", "wordset_id": "959900ccaf", "meanings": [ { "id": "0fc8ba6b8b", "def": "any of numerous shrubs of the genus Vaccinium bearing blueberries", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "blueberry" ] } ] }, "blunt-leaf heath": { "word": "blunt-leaf heath", "wordset_id": "e2f9a2f5f1", "meanings": [ { "id": "07acfc48f5", "def": "small erect shrub of Australia and Tasmania with fragrant ivory flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "common heath" ] } ] }, "blaeberry": { "word": "blaeberry", "wordset_id": "4289032846", "meanings": [ { "id": "4ee2d95e03", "def": "erect European blueberry having solitary flowers and blue-black berries", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bilberry" ] } ] }, "bog bilberry": { "word": "bog bilberry", "wordset_id": "bc481e9f84", "meanings": [ { "id": "3c093e6fb7", "def": "an evergreen shrub with leathery leaves", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bog whortleberry", "moor berry" ] } ] }, "bog whortleberry": { "word": "bog whortleberry", "wordset_id": "9ebf7f6085", "meanings": [ { "id": "1fbd061cae", "def": "an evergreen shrub with leathery leaves", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bog bilberry" ] } ] }, "bur oak": { "word": "bur oak", "wordset_id": 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western United States with conspicuous beaklike involucres on the nuts", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "black beech": { "word": "black beech", "wordset_id": "85c2f69cbd", "meanings": [ { "id": "a885f64316", "def": "New Zealand forest tree", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "black birch": { "word": "black birch", "wordset_id": "5ec6208768", "meanings": [ { "id": "5ed94783d5", "def": "birch of swamps and river bottoms throughout the eastern United States having reddish-brown bark", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "red birch" ] }, { "id": "d2ac96dd89", "def": "common birch of the eastern United States having spicy brown bark yielding a volatile oil and hard dark wood used for furniture", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "sweet birch", "cherry birch" ] } ] }, "broad leaved centaury": { "word": "broad leaved centaury", "wordset_id": "3d8d8544ff", "meanings": [ { "id": "568f916bde", "def": "a variety of centaury with broad leaves", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "basket oak": { "word": 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large deciduous timber tree of the eastern United States and southeastern Canada having dark outer bark and yellow inner bark used for tanning", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "bear oak": { "word": "bear oak", "wordset_id": "e89c5b489d", "meanings": [ { "id": "9cc4678161", "def": "shrubby oak of southeastern United States usually forming dense thickets", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "bluejack oak": { "word": "bluejack oak", "wordset_id": "cacf466005", "meanings": [ { "id": "0cc7f6fe73", "def": "small semi-evergreen shrubby tree of southeastern United States having hairy young branchlets and leaves narrowing to a slender bristly point", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "turkey oak" ] } ] }, "birch family": { "word": "birch family", "wordset_id": "6d1a41007c", "meanings": [ { "id": "b25ac1484b", "def": "monoecious trees and shrubs (including the genera Betula and Alnus and Carpinus and Corylus and Ostrya and Ostryopsis)", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "birch tree": { "word": "birch tree", "wordset_id": "6a2cf6f0de", "meanings": [ { "id": "bebbbcd1c3", "def": "any betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula having a thin peeling bark", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "birch" ] } ] }, "big shellbark": { "word": "big shellbark", "wordset_id": "2f927d0bd2", "meanings": [ { "id": "9f6ee273c4", "def": "hickory of the eastern United States resembling the shagbark but having a much larger nut", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "big shellbark hickory", "big shagbark", "king nut", "king nut hickory" ] } ] }, "big shellbark hickory": { "word": "big shellbark hickory", "wordset_id": "6086da6440", "meanings": [ { "id": "2e49bed6a7", "def": "hickory of the eastern United States resembling the shagbark but having a much larger nut", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "big shellbark" ] } ] }, "blue ash": { "word": "blue ash", "wordset_id": "792eaac63c", "meanings": [ { "id": "9dd53c4c4e", "def": "ash of central and southern United States with bluish-green foliage and hard brown wood", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "big shagbark": { "word": "big shagbark", "wordset_id": "7fc4159284", "meanings": [ { "id": "990118aa80", "def": "hickory of the eastern United States resembling the shagbark but having a much larger nut", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "big shellbark" ] } ] }, "bitter floom": { "word": "bitter floom", "wordset_id": "51470de14e", "meanings": [ { "id": "f2b3064a6f", "def": "any of several pink-flowered marsh plant of the eastern United States resembling a true centaury", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "marsh pink" ] } ] }, "big-bud hickory": { "word": "big-bud hickory", "wordset_id": "65f2ba4569", "meanings": [ { "id": "3a5e68e8ba", "def": "smooth-barked North American hickory with 7 to 9 leaflets bearing a hard-shelled edible nut", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "mockernut" ] } ] }, "bilsted": { "word": "bilsted", "wordset_id": "84108cd7ff", "meanings": [ { "id": "f5fb93aed0", "def": "a North American tree of the genus Liquidambar having prickly spherical fruit clusters and fragrant sap", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "sweet gum" ] } ] }, "black maire": { "word": "black maire", "wordset_id": "d522521583", "meanings": [ { "id": "db2b3b68a3", "def": "northern Zealand tree having dense hard light-brown wood", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "blind gentian": { "word": "blind gentian", "wordset_id": "90f45fb674", "meanings": [ { "id": "ea61869602", "def": "gentian of eastern North America having tubular blue or white flowers that open little if at all", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "closed gentian" ] }, { "id": "7a4a0ba837", "def": "similar to Gentiana andrewsii but with larger flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "closed gentian" ] } ] }, "bottle gentian": { "word": "bottle gentian", "wordset_id": "9a06015498", "meanings": [ { "id": "aeaa251411", "def": "gentian of eastern North America having tubular blue or white flowers that open little if at all", "speech_part": "noun", 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"speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "black ash" ] } ] }, "bitternut hickory": { "word": "bitternut hickory", "wordset_id": "be9211647d", "meanings": [ { "id": "05107db573", "def": "hickory of the eastern United States having a leaves with 7 or 9 leaflets and thin-shelled very bitter nuts", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bitternut" ] } ] }, "bitter hickory": { "word": "bitter hickory", "wordset_id": "9c32aab48e", "meanings": [ { "id": "ca9d05a76b", "def": "hickory of the eastern United States having a leaves with 7 or 9 leaflets and thin-shelled very bitter nuts", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bitternut" ] } ] }, "bitter pignut": { "word": "bitter pignut", "wordset_id": "b5e36a5dee", "meanings": [ { "id": "f588ece1cd", "def": "hickory of the eastern United States having a leaves with 7 or 9 leaflets and thin-shelled very bitter nuts", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bitternut" ] } ] }, "blue gum": { "word": "blue gum", "wordset_id": "108bebf876", "meanings": [ { "id": "87bdc0481e", "def": "tall fast-growing timber tree with leaves containing a medicinal oil", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "fever tree" ] } ] }, "bay-rum tree": { "word": "bay-rum tree", "wordset_id": "ab16d26162", "meanings": [ { "id": "dc114ee99e", "def": "West Indian tree", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bayberry" ] } ] }, "black mallee": { "word": "black mallee", "wordset_id": "fd7650c799", "meanings": [ { "id": "50bae85230", "def": "a small mallee with rough dark-colored bark toward the butt", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "black sally", "black gum" ] } ] }, "bush willow": { "word": "bush willow", "wordset_id": "c49c53f2f7", "meanings": [ { "id": "a5fb92f44b", "def": "small deciduous tree of the Transvaal having spikes of yellow flowers", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "0d5ea7f38a", "def": "small South African tree having creamy yellow fragrant flowers usually growing on stream banks", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "black sally": { "word": "black sally", "wordset_id": "f0cf36c0fe", "meanings": [ { "id": "6fd78507a9", "def": "a small mallee with rough dark-colored bark toward the butt", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "black mallee" ] } ] }, "black gum": { "word": "black gum", "wordset_id": "b82e5531f5", "meanings": [ { "id": "9791327d26", "def": "a small mallee with rough dark-colored bark toward the butt", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "black mallee" ] }, { "id": "5b65d4b457", "def": "columnar tree of eastern North America having horizontal limbs and small leaves that emerge late in spring and have brilliant color in early fall", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "sour gum", "pepperidge" ] } ] }, "button tree": { "word": "button tree", "wordset_id": "2e663a2e63", "meanings": [ { "id": "bd5031815c", "def": "evergreen tree or shrub with fruit resembling buttons and yielding heavy hard compact wood", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "button mangrove" ] } ] }, "button mangrove": { "word": "button mangrove", "wordset_id": "fefdc2f270", "meanings": [ { "id": "ec13f8cb2c", "def": "evergreen tree or shrub with fruit resembling buttons and yielding heavy hard compact wood", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "button tree" ] } ] }, "brazil-nut tree": { "word": "brazil-nut tree", "wordset_id": "503a6770ec", "meanings": [ { "id": "7b8afb87a6", "def": "tall South American tree bearing brazil nuts", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "brazil nut" ] } ] }, "begonia family": { "word": "begonia family", "wordset_id": "cd2198ee43", "meanings": [ { "id": "9eb3ed24bc", "def": "monoecious succulent herbs or shrubs of tropical and warm regions especially America", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "begonia": { "word": "begonia", "wordset_id": "3f428ae6c7", "meanings": [ { "id": "31b3b21fce", "def": "any of numerous plants of the genus Begonia grown for their attractive glossy asymmetrical leaves and colorful flowers in usually terminal cymes or racemes", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "banana family": { "word": "banana family", "wordset_id": "fb2d5734e5", "meanings": [ { "id": "9f16d8be5f", "def": "treelike tropical Asian herbs", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "blooming-fool begonia": { "word": "blooming-fool begonia", "wordset_id": "f5a16ef749", "meanings": [ { "id": "28dbc18013", "def": "hybrid winter-blooming begonia grown for its many large pink flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "banana tree": { "word": "banana tree", "wordset_id": "7bb108c74f", "meanings": [ { "id": "e7cc86d7c6", "def": "any of several tropical and subtropical treelike herbs of the genus Musa having a terminal crown of large entire leaves and usually bearing hanging clusters of elongated fruits", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "banana" ] } ] }, "beach heather": { "word": "beach heather", "wordset_id": "29db3e05f1", "meanings": [ { "id": "7f52fb58c3", "def": "small heathlike plant covered with white down growing on beaches in northeastern North America", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "poverty grass" ] } ] }, "beefsteak begonia": { "word": "beefsteak begonia", "wordset_id": "3eb9701abd", "meanings": [ { "id": "b41ef355cf", "def": "rhizomatous begonia with roundish fleshy leaves reddish colored beneath", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "kidney begonia" ] } ] }, "beefsteak geranium": { "word": "beefsteak geranium", "wordset_id": "06b824cb75", "meanings": [ { "id": "96c8d3ce71", "def": "any of numerous usually rhizomatous hybrid begonias derived from an East Indian plant having rough-textured leaves patterned in silver and bronze and purple and red-brown with inconspicuous flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "rex begonia" ] } ] }, "bower actinidia": { "word": "bower actinidia", "wordset_id": "29601bafb3", "meanings": [ { "id": "5ee121dd54", "def": "climbing Asiatic vine having long finely serrate leaves and racemes of white flowers followed by greenish-yellow edible fruit", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "tara vine" ] } ] }, "boojum tree": { "word": "boojum tree", "wordset_id": "5bce77a1c5", "meanings": [ { "id": "d62b48cc0b", "def": "candlewood of Mexico and southwestern California having tall columnar stems and bearing honey-scented creamy yellow flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "cirio" ] } ] }, "bird's-eye bush": { "word": "bird's-eye bush", "wordset_id": "36247783ee", "meanings": [ { "id": "9e1ce1d2c6", "def": "shrub with narrow-elliptic glossy evergreen leaves and yellow flowers with leathery petaloid sepals", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "bine": { "word": "bine", "wordset_id": "3ff8c2a425", "meanings": [ { "id": "0e9df755d8", "def": "European twining plant whose flowers are used chiefly to flavor malt liquors", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "common hop" ] } ] }, "black mulberry": { "word": "black mulberry", "wordset_id": "8691f3411e", "meanings": [ { "id": "f3714d2be8", "def": "European mulberry having dark foliage and fruit", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "banana passion fruit": { "word": "banana passion fruit", "wordset_id": "6c32fd7184", "meanings": [ { "id": "123e00fa02", "def": "cultivated for fruit", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "bow wood": { "word": "bow wood", "wordset_id": "f2085a233b", "meanings": [ { "id": "5f142b3c06", "def": "small shrubby deciduous yellowwood tree of south central United States having spines, glossy dark green leaves and an inedible fruit that resembles an orange", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "osage orange" ] } ] }, "breadfruit tree": { "word": "breadfruit tree", "wordset_id": "5b8b027fcc", "meanings": [ { "id": "51b1799000", "def": "native to Pacific islands and having edible fruit with a texture like bread", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "breadfruit" ] } ] }, "batoko palm": { "word": "batoko palm", "wordset_id": "fdf77ce555", "meanings": [ { "id": "b939f2b59a", "def": "small shrubby tree of Madagascar cultivated in tropical regions as a hedge plant and for its deep red acid fruits resembling small plums", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "governor's plum" ] } ] }, "bog hemp": { "word": "bog hemp", "wordset_id": "14d30141c4", "meanings": [ { "id": "753a18ead9", "def": "any of several flowering weeds of the genus Boehmeria lacking stinging hairs", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "false nettle" ] } ] }, "baby's tears": { "word": "baby's tears", "wordset_id": "188ead09ba", "meanings": [ { "id": "2437aeb431", "def": "prostrate or creeping Corsican herb with moss-like small round short-stemmed leaves", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "baby tears" ] } ] }, "baby tears": { "word": "baby tears", "wordset_id": "e383daf983", "meanings": [ { "id": "2c2f02e3d4", "def": "prostrate or creeping Corsican herb with moss-like small round short-stemmed leaves", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "baby's tears" ] } ] }, "banyan tree": { "word": "banyan tree", "wordset_id": "cac9f407ce", "meanings": [ { "id": "32bf0ed368", "def": "East Indian tree that puts out aerial shoots that grow down into the soil forming additional trunks", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "banyan" ] } ] }, "banian tree": { "word": "banian tree", "wordset_id": "572f7dcdc6", "meanings": [ { "id": "1a9ea00b28", "def": "East Indian tree that puts out aerial shoots that grow down into the soil forming additional trunks", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "banyan" ] } ] }, "bo tree": { "word": "bo tree", "wordset_id": "88de29f2c4", "meanings": [ { "id": "3c77b0b9f5", "def": "fig tree of India noted for great size and longevity", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "pipal" ] } ] }, "belladonna lily": { "word": "belladonna lily", "wordset_id": "ee81a43f2f", "meanings": [ { "id": "9972156223", "def": "amaryllis of South Africa often cultivated for its fragrant white or rose flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "naked lady" ] } ] }, "blood lily": { "word": "blood lily", "wordset_id": "7805d2fa06", "meanings": [ { "id": "fa1bf91b4b", "def": "any of various deciduous or evergreen herbs of the genus Haemanthus", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "bearded iris": { "word": "bearded iris", "wordset_id": "0152943fca", "meanings": [ { "id": "b6af012e82", "def": "any of numerous wild or cultivated irises with hairlike structures on the falls (the drooping sepals)", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "beardless iris": { "word": "beardless iris", "wordset_id": "0244495237", "meanings": [ { "id": "b5d83d7311", "def": "any of numerous wild or cultivated irises having no hairs on the drooping sepals (the falls)", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "bulbous iris": { "word": "bulbous iris", "wordset_id": "efac5e572f", "meanings": [ { "id": "d0a6429de0", "def": "any of various irises having a rootstock formed like a bulb", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "blue flag": { "word": "blue flag", "wordset_id": "1bd407babb", "meanings": [ { "id": "6bf7109fbd", "def": "a common iris of the eastern United States having blue or blue-violet flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "blackberry-lily": { "word": "blackberry-lily", "wordset_id": "99d168bcd3", "meanings": [ { "id": "38f1ba529f", "def": "garden plant whose capsule discloses when ripe a mass of seeds resembling a blackberry", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "leopard lily" ] } ] }, "blue-eyed grass": { "word": "blue-eyed grass", "wordset_id": "a74154fb0b", "meanings": [ { "id": "662b09bbd6", "def": "plant with grasslike foliage and delicate blue flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "brodiaea": { "word": "brodiaea", "wordset_id": "a9a1da3bcd", "meanings": [ { "id": "362ee429a2", "def": "any of several plants of the genus Brodiaea having basal grasslike leaves and globose flower heads on leafless stems resembling those of genus Allium", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "brown bells": { "word": "brown bells", "wordset_id": "5b6e0d3ee9", "meanings": [ { "id": "c73b2792a8", "def": "California herb with brownish-purple or greenish bell-shaped flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "burn plant": { "word": "burn plant", "wordset_id": "03387ca217", "meanings": [ { "id": "a1f7a1de1b", "def": "very short-stemmed plant with thick leaves with soothing mucilaginous juice", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "blonde lilian": { "word": "blonde lilian", "wordset_id": "73c1175843", "meanings": [ { "id": "c126e4f275", "def": "North American dogtooth having solitary white flowers with yellow centers and blue or pink exteriors", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "white dogtooth violet" ] } ] }, "bar-room plant": { "word": "bar-room plant", "wordset_id": "8f3c582bf9", "meanings": [ { "id": "cc5e9eb693", "def": "evergreen perennial with large handsome basal leaves", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "aspidistra" ] } ] }, "black fritillary": { "word": "black fritillary", "wordset_id": "1dcc3cfda2", "meanings": [ { "id": "0d97e4874b", "def": "herb of southwestern United States having dark purple bell-shaped flowers mottled with green", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "mission bells" ] } ] }, "bath asparagus": { "word": "bath asparagus", "wordset_id": "ae094c6b59", "meanings": [ { "id": "4d31d3acf8", "def": "Old World star of Bethlehem having edible young shoots", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "birthroot": { "word": "birthroot", "wordset_id": "6831b3314c", "meanings": [ { "id": "41a4a4172f", "def": "trillium of eastern North America having malodorous pink to purple flowers and an astringent root used in folk medicine especially to ease childbirth", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "purple trillium" ] } ] }, "bullbrier": { "word": "bullbrier", "wordset_id": "16deb45907", "meanings": [ { "id": "ca73969e13", "def": "a very prickly woody vine of the eastern United States growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed by clusters of inedible shiny black berries", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "briar" ] } ] }, "bonduc": { "word": "bonduc", "wordset_id": "9a19fb13bf", "meanings": [ { "id": "c7a8a72dbb", "def": "tropical tree with large prickly pods of seeds that resemble beans and are used for jewelry and rosaries", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bonduc tree" ] }, { "id": "7087a9f30b", "def": "handsome tree of central and eastern North America having large bipinnate leaves and green-white flowers followed by large woody brown pods whose seeds are used as a coffee substitute", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "chicot" ] } ] }, "bonduc tree": { "word": "bonduc tree", "wordset_id": "64f6642093", "meanings": [ { "id": "a06c6d7435", "def": "tropical tree with large prickly pods of seeds that resemble beans and are used for jewelry and rosaries", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bonduc" ] } ] }, "butcher's broom": { "word": "butcher's broom", "wordset_id": "7ab4e998d5", "meanings": [ { "id": "c6f388092f", "def": "shrub with stiff flattened stems resembling leaves (cladophylls)", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "bowstring hemp": { "word": "bowstring hemp", "wordset_id": "2bbe4afebc", "meanings": [ { "id": "503d3e69d4", "def": "grown as a houseplant for its mottled fleshy sword-shaped leaves or as a source of fiber", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "sansevieria" ] }, { "id": "198efee20a", "def": "strong fiber that resembles hemp", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "f23976fab9", "def": "hemp obtained from the sansevieria", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "brazilwood": { "word": "brazilwood", "wordset_id": "e50e582887", "meanings": [ { "id": "5055754b29", "def": "tropical tree with prickly trunk", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "peachwood", "peach-wood", "pernambuco wood" ] }, { "id": "2a34865a34", "def": "heavy wood of various brazilwood trees", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "bog asphodel": { "word": "bog asphodel", "wordset_id": "8f77ce654e", "meanings": [ { "id": "f170f68398", "def": "either of two herbaceous rushlike bog plants having small yellow flowers and grasslike leaves", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "brazilian ironwood": { "word": "brazilian ironwood", "wordset_id": "e89d647d89", "meanings": [ { "id": "cf780ddabc", "def": "thornless tree yielding heavy wood", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "bride's bonnet": { "word": "bride's bonnet", "wordset_id": "c1484446a8", "meanings": [ { "id": "9c2be6cdf4", "def": "plant with 1 or 2 white starlike flowers on short leafless stalks", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "queen's cup" ] } ] }, "bear grass": { "word": "bear grass", "wordset_id": "1d62fdc0b4", "meanings": [ { "id": "e41f79acf1", "def": "plant of western North America having woody rhizomes and tufts of stiff grasslike basal leaves and spikes of creamy white flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "squaw grass" ] }, { "id": "7f7248ab25", "def": "stemless plant with tufts of grasslike leaves and erect panicle of minute creamy white flowers", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "05f5f829f2", "def": "yucca of west central United States having a clump of basal grasslike leaves and a central stalk with a terminal raceme of small whitish flowers", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "0e9976d8d7", "def": "yucca of southern United States having a clump of basal grasslike leaves and a central stalk with a terminal raceme of small whitish flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "butterfly flower": { "word": "butterfly flower", "wordset_id": "15cebdea1b", "meanings": [ { "id": "9637288d48", "def": "shrub or small tree of Dutch Guiana having clusters of pink flowers streaked with purple", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "f5848debed", "def": "any plant of the genus Schizanthus having finely divided leaves and showy variegated flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "poor man's orchid", "schizanthus" ] } ] }, "bellwort": { "word": "bellwort", "wordset_id": "5e685e4329", "meanings": [ { "id": "566138ae46", "def": "any of various plants of the genus Uvularia having yellowish drooping bell-shaped flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "merry bells", "wild oats" ] } ] }, "buckbean family": { "word": "buckbean family", "wordset_id": "d975d6b160", "meanings": [ { "id": "d75c0a59a5", "def": "a dicotyledonous family of marsh plants of order Gentianales", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "buckbean": { "word": "buckbean", "wordset_id": "6f169351d1", "meanings": [ { "id": "d027808f5b", "def": "perennial plant of Europe and America having racemes of white or purplish flowers and intensely bitter trifoliate leaves", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "water shamrock" ] } ] }, "bogbean": { "word": "bogbean", "wordset_id": "01672a244e", "meanings": [ { "id": "ae90cbe393", "def": "perennial plant of Europe and America having racemes of white or purplish flowers and intensely bitter trifoliate leaves", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "water shamrock" ] } ] }, "bog myrtle": { "word": "bog myrtle", "wordset_id": "83dcf7a500", "meanings": [ { "id": "c2655f8145", "def": "perennial plant of Europe and America having racemes of white or purplish flowers and intensely bitter trifoliate leaves", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "water shamrock" ] } ] }, "butterfly bush": { "word": "butterfly bush", "wordset_id": "3c7aff2f9b", "meanings": [ { "id": "48d170d7bb", "def": "tropical shrub having clusters of white or violet or yellow flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "buddleia" ] } ] }, "buddleia": { "word": "buddleia", "wordset_id": "4323ab1398", "meanings": [ { "id": "b154b40be0", "def": "tropical shrub having clusters of white or violet or yellow flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "butterfly bush" ] } ] }, "bladder senna": { "word": "bladder senna", "wordset_id": "94e9d9dc59", "meanings": [ { "id": "e172e85b73", "def": "yellow-flowered European shrub cultivated for its succession of yellow flowers and very inflated bladdery pods and as a source of wildlife food", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "bastard indigo": { "word": "bastard indigo", "wordset_id": "f975936eec", "meanings": [ { "id": "7eedbed110", "def": "an erect to spreading hairy shrub of the Pacific coast of the United States having racemes of red to indigo flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "false indigo" ] }, { "id": "bc3c7c96d9", "def": "dense shrub of moist riverbanks and flood plains of the eastern United States having attractive fragrant foliage and dense racemes of dark purple flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "false indigo" ] }, { "id": "dccc63888a", "def": "East Indian shrub", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "bean trefoil": { "word": "bean trefoil", "wordset_id": "84c7f78e50", "meanings": [ { "id": "725d5069b4", "def": "shrub with trifoliate leaves and yellow flowers followed by backward curving seed pods", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "stinking bean trefoil" ] } ] }, "butterfly pea": { "word": "butterfly pea", "wordset_id": "f497c4b62f", "meanings": [ { "id": "d8a33c3023", "def": "large-flowered weakly twining or prostrate vine of New Jersey to tropical eastern North America, sometimes cultivated for its purple and white flowers", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "3a63ca69ff", "def": "large-flowered wild twining vine of southeastern and central United States having pale blue flowers", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "8ac1536b2a", "def": "vine of tropical Asia having pinnate leaves and bright blue flowers with yellow centers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "bloodwood tree": { "word": "bloodwood tree", "wordset_id": "0fe80d0dac", "meanings": [ { "id": "be09d913e4", "def": "spiny shrub or small tree of Central America and West Indies having bipinnate leaves and racemes of small bright yellow flowers and yielding a hard brown or brownish-red heartwood used in preparing a black dye", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "logwood" ] }, { "id": "2c0cee0b41", "def": "deciduous South African tree having large odd-pinnate leaves and profuse fragrant orange-yellow flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "kiaat" ] } ] }, "blue false indigo": { "word": "blue false indigo", "wordset_id": "b96b5d1c8d", "meanings": [ { "id": "4b5edb52e6", "def": "wild indigo of the eastern United States having racemes of blue flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "beggar lice": { "word": "beggar lice", "wordset_id": "824b7e847f", "meanings": [ { "id": "6f994bb7d2", "def": "any of various tropical and subtropical plants having trifoliate leaves and rough sticky pod sections or loments", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "tick trefoil" ] }, { "id": "bba8681cff", "def": "Eurasian and North American plants having small prickly nutlets that stick to clothing", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "beggar's lice" ] } ] }, "beggar's lice": { "word": "beggar's lice", "wordset_id": "5754622785", "meanings": [ { "id": "68f5a45384", "def": "any of various tropical and subtropical plants having trifoliate leaves and rough sticky pod sections or loments", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "tick trefoil" ] }, { "id": "7e9b09bf8e", "def": "Eurasian and North American plants having small prickly nutlets that stick to clothing", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "beggar lice" ] } ] }, "beggarweed": { "word": "beggarweed", "wordset_id": "c5a70075d0", "meanings": [ { "id": "0dcc74aff4", "def": "West Indian forage plant cultivated in southern United States as forage and to improve soil", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "bush clover": { "word": "bush clover", "wordset_id": "7253a40655", "meanings": [ { "id": "d6c003713f", "def": "shrubby or herbaceous plants widely used for forage, soil improvement, and especially hay in southern United States", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "lespedeza" ] } ] }, "bicolor lespediza": { "word": "bicolor lespediza", "wordset_id": "3c1bbbafb5", "meanings": [ { "id": "f45f1af77a", "def": "Asian shrub having conspicuous racemose rose-purple flowers widely used as an ornamental and in erosion control and as a source of feed for wild birds", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "ezo-yama-hagi" ] } ] }, "bonavist": { "word": "bonavist", "wordset_id": "15d246e314", "meanings": [ { "id": "9130d4d39f", "def": "perennial twining vine of Old World tropics having trifoliate leaves and racemes of fragrant purple pea-like flowers followed by maroon pods of edible seeds", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "hyacinth bean" ] } ] }, "broom tree": { "word": "broom tree", "wordset_id": "b5919e59f5", "meanings": [ { "id": "0537e8b6df", "def": "prickly yellow-flowered shrub of the moors of New England and Europe", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "needle furze", "petty whin" ] } ] }, "bird's foot trefoil": { "word": "bird's foot trefoil", "wordset_id": "117e84fa9c", "meanings": [ { "id": "3ec34f1e2b", "def": "European forage plant having claw-shaped pods introduced in America", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bacon and eggs" ] }, { "id": "1df8741b0f", "def": "Old World herb related to fenugreek", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "bird's foot clover": { "word": "bird's foot clover", "wordset_id": "2bf13b1315", "meanings": [ { "id": "f7322b5430", "def": "European forage plant having claw-shaped pods introduced in America", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bacon and eggs" ] } ] }, "babies' slippers": { "word": "babies' slippers", "wordset_id": "93b11be872", "meanings": [ { "id": "ead319f5ae", "def": "European forage plant having claw-shaped pods introduced in America", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bacon and eggs" ] } ] }, "broad-leaved everlasting pea": { "word": "broad-leaved everlasting pea", "wordset_id": "875e27b9d0", "meanings": [ { "id": "829d03d54c", "def": "perennial climber of central and southern Europe having purple or pink or white flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "perennial pea" ] } ] }, "blackwood": { "word": "blackwood", "wordset_id": "83e015dac3", "meanings": [ { "id": "7f49f3dde0", "def": "any of several hardwood trees yielding very dark-colored wood", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "blackwood tree" ] }, { "id": "f31f6cdfd6", "def": "very dark wood of any of several blackwood trees", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "blackwood tree": { "word": "blackwood tree", "wordset_id": "21399d3805", "meanings": [ { "id": "3944ed1c04", "def": "any of several hardwood trees yielding very dark-colored wood", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "blackwood" ] } ] }, "beach pea": { "word": "beach pea", "wordset_id": "645b7d1610", "meanings": [ { "id": "df743b4ea1", "def": "wild pea of seashores of north temperate zone having tough roots and purple flowers and useful as a sand binder", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "sea pea" ] } ] }, "black pea": { "word": "black pea", "wordset_id": "d98ca66a80", "meanings": [ { "id": "c0e917c18c", "def": "perennial of Europe and North Africa", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "bitter pea": { "word": "bitter pea", "wordset_id": "3ea29828c9", "meanings": [ { "id": "67950357c3", "def": "any of several spiny shrubs of the genus Daviesia having yellow flowers and triangular seeds", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "bush pea": { "word": "bush pea", "wordset_id": "b5cb33ffb5", "meanings": [ { "id": "bee60747b8", "def": "any of various plants of the genus Thermopsis having trifoliate leaves and yellow or purple racemose flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "bean plant": { "word": "bean plant", "wordset_id": "f7b7e7db8d", "meanings": [ { "id": "aa5cfd4f57", "def": "any of various leguminous plants grown for their edible seeds and pods", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bean" ] } ] }, "bush bean": { "word": "bush bean", "wordset_id": "3c81e556e7", "meanings": [ { "id": "b152ea2d2e", "def": "a bean plant whose bushy growth needs no supports", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "black medick": { "word": "black medick", "wordset_id": "0d06e41faa", "meanings": [ { "id": "400ecea6c7", "def": "prostrate European herb with small yellow flowers and curved black pods", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "hop clover" ] } ] }, "butter-bean plant": { "word": "butter-bean plant", "wordset_id": "363787b3d2", "meanings": [ { "id": "b07ee417e3", "def": "bush bean plant cultivated especially in southern United States having small flat edible seeds", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "lima bean" ] } ] }, "bird vetch": { "word": "bird vetch", "wordset_id": "ed05fe6a49", "meanings": [ { "id": "2db430df75", "def": "common perennial climber of temperate regions of Eurasia and North America having dense elongate clusters of flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "tufted vetch" ] } ] }, "bristly locust": { "word": "bristly locust", "wordset_id": "88f9025e8a", "meanings": [ { "id": "eccde689e8", "def": "large shrub or small tree of the eastern United States having bristly stems and large clusters of pink flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "rose acacia", "moss locust" ] } ] }, "broad-bean": { "word": "broad-bean", "wordset_id": "fe22e3625e", "meanings": [ { "id": "aa6f5d1667", "def": "Old World upright plant grown especially for its large flat edible seeds but also as fodder", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "broad bean" ] } ] }, "broad-bean plant": { "word": "broad-bean plant", "wordset_id": "3381c4d713", "meanings": [ { "id": "21f1bb68ce", "def": "Old World upright plant grown especially for its large flat edible seeds but also as fodder", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "broad bean" ] } ] }, "black locust": { "word": "black locust", "wordset_id": "ea52ea3ee5", "meanings": [ { "id": "e86880453c", "def": "large thorny tree of eastern and central United States having pinnately compound leaves and drooping racemes of white flowers", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "3752453442", "def": "strong stiff wood of a black-locust tree", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "bitter betch": { "word": "bitter betch", "wordset_id": "cf118a6470", "meanings": [ { "id": "57a039af0c", "def": "European perennial toxic vetch", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "bush vetch": { "word": "bush vetch", "wordset_id": "e4f0f71137", "meanings": [ { "id": "259d6ca292", "def": "European purple-flowered with slender stems", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "balsam of tolu": { "word": "balsam of tolu", "wordset_id": "b52dc935b6", "meanings": [ { "id": "aca79624df", "def": "aromatic yellowish brown balsam from the tolu balsam tree used especially in cough syrups", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "tolu" ] } ] }, "balsam of Peru": { "word": "balsam of Peru", "wordset_id": "766213b829", "meanings": [ { "id": "b010868a4a", "def": "dark brown syrupy balsam from the Peruvian balsam tree used especially in dressing wounds and treating certain skin diseases", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "bead tree": { "word": "bead tree", "wordset_id": "0c3e39c9a2", "meanings": [ { "id": "b7d4356d5f", "def": "small tree of West Indies and northeastern Venezuela having large oblong pointed leaflets and panicles of purple flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "jumby bean" ] } ] }, "breadroot": { "word": "breadroot", "wordset_id": "383a1d8584", "meanings": [ { "id": "10d7ace644", "def": "densely hairy perennial of central North America having edible tuberous roots", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "pomme blanche", "pomme de prairie" ] } ] }, "buckwheat family": { "word": "buckwheat family", "wordset_id": "c01794146d", "meanings": [ { "id": "1e7d4653c4", "def": "a family of plants of order Polygonales chiefly of the north temperate zone", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "bamboo palm": { "word": "bamboo palm", "wordset_id": "b6439b09f1", "meanings": [ { "id": "92207c22df", "def": "a palm of the genus Raffia", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "2ddffcdcb7", "def": "small graceful palm with reedlike stems and leaf bases clothed with loose coarse fibers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "miniature fan palm", "fern rhapis" ] } ] }, "betel palm": { "word": "betel palm", "wordset_id": "94685c4208", "meanings": [ { "id": "cc93c73c1f", "def": "southeastern Asian palm bearing betel nuts (scarlet or orange single-seeded fruit with a fibrous husk)", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "broom palm": { "word": "broom palm", "wordset_id": 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"babassu" ] } ] }, "bassine": { "word": "bassine", "wordset_id": "ee7d332a53", "meanings": [ { "id": "5575eec424", "def": "coarse leaf fiber from palmyra palms used in making brushes and brooms", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "babassu nut": { "word": "babassu nut", "wordset_id": "5b39363a53", "meanings": [ { "id": "5206097c0f", "def": "hard-shelled nut of the babassu palm", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "buckthorn": { "word": "buckthorn", "wordset_id": "8265fe84f8", "meanings": [ { "id": "b03d9a7787", "def": "an Old World plantain with long narrow ribbed leaves widely established in temperate regions", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "narrow-leaved plantain" ] }, { "id": "793b88486a", "def": "any shrub or small tree of the genus Bumelia", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "9e8f934a7d", "def": "a shrub or shrubby tree of the genus Rhamnus", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "babassu oil": { "word": "babassu oil", "wordset_id": "b6190936f3", "meanings": [ { "id": "612b43c827", "def": "fatty oil from kernels of babassu nuts similar to coconut oil", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "babacu oil" ] } ] }, "babacu oil": { "word": "babacu oil", "wordset_id": "274d53a518", "meanings": [ { "id": "5a801f3e65", "def": "fatty oil from kernels of babassu nuts similar to coconut oil", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "babassu oil" ] } ] }, "broad-leaved plantain": { "word": "broad-leaved plantain", "wordset_id": "ba99dca7dd", "meanings": [ { "id": "358fc92ea6", "def": "common European perennial naturalized worldwide", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "common plantain", "white-man's foot", "whiteman's foot", "cart-track plant" ] }, { "id": "4859c68e58", "def": "North American plantain having reddish leafstalks and broad leaves", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "rugel's plantain" ] } ] }, "baby rose": { "word": "baby rose", "wordset_id": "81e2649d70", "meanings": [ { "id": "b39a8a633b", "def": "vigorously growing rose having clusters of numerous small flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "multiflora", "multiflora rose" ] } ] }, "black moss": { "word": "black moss", "wordset_id": "6c9c0a26bd", "meanings": [ { "id": "80dfd02cc0", "def": "dense festoons of greenish-grey hairlike flexuous strands anchored to tree trunks and branches by sparse wiry roots", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "old man's beard" ] } ] }, "bitter dock": { "word": "bitter dock", "wordset_id": "5b7e99ba6b", "meanings": [ { "id": "1fab6ffe57", "def": "European dock with broad obtuse leaves and bitter rootstock common as a weed in North America", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "broad-leaved dock" ] } ] }, "broad-leaved dock": { "word": "broad-leaved dock", "wordset_id": "c5e9399338", "meanings": [ { "id": "9eb1e23d28", "def": "European dock with broad obtuse leaves and bitter rootstock common as a weed in North America", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bitter dock" ] } ] }, "blackthorn": { "word": "blackthorn", "wordset_id": "bbea8598a5", "meanings": [ { "id": "193415b5bd", "def": "erect and almost thornless American hawthorn with somewhat pear-shaped berries", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "pear haw", "pear hawthorn" ] }, { "id": "8696ab2071", "def": "a thorny Eurasian bush with plumlike fruits", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "sloe" ] } ] }, "banksia rose": { "word": "banksia rose", "wordset_id": "9f8a86fedc", "meanings": [ { "id": "ed86dac92b", "def": "Chinese evergreen climbing rose with yellow or white single flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "brierpatch": { "word": "brierpatch", "wordset_id": "9b7efef470", "meanings": [ { "id": "ef16f36204", "def": "tangled mass of prickly plants", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "brier" ] } ] }, "brier patch": { "word": "brier patch", "wordset_id": "0e76b2f052", "meanings": [ { "id": "39be7294a5", "def": "tangled mass of prickly plants", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "brier" ] } ] }, "bitter almond": { "word": "bitter almond", "wordset_id": "40f853117b", "meanings": [ { "id": "e4d47d0081", "def": "almond trees having white blossoms and poisonous nuts yielding an oil used for flavoring and for medicinal purposes", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "bush lawyer": { "word": "bush lawyer", "wordset_id": "298277e67d", "meanings": [ { "id": "0f08d929c5", "def": "stout-stemmed trailing shrub of New Zealand that scrambles over other growth", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "lawyer bush" ] } ] }, "blackberry bush": { "word": "blackberry bush", "wordset_id": "a74f6705b8", "meanings": [ { "id": "0794415a70", "def": "bramble with sweet edible black or dark purple berries that usually do not separate from the receptacle", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "blackberry" ] } ] }, "bitter almond oil": { "word": "bitter almond oil", "wordset_id": "69ae9e7224", "meanings": [ { "id": "6cc573fe19", "def": "pale yellow essential oil obtained from bitter almonds by distillation from almond cake or meal", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "burnet bloodwort": { "word": "burnet bloodwort", "wordset_id": "d6c8d812a5", "meanings": [ { "id": "164f702d14", "def": "European garden herb with purple-tinged flowers and leaves that are sometimes used for salads", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "salad burnet" ] } ] }, "beach strawberry": { "word": "beach strawberry", "wordset_id": "45e28c5773", "meanings": [ { "id": "6af61a7874", "def": "wild strawberry of western United States and South America", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "boysenberry bush": { "word": "boysenberry bush", "wordset_id": "4c1d1927b3", "meanings": [ { "id": "0f12f671f7", "def": "cultivated hybrid bramble of California having large dark wine-red fruit with a flavor resembling raspberries", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "boysenberry" ] } ] }, "bird cherry": { "word": "bird cherry", "wordset_id": "0b06eb4ef1", "meanings": [ { "id": "9ebafabd20", "def": "any of several small-fruited cherry trees frequented or fed on by birds", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bird cherry tree" ] } ] }, "bennet": { "word": "bennet", "wordset_id": "f7af12ce68", "meanings": [ { "id": "0e020a273d", "def": "North American white-flowered avens", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "white avens" ] }, { "id": "096152eacb", "def": "avens of Virginia having pale or greenish yellow flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "white avens" ] } ] }, "bird cherry tree": { "word": "bird cherry tree", "wordset_id": "6355fdcf19", "meanings": [ { "id": "f90e2a8425", "def": "any of several small-fruited cherry trees frequented or fed on by birds", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bird cherry" ] } ] }, "beach plum bush": { "word": "beach plum bush", "wordset_id": "c96023f4c9", "meanings": [ { "id": "6f102fe0f7", "def": "seacoast shrub of northeastern North America having showy white blossoms and edible purple fruit", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "beach plum" ] } ] }, "bullace": { "word": "bullace", "wordset_id": "62d8a84da2", "meanings": [ { "id": "b72b155056", "def": "small wild or half-domesticated Eurasian plum bearing small ovoid fruit in clusters", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "big-tree plum": { "word": "big-tree plum", "wordset_id": "64af0f8344", "meanings": [ { "id": "5a27ce8be0", "def": "small tree of southwestern United States having purplish-red fruit sometimes cultivated as an ornamental for its large leaves", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "black raspberry": { "word": "black raspberry", "wordset_id": "8f325128b2", "meanings": [ { "id": "9aba2aaeb5", "def": "raspberry native to eastern North America having black thimble-shaped fruit", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "blackcap" ] } ] }, "blackcap raspberry": { "word": "blackcap raspberry", "wordset_id": "588c3e3010", "meanings": [ { "id": "44d26af0f2", "def": "raspberry native to eastern North America having black thimble-shaped fruit", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "blackcap" ] } ] }, "black cherry tree": { "word": "black cherry tree", "wordset_id": "885820248a", "meanings": [ { "id": "cae9c857fe", "def": "large North American wild cherry with round black sour edible fruit", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "black cherry" ] } ] }, "bramble bush": { "word": "bramble bush", "wordset_id": "a749fd5ec0", "meanings": [ { "id": "666a8f774c", "def": "any prickly shrub of the genus Rubus bearing edible aggregate fruits", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "blolly": { "word": "blolly", "wordset_id": "043509ba3b", "meanings": [ { "id": "e406e16951", "def": "evergreen climbing shrub of southern Florida and West Indies grown for its racemes of fragrant white to creamy flowers followed by globose white succulent berries", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "bitter-bark": { "word": "bitter-bark", "wordset_id": "7c84b970f7", "meanings": [ { "id": "de15464d0a", "def": "ornamental shrub or small tree of swampy areas in southwestern United States having large pink or white sepals and yielding Georgia bark for treating fever", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "fever tree" ] } ] }, "black elderberry": { "word": "black elderberry", "wordset_id": "4c6bd91e08", "meanings": [ { "id": "2a5f4c91b1", "def": "common elder of central and eastern North America bearing purple-black berries", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "sweet elder" ] } ] }, "blue elder": { "word": "blue elder", "wordset_id": "17414f9bfe", "meanings": [ { "id": "3921f3032e", "def": "shrub or small tree of western United States having white flowers and blue berries", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "blue elderberry" ] } ] }, "blue elderberry": { "word": "blue elderberry", "wordset_id": "1b76a3f1d3", "meanings": [ { "id": "8a594036d0", "def": "shrub or small tree of western United States having white flowers and blue berries", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "blue elder" ] } ] }, "bourtree": { "word": "bourtree", "wordset_id": "d959d1c99f", "meanings": [ { "id": "0e8c2813f4", "def": "a common shrub with black fruit or a small tree of Europe and Asia", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "elderberry" ] } ] }, "black elder": { "word": "black elder", "wordset_id": "f314bedde8", "meanings": [ { "id": "c6356effc4", "def": "a common shrub with black fruit or a small tree of Europe and Asia", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "elderberry" ] } ] }, "bakeapple": { "word": "bakeapple", "wordset_id": "6810eafb6b", "meanings": [ { "id": "86ffb813d3", "def": "creeping raspberry of north temperate regions with yellow or orange berries", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "salmonberry" ] } ] }, "baked-apple berry": { "word": "baked-apple berry", "wordset_id": "8a64c8cd92", "meanings": [ { "id": "8f59ac874f", "def": "creeping raspberry of north temperate regions with yellow or orange berries", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "salmonberry" ] } ] }, "bush honeysuckle": { "word": "bush honeysuckle", "wordset_id": "9df284a748", "meanings": [ { "id": "60babd1081", "def": "spreading bush of northeastern United States having small clusters of fragrant green and yellow flowers", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "372cd0db17", "def": "bush honeysuckle of southeastern United States having large crowded clusters of sulfur-yellow flowers", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "6069115e60", "def": "a honeysuckle shrub of southern Russia to central Asia", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "bedstraw": { "word": "bedstraw", "wordset_id": "9bde20cd4e", "meanings": [ { "id": "06d716cc99", "def": "any of several plants of the genus Galium", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "beauty bush": { "word": "beauty bush", "wordset_id": "c6f6810f08", "meanings": [ { "id": "90c210f99a", "def": "Chinese deciduous shrub with yellow-throated pinkish flowers and bristly fruit", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "bridal wreath": { "word": "bridal wreath", "wordset_id": "01a5c33873", "meanings": [ { "id": "d44683afed", "def": "shrub having copious small white flowers in spring", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bridal-wreath" ] }, { "id": "233576459b", "def": "Chilean evergreen shrub having delicate spikes of small white flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bridal-wreath" ] } ] }, "bridal-wreath": { "word": "bridal-wreath", "wordset_id": "8b741c6852", "meanings": [ { "id": "b96095dbe1", "def": "shrub having copious small white flowers in spring", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bridal wreath" ] }, { "id": "c6c342ca4b", "def": "Chilean evergreen shrub having delicate spikes of small white flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bridal wreath" ] } ] }, "black haw": { "word": "black haw", "wordset_id": "a92e705b4a", "meanings": [ { "id": "a04254d86e", "def": "upright deciduous shrub having frosted dark-blue fruit", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "d5d1d3c3fa", "def": "deciduous tree of southeastern United States and Mexico", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "shittimwood" ] } ] }, "bilimbi": { "word": "bilimbi", "wordset_id": "56e2a4780a", "meanings": [ { "id": "acbe0ef347", "def": "East Indian evergreen tree bearing very acid fruit", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "bunji-bunji": { "word": "bunji-bunji", "wordset_id": "d7b14a6a1f", "meanings": [ { "id": "5af7c888bd", "def": "Australian timber tree whose bark yields a poison", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "bird-on-the-wing": { "word": "bird-on-the-wing", "wordset_id": "fe3cc81e13", "meanings": [ { "id": "85dd3072bd", "def": "common trailing perennial milkwort of eastern North America having leaves like wintergreen and usually rosy-purple flowers with winged sepals", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "flowering wintergreen" ] } ] }, "balsam family": { "word": "balsam family", "wordset_id": "f7eae028cd", "meanings": [ { "id": "13424fca50", "def": "distinguished from the family Geraniaceae by the irregular flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "balm of gilead": { "word": "balm of gilead", "wordset_id": "a5e19165c8", "meanings": [ { "id": "c987b05ff3", "def": "small evergreen tree of Africa and Asia", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "bitter orange tree": { "word": "bitter orange tree", "wordset_id": "7c8d4c11c4", "meanings": [ { "id": "30fcf0d261", "def": "any of various common orange trees yielding sour or bitter fruit", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bitter orange" ] } ] }, "bigarade": { "word": "bigarade", "wordset_id": "0ba7523655", "meanings": [ { "id": "9f0f85f327", "def": "any of various common orange trees yielding sour or bitter fruit", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bitter orange" ] } ] }, "bergamot": { "word": "bergamot", "wordset_id": "a142370f14", "meanings": [ { "id": "41ed47ea35", "def": "small tree with pear-shaped fruit whose oil is used in perfumery", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bergamot orange" ] } ] }, "bergamot orange": { "word": "bergamot orange", "wordset_id": "88b9eea3db", "meanings": [ { "id": "f8681b9ff3", "def": "small tree with pear-shaped fruit whose oil is used in perfumery", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bergamot" ] } ] }, "bedding geranium": { "word": "bedding geranium", "wordset_id": "86a3f848b2", "meanings": [ { "id": "7b82f79683", "def": "an upright geranium having scalloped leaves with a broad color zone inside the margin and white or pink or red flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "fish geranium" ] } ] }, "bean-caper family": { "word": "bean-caper family", "wordset_id": "23d4ebafe5", "meanings": [ { "id": "761b1f04ee", "def": "small trees, shrubs, and herbs of warm arid and saline regions", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "bean caper": { "word": "bean caper", "wordset_id": "c64ba80829", "meanings": [ { "id": "948575403e", "def": "perennial shrub of the eastern Mediterranean region and southwestern Asia having flowers whose buds are used as capers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "buckleya": { "word": "buckleya", "wordset_id": "cab5d4898c", "meanings": [ { "id": "b03c55e1d3", "def": "parasitic shrub of the eastern United States having opposite leaves and insignificant greenish flowers followed by oily dull green olivelike fruits", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "black willow": { "word": "black willow", "wordset_id": "77da32d13a", "meanings": [ { "id": "36a3347272", "def": "North American shrubby willow having dark bark and linear leaves growing close to streams and lakes", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "swamp willow" ] } ] }, "bastard toadflax": { "word": "bastard toadflax", "wordset_id": "8bd178d77c", "meanings": [ { "id": "2e3b4462c1", "def": "woody creeping parasite of western North America having numerous thick powdery leaves and panicles of small dull-white flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "bay willow": { "word": "bay willow", "wordset_id": "835965664a", "meanings": [ { "id": "9ea1190150", "def": "European willow tree with shining leathery leaves", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "laurel willow" ] } ] }, "basket willow": { "word": "basket willow", "wordset_id": "144e585667", "meanings": [ { "id": "4abb775501", "def": "Eurasian osier having reddish or purple twigs and bark rich in tannin", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "purple willow" ] } ] }, "bastard lignum vitae": { "word": "bastard lignum vitae", "wordset_id": "7e5bec416d", "meanings": [ { "id": "ba0715ea16", "def": "small evergreen tree of the southern United States and West Indies a source of lignum vitae wood", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "balsam willow": { "word": "balsam willow", "wordset_id": "93a95a7411", "meanings": [ { "id": "3c33b59da9", "def": "small shrubby tree of eastern North America having leaves exuding an odor of balsam when crushed", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "bearberry willow": { "word": "bearberry willow", "wordset_id": "2bd1f6913e", "meanings": [ { "id": "ddec605946", "def": "dwarf prostrate mat-forming shrub of Arctic and alpine regions of North America and Greenland having deep green elliptic leaves that taper toward the base", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "bitterwood tree": { "word": "bitterwood tree", "wordset_id": "ede017a75f", "meanings": [ { "id": "fb57d417ca", "def": "any of various trees or shrubs of the family Simaroubaceae having wood and bark with a bitter taste", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "balsam poplar": { "word": "balsam poplar", "wordset_id": "b1af5b6e95", "meanings": [ { "id": "d6cecea4b6", "def": "poplar of northeastern North America with broad heart-shaped leaves", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "hackmatack" ] } ] }, "bitterwood": { "word": "bitterwood", "wordset_id": "115764eba7", "meanings": [ { "id": "946708d034", "def": "medium to large tree of tropical North and South America having odd-pinnate leaves and long panicles of small pale yellow flowers followed by scarlet fruits", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "paradise tree" ] }, { "id": "3b9740f750", "def": "West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "f2dbc3feb1", "def": "handsome South American shrub or small tree having bright scarlet flowers and yielding a valuable fine-grained yellowish wood", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, 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"def": "aspen with a narrow crown", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bigtoothed aspen", "big-toothed aspen", "large-toothed aspen", "large tooth aspen" ] } ] }, "bigtoothed aspen": { "word": "bigtoothed aspen", "wordset_id": "7619a77b83", "meanings": [ { "id": "8c5f9b6c75", "def": "aspen with a narrow crown", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bigtooth aspen" ] } ] }, "big-toothed aspen": { "word": "big-toothed aspen", "wordset_id": "f5f7e33f32", "meanings": [ { "id": "7575eec12e", "def": "aspen with a narrow crown", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bigtooth aspen" ] } ] }, "bush nasturtium": { "word": "bush nasturtium", "wordset_id": "32ead1affb", "meanings": [ { "id": "f1351a6ec9", "def": "annual with deep yellow flowers smaller than the common garden nasturtium", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "brittle willow": { "word": "brittle willow", "wordset_id": "e65aa49340", "meanings": [ { "id": "7b8049ffd2", "def": "large willow tree with stiff branches that are easily broken", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "crack willow" ] } ] }, "buckwheat tree": { "word": "buckwheat tree", "wordset_id": "0a0e79b5d4", "meanings": [ { "id": "5a8f2195e9", "def": "tree of low-lying coastal areas of southeastern United States having glossy leaves and racemes of fragrant white flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "titi" ] } ] }, "bird's-eye maple": { "word": "bird's-eye maple", "wordset_id": "77c56974c5", "meanings": [ { "id": "9c0a3a6485", "def": "maple wood having a wavy grain with eyelike markings", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "buffalo nut": { "word": "buffalo nut", "wordset_id": "bace19ddf5", "meanings": [ { "id": "6b5e5933b8", "def": "shrub of southeastern United States parasitic on roots of hemlocks having sparse spikes of greenish flowers and pulpy drupes", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "rabbitwood" ] }, { "id": "5da506f71c", "def": "oily drupaceous fruit of rabbitwood", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "elk nut", "oil nut" ] } ] }, "box family": { "word": "box family", "wordset_id": "4bff4197a3", "meanings": [ { "id": "0f9ee3c8ae", "def": "widely distributed evergreen shrubs and trees", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "big-leaf maple": { "word": "big-leaf maple", "wordset_id": "1cf5daca68", "meanings": [ { "id": "d3e9b376e1", "def": "maple of western North America having large 5-lobed leaves orange in autumn", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "boxwood": { "word": "boxwood", "wordset_id": "7d04b96db9", "meanings": [ { "id": "580e2d693d", "def": "evergreen shrubs or small trees", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "box" ] }, { "id": "72a93901ce", "def": "very hard tough close-grained light yellow wood of the box (particularly the common box)", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "box elder": { "word": "box elder", "wordset_id": "3d8458f062", "meanings": [ { "id": "a16720dc37", "def": "common shade tree of eastern and central United States", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "ash-leaved maple" ] } ] }, "black sumac": { "word": "black sumac", "wordset_id": "98176c0196", "meanings": [ { "id": "05f1ac000f", "def": "common nonpoisonous shrub of eastern North America with compound leaves and green paniculate flowers followed by red berries", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "balloon vine": { "word": "balloon vine", "wordset_id": "c0e20ac6ec", "meanings": [ { "id": "101355ef46", "def": "woody perennial climbing plant with large ornamental seed pods that resemble balloons", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "heart pea" ] } ] }, "balata": { "word": "balata", "wordset_id": "df89af5452", "meanings": [ { "id": "f33588bf32", "def": "a tropical hardwood tree yielding balata gum and heavy red timber", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "beefwood" ] }, { "id": "ee4ec598cf", "def": "when dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "gutta balata" ] } ] }, "balata tree": { "word": "balata tree", "wordset_id": "883b6a2f7c", "meanings": [ { "id": "245aeed887", "def": "a tropical hardwood tree yielding balata gum and heavy red timber", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "beefwood" ] } ] }, "bully tree": { "word": "bully tree", "wordset_id": "556315e3c5", "meanings": [ { "id": "a6f3e3276a", "def": "a tropical hardwood tree yielding balata gum and heavy red timber", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "beefwood" ] } ] }, "buckeye": { "word": "buckeye", "wordset_id": "b61c4598d8", "meanings": [ { "id": "df6b6235f9", "def": "tree having palmate leaves and large clusters of white to red flowers followed by brown shiny inedible seeds", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "horse chestnut" ] }, { "id": "e0e2787ac8", "def": "the inedible nutlike seed of the horse chestnut", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "horse chestnut" ] } ] }, "bladdernut family": { "word": "bladdernut family", "wordset_id": "f71ed9402f", "meanings": [ { "id": "3ce49943ed", "def": "a family of dicotyledonous plants of order Sapindales found mostly in the north temperate zone", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "buttonwood": { "word": "buttonwood", "wordset_id": "74bbf1f067", "meanings": [ { "id": "c8fb900a98", "def": "very large spreading plane tree of eastern and central North America to Mexico", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "borage family": { "word": "borage family", "wordset_id": "9d5fa4c955", "meanings": [ { "id": "b186589df2", "def": "a widely distributed family of plants distinguished by circinate flowers and nutlike fruit", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "bishop's cap": { "word": "bishop's cap", "wordset_id": "37216fa620", "meanings": [ { "id": "eaea09c8b7", "def": "any of various rhizomatous perennial herbs of the genus Mitella having a capsule resembling a bishop's miter", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "miterwort" ] } ] }, "breakstone": { "word": "breakstone", "wordset_id": "21a31b958d", "meanings": [ { "id": "073bfcb229", "def": "any of various plants of the genus Saxifraga", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "rockfoil" ] } ] }, "bog star": { "word": "bog star", "wordset_id": "2763f4b90a", "meanings": [ { "id": "1b435f64ef", "def": "plant having ovate leaves in a basal rosette and white starlike flowers netted with green", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "bear's breech": { "word": "bear's breech", "wordset_id": "6090a43936", "meanings": [ { "id": "434e707076", "def": "widely cultivated southern European acanthus with whitish purple-veined flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bear's breeches", "sea holly" ] } ] }, "bear's breeches": { "word": "bear's breeches", "wordset_id": "36235bd680", "meanings": [ { "id": "69536212de", "def": "widely cultivated southern European acanthus with whitish purple-veined flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bear's breech" ] } ] }, "bergenia": { "word": "bergenia", "wordset_id": "7a924b909b", "meanings": [ { "id": "a6d080b646", "def": "any plant of the genus Bergenia", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "black-eyed Susan vine": { "word": "black-eyed Susan vine", "wordset_id": "6455d8fd74", "meanings": [ { "id": "ffaaa0ff33", "def": "tropical African climbing plant having yellow flowers with a dark purple center", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "black-eyed Susan" ] } ] }, "bignoniad": { "word": "bignoniad", "wordset_id": "3c3bd19d37", "meanings": [ { "id": "c7b96bbc57", "def": "any woody plant of the family Bignoniaceae", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "bugleweed": { "word": "bugleweed", "wordset_id": "e644815565", "meanings": [ { "id": "367764b0aa", "def": "any of various low-growing annual or perennial evergreen herbs native to Eurasia", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bugle" ] }, { "id": "66a39e3347", "def": "a mildly narcotic and astringent aromatic herb having small whitish flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "blue bugle": { "word": "blue bugle", "wordset_id": "720eee65d0", "meanings": [ { "id": "c10b43ffe4", "def": "upright rhizomatous perennial with bright blue flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "erect bugle" ] } ] }, "bindweed": { "word": "bindweed", "wordset_id": "df428f5aa1", "meanings": [ { "id": "eac5154c86", "def": "any of several vines of the genera Convolvulus and Calystegia having a twining habit", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "black horehound": { "word": "black horehound", "wordset_id": "0ba60a1e86", "meanings": [ { "id": "5f8cc35467", "def": "ill-smelling European herb with rugose leaves and whorls of dark purple flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "black archangel", "fetid horehound", "stinking horehound" ] } ] }, "black archangel": { "word": "black archangel", "wordset_id": "ffb3f57527", "meanings": [ { "id": "34f2505837", "def": "ill-smelling European herb with rugose leaves and whorls of dark purple flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "black horehound" ] } ] }, "belle de nuit": { "word": "belle de nuit", "wordset_id": "be39d86691", "meanings": [ { "id": "3a0bf745d2", "def": "pantropical climber having white fragrant nocturnal flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "moonflower" ] } ] }, "baby blue-eyes": { "word": "baby blue-eyes", "wordset_id": "d11a9252be", "meanings": [ { "id": "9e2217b498", "def": "delicate California annual having blue flowers marked with dark spots", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "blueweed": { "word": "blueweed", "wordset_id": "d00aff6143", "meanings": [ { "id": "feab417837", "def": "a coarse prickly European weed with spikes of blue flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "blue devil" ] } ] }, "blue thistle": { "word": "blue thistle", "wordset_id": "056c8d79d4", "meanings": [ { "id": "ce43b71bda", "def": "a coarse prickly European weed with spikes of blue flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "blue devil" ] } ] }, "basil thyme": { "word": "basil thyme", "wordset_id": "2c7d098cdb", "meanings": [ { "id": "7c8ba76457", "def": "fragrant European mint having clusters of small violet-and-white flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "basil balm", "mother of thyme" ] } ] }, "basil balm": { "word": "basil balm", "wordset_id": "61c4d4ce03", "meanings": [ { "id": "5f8f859e5e", "def": "fragrant European mint having clusters of small violet-and-white flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "basil thyme" ] }, { "id": "c6ac172c04", "def": "perennial herb of North America (New York to Illinois and mountains of Alaska) having aromatic leaves and clusters of yellowish-pink balls", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "black sage": { "word": "black sage", "wordset_id": "92a02556af", "meanings": [ { "id": "fd50ea6be4", "def": "an aromatic plant with wooly leaves found in southern California and Mexico", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "wooly blue curls" ] } ] }, "bee balm": { "word": "bee balm", "wordset_id": "1cf706977b", "meanings": [ { "id": "6f610be2ef", "def": "bushy perennial Old World mint having small white or yellowish flowers and fragrant lemon-flavored leaves", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "lemon balm" ] }, { "id": "66261e2f3c", "def": "perennial aromatic herb of eastern North America having variously colored tubular flowers in dense showy heads", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "beebalm", "bergamot mint", "oswego tea" ] }, { "id": "1f3d8c905a", "def": "perennial herb of North America", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "beebalm" ] } ] }, "beebalm": { "word": "beebalm", "wordset_id": "c6aba27014", "meanings": [ { "id": "76339ea071", "def": "bushy perennial Old World mint having small white or yellowish flowers and fragrant lemon-flavored leaves", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "lemon balm" ] }, { "id": "860bd9906c", "def": "perennial aromatic herb of eastern North America having variously colored tubular flowers in dense showy heads", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bee balm" ] }, { "id": "e7562644d4", "def": "perennial herb of North America", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bee balm" ] } ] }, "basil mint": { "word": "basil mint", "wordset_id": "557e88061f", "meanings": [ { "id": "e708fa8627", "def": "perennial herb of the eastern United States having inconspicuous greenish flowers and narrow leaves that are very aromatic when bruised", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "bastard pennyroyal": { "word": "bastard pennyroyal", "wordset_id": "956ba94b46", "meanings": [ { "id": "2e7ba2d8ab", "def": "aromatic plant of the eastern United States", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "bladderwort family": { "word": "bladderwort family", "wordset_id": "84f3481e2c", "meanings": [ { "id": "352128577c", "def": "carnivorous aquatic or bog plants: genera Utricularia, Pinguicula, and Genlisea", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "bergamot mint": { "word": "bergamot mint", "wordset_id": "ee934556e9", "meanings": [ { "id": "2bee93afc9", "def": "mint with leaves having perfume like that of the bergamot orange", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "lemon mint", "eau de cologne mint" ] }, { "id": "064033e552", "def": "perennial aromatic herb of eastern North America having variously colored tubular flowers in dense showy heads", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bee balm" ] } ] }, "bladderwort": { "word": "bladderwort", "wordset_id": "2c968aeab9", "meanings": [ { "id": "485177fd2f", "def": "any of numerous aquatic carnivorous plants of the genus Utricularia some of whose leaves are modified as small urn-shaped bladders that trap minute aquatic animals", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "bells of Ireland": { "word": "bells of Ireland", "wordset_id": "ed4e089c54", "meanings": [ { "id": "485e7039ff", "def": "aromatic annual with a tall stems of small whitish flowers enclosed in a greatly enlarged saucer-shaped or bell-shaped calyx", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "molucca balm" ] } ] }, "blue pimpernel": { "word": "blue pimpernel", "wordset_id": "87e8d19137", "meanings": [ { "id": "fbc22300ef", "def": "an American mint that yields a resinous exudate used especially formerly as an antispasmodic", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "blue skullcap", "mad-dog skullcap", "mad-dog weed" ] } ] }, "blue skullcap": { "word": "blue skullcap", "wordset_id": "97c1072174", "meanings": [ { "id": "4b43c60d87", "def": "an American mint that yields a resinous exudate used especially formerly as an antispasmodic", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "blue pimpernel" ] } ] }, "blue curls": { "word": "blue curls", "wordset_id": "ecc908c9ef", "meanings": [ { "id": "d211cdd9ee", "def": "any of several plants of the genus Trichostema having whorls of small blue flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "balloon flower": { "word": "balloon flower", "wordset_id": "c66381832b", "meanings": [ { "id": "42cc8a7cc0", "def": "fragrant puffed-up white to reddish-pink flowers in long narrow clusters on erect stems", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "scented penstemon" ] } ] }, "brinjal": { "word": "brinjal", "wordset_id": "4e10e0735a", "meanings": [ { "id": "eb9836456f", "def": "hairy upright herb native to southeastern Asia but widely cultivated for its large glossy edible fruit commonly used as a vegetable", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "eggplant" ] } ] }, "black nightshade": { "word": "black nightshade", "wordset_id": "578c03329b", "meanings": [ { "id": "cda3853105", "def": "Eurasian herb naturalized in America having white flowers and poisonous hairy foliage and bearing black berries that are sometimes poisonous but sometimes edible", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "common nightshade", "poisonberry", "poison-berry" ] } ] }, "broomrape family": { "word": "broomrape family", "wordset_id": "a508f6be63", "meanings": [ { "id": "b2ee710d63", "def": "brown or yellow leafless herbs", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "blue-eyed Mary": { "word": "blue-eyed Mary", "wordset_id": "c3eddc2553", "meanings": [ { "id": "0dd244654d", "def": "eastern United States plant with whorls of blue-and-white flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "buffalo bur": { "word": "buffalo bur", "wordset_id": "cdf3c1b8fb", "meanings": [ { "id": "e7bdf4c46a", "def": "North American nightshade with prickly foliage and racemose yellow flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "benne": { "word": "benne", "wordset_id": "6ae8e3ab99", "meanings": [ { "id": "5d65d05854", "def": "East Indian annual erect herb", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "sesame" ] } ] }, "benni": { "word": "benni", "wordset_id": "cb19f9a1f5", "meanings": [ { "id": "7f7ad3781e", "def": "East Indian annual erect herb", "example": "source of sesame seed or benniseed and sesame oil", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "sesame" ] } ] }, "brooklime": { "word": "brooklime", "wordset_id": "4a639cdc85", "meanings": [ { "id": "22f8ef35b3", "def": "plant of western North America and northeastern Asia having prostrate stems with dense racemes of pale violet to lilac flowers", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "65e96645ec", "def": "European plant having low-lying stems with blue flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "benny": { "word": "benny", "wordset_id": "06b39b9f0b", "meanings": [ { "id": "87c3990ca6", "def": "East Indian annual erect herb", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "sesame" ] } ] }, "bird's eye": { "word": "bird's eye", "wordset_id": "de16486099", "meanings": [ { "id": "36ef759b41", "def": "Old World plant with axillary racemes of blue-and-white flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "germander speedwell" ] } ] }, "blue toadflax": { "word": "blue toadflax", "wordset_id": "92348cbe70", "meanings": [ { "id": "4c4338d72f", "def": "North American plant having racemes of blue-violet flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "old-field toadflax" ] } ] }, "butter-and-eggs": { "word": "butter-and-eggs", "wordset_id": "f05fe9d5f6", "meanings": [ { "id": "bb9b37a315", "def": "common European perennial having showy yellow and orange flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "toadflax" ] } ] }, "ball nettle": { "word": "ball nettle", "wordset_id": "514ed84633", "meanings": [ { "id": "f22cbb4c41", "def": "coarse prickly weed having pale yellow flowers and yellow berrylike fruit", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "horse nettle" ] } ] }, "bull nettle": { "word": "bull nettle", "wordset_id": "7f93fcafb6", "meanings": [ { "id": "e20e4849c8", "def": "coarse prickly weed having pale yellow flowers and yellow berrylike fruit", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "horse nettle" ] } ] }, "ball nightshade": { "word": "ball nightshade", "wordset_id": "2459897573", "meanings": [ { "id": "9ac522d0f8", "def": "coarse prickly weed having pale yellow flowers and yellow berrylike fruit", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "horse nettle" ] } ] }, "bittersweet nightshade": { "word": "bittersweet nightshade", "wordset_id": "5006ce2af1", "meanings": [ { "id": "cf229f25aa", "def": "poisonous perennial Old World vine having violet flowers and oval coral-red berries", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "climbing nightshade", "deadly nightshade", "poisonous nightshade", "woody nightshade", "bittersweet" ] } ] }, "bladder cherry": { "word": "bladder cherry", 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"plant bearing very small and very hot oblong red fruits", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "beaked parsley": { "word": "beaked parsley", "wordset_id": "699156dce5", "meanings": [ { "id": "81c31e7a7b", "def": "aromatic annual Old World herb cultivated for its finely divided and often curly leaves for use especially in soups and salads", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "chervil" ] } ] }, "bitter cassava": { "word": "bitter cassava", "wordset_id": "061225b287", "meanings": [ { "id": "84c34e956c", "def": "cassava with long tuberous edible roots and soft brittle stems", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "manioc", "mandioc", "mandioca", "gari" ] } ] }, "black lovage": { "word": "black lovage", "wordset_id": "fb030f616b", "meanings": [ { "id": "fa3139da52", "def": "European herb somewhat resembling celery widely naturalized in Britain coastal regions and often cultivated as a potherb", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "horse parsley" ] } ] }, "boys-and-girls": { "word": "boys-and-girls", "wordset_id": "550d26bb23", "meanings": [ { "id": "94a3cd9097", "def": "Eurafrican annual naturalized in America as a weed", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "herb mercury" ] } ] }, "black root rot fungus": { "word": "black root rot fungus", "wordset_id": "d990dd4bad", "meanings": [ { "id": "ffb38a589e", "def": "fungus causing black root rot in apples", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "bristle fern": { "word": "bristle fern", "wordset_id": "6855e9bb3d", "meanings": [ { "id": "318ed9f173", "def": "any fern of the genus Trichomanes having large pinnatifid often translucent fronds", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "filmy fern" ] } ] }, "brown cup": { "word": "brown cup", "wordset_id": "d5a16687d7", "meanings": [ { "id": "388a3155d5", "def": "a variety of sclerotinia", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "blood-twig": { "word": "blood-twig", "wordset_id": "9e58d833ff", "meanings": [ { "id": "f1a80dab00", "def": "European deciduous shrub turning red in autumn having dull white flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "red dogwood" ] } ] }, "bunchberry": { "word": "bunchberry", "wordset_id": "7a3afc9ac3", "meanings": [ { "id": "bff36bd7cd", "def": "creeping perennial herb distinguished by red berries and clustered leaf whorls at the tips of shoots", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "crackerberry", "pudding berry" ] } ] }, "beard lichen": { "word": "beard lichen", "wordset_id": "ddeeef9c6c", "meanings": [ { "id": "7c18981d61", "def": "greenish grey pendulous lichen growing on trees", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "beard moss" ] } ] }, "beard moss": { "word": "beard moss", "wordset_id": "5b6480f68e", "meanings": [ { "id": "15648629a6", "def": "greenish grey pendulous lichen growing on trees", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "beard lichen" ] } ] }, "blue mold fungus": { "word": "blue mold fungus", "wordset_id": "f13347e432", "meanings": [ { "id": "249564f57c", "def": "fungus causing a serious disease in tobacco plants characterized by bluish-grey mildew on undersides of leaves", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "blushing mushroom": { "word": "blushing mushroom", "wordset_id": "8489d00e69", "meanings": [ { "id": "508472c35e", "def": "yellowish edible agaric that usually turns red when touched", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "blusher" ] } ] }, "bread mold": { "word": "bread mold", "wordset_id": "c15c8b3816", "meanings": [ { "id": "f662223cae", "def": "a mold of the genus Rhizopus", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "black felt cup": { "word": "black felt cup", "wordset_id": "239dceed1e", "meanings": [ { "id": "1eb25f413b", "def": "a common name for a variety of Sarcosomataceae", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "charred pancake cup", "devil's cigar", "devil's urn", "winter urn" ] } ] }, "basidium": { "word": "basidium", "wordset_id": "1f3722d212", "meanings": [ { "id": "3ade5130f3", "def": "a small club-shaped structure typically bearing four basidiospores at the ends of minute projections", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "basidiomycete": { "word": "basidiomycete", "wordset_id": "3d4332a4c0", "meanings": [ { "id": "7de42a8d81", "def": "any of various fungi of the subdivision Basidiomycota", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "basidiomycetous fungi" ] } ] }, "basidiomycetous fungi": { "word": "basidiomycetous fungi", "wordset_id": "ca06331455", "meanings": [ { "id": "9f22acbe34", "def": "any of various fungi of the subdivision Basidiomycota", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "basidiomycete" ] } ] }, "basidiolichen": { "word": "basidiolichen", "wordset_id": "543d249ac5", "meanings": [ { "id": "50002cee83", "def": "a lichen in which the fungus component is a basidiomycete", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "blood cup": { "word": "blood cup", "wordset_id": "c0834fdac7", "meanings": [ { "id": "6a9e2105db", "def": "a scarlet European fungus with cup-shaped ascocarp", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "fairy cup" ] } ] }, "bell morel": { "word": "bell morel", "wordset_id": "d72979c6bb", "meanings": [ { "id": "90626648f7", "def": "a morel whose fertile portion resembles a bell and is attached to the stipe only at the top", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "black morel": { "word": "black morel", "wordset_id": "9c42287c90", "meanings": [ { "id": "51b37f7c80", "def": "a morel whose pitted fertile body is attached to the stalk with little free skirt around it", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "conic morel", "narrowhead morel" ] } ] }, "bottom rot fungus": { "word": "bottom rot fungus", "wordset_id": "bbb9479103", "meanings": [ { "id": "cb1f8a30bc", "def": "fungus causing bottom rot in lettuce", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "baker's yeast": { "word": "baker's yeast", "wordset_id": "8018d62450", "meanings": [ { "id": "a7652cccb6", "def": "used as a leaven in baking and brewing", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "brewer's yeast" ] } ] }, "brewer's yeast": { "word": "brewer's yeast", "wordset_id": "6197f51da2", "meanings": [ { "id": "3094df0a9e", "def": "used as a leaven in baking and 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"a93a987f0d", "meanings": [ { "id": "a4f36fee15", "def": "a common smut attacking Indian corn causing greyish white swellings that rupture to expose a black spore mass", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "bird's-nest fungus": { "word": "bird's-nest fungus", "wordset_id": "87059dede2", "meanings": [ { "id": "b43285291d", "def": "any of various fungi of the family Nidulariaceae having a cup-shaped body containing several egg-shaped structure enclosing the spores", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "bracket fungus": { "word": "bracket fungus", "wordset_id": "877ce5ca1c", "meanings": [ { "id": "37055e7057", "def": "a woody fungus that forms shelflike sporophores on tree trunks and wood structures", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "shelf fungus" ] } ] }, "bedder": { "word": "bedder", "wordset_id": "0ca3521a47", "meanings": [ { "id": "985eea4e62", "def": "an ornamental plant suitable for planting in a flowerbed", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bedding plant" ] } ] }, "bedding plant": { 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"speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "trunk" ] }, { "id": "45fb146f8f", "def": "a soft oily clay used as a pigment (especially a reddish brown pigment)", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "bract": { "word": "bract", "wordset_id": "4222162ce3", "meanings": [ { "id": "aa0eb60ead", "def": "a modified leaf or leaflike part just below and protecting an inflorescence", "example": "A pineapple has a number of bracts at its top.", "speech_part": "noun", "labels": [ { "name": "technical", "is_dialect": false }, { "name": "scientific", "is_dialect": false, "parent": { "name": "technical", "is_dialect": false } } ] } ], "editors": [ "malrase" ], "contributors": [ "msingle", "sabreuse", "bryanedu", "hcatlin" ] }, "bracteole": { "word": "bracteole", "wordset_id": "bca79a1b30", "meanings": [ { "id": "01814f1247", "def": "a small bract", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bractlet" ] } ] }, "bractlet": { "word": "bractlet", "wordset_id": "40da89732b", "meanings": [ { "id": "87f086f41b", "def": "a small bract", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bracteole" ] } ] }, "bijugate leaf": { "word": "bijugate leaf", "wordset_id": "dfe6f0f506", "meanings": [ { "id": "d4eeada1d4", "def": "a pinnate leaf having two pairs of leaflets", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bijugous leaf", "twice-pinnate" ] } ] }, "bijugous leaf": { "word": "bijugous leaf", "wordset_id": "4ef4843847", "meanings": [ { "id": "adca93ee24", "def": "a pinnate leaf having two pairs of leaflets", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bijugate leaf" ] } ] }, "betel": { "word": "betel", "wordset_id": "73a46b157b", "meanings": [ { "id": "26e897fd66", "def": "Asian pepper plant whose dried leaves are chewed with betel nut (seed of the betel palm) by southeast Asians", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "betel pepper" ] } ] }, "bipinnate leaf": { "word": "bipinnate leaf", "wordset_id": "265c693f3e", "meanings": [ { "id": "051d10741a", "def": "a leaf having pinnate leaflets", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "betel pepper": { "word": "betel pepper", "wordset_id": "a9cb44436e", "meanings": [ { "id": "a56e41418e", "def": "Asian pepper plant whose dried leaves are chewed with betel nut (seed of the betel palm) by southeast Asians", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "betel" ] } ] }, "buckthorn family": { "word": "buckthorn family", "wordset_id": "72ca56d85a", "meanings": [ { "id": "c9cff08fdb", "def": "trees and shrubs usually thorny bearing drupaceous fruit many having medicinal value", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "buckthorn berry": { "word": "buckthorn berry", "wordset_id": "1224736567", "meanings": [ { "id": "84ec3e69a5", "def": "fruit of various buckthorns yielding dyes or pigments", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "bearwood": { "word": "bearwood", "wordset_id": "f91b8bf8cf", "meanings": [ { "id": "2dec7086b5", "def": "shrubby tree of the Pacific coast of the United States", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bearberry" ] } ] }, "bear's-paw fern": { "word": "bear's-paw fern", "wordset_id": "97b53c1398", 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"contributors": [ "malrase", "zellerpress" ] }, "bucket along": { "word": "bucket along", "wordset_id": "83636bce34", "meanings": [ { "id": "6a3548fb14", "def": "to move fast", "example": "They are bucketing along.", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "speed" ], "labels": [ { "name": "intransitive verb", "is_dialect": false } ] } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah" ], "contributors": [ "bryanedu", "sabreuse" ] }, "bed-hop": { "word": "bed-hop", "wordset_id": "e8635e7063", "meanings": [ { "id": "5fc41a51d3", "def": "to be sexually active with more than one partner", "example": "The couple is known to bed-hop when they go on vacation.", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "bedhop", "sleep around" ], "labels": [ { "name": "intransitive verb", "is_dialect": false } ] } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah" ], "contributors": [ "zellerpress", "hcatlin" ] }, "belt along": { "word": "belt along", "wordset_id": "92c9761b8e", "meanings": [ { "id": "98e2c6cc77", "def": "to move fast", "example": "The car belted 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"example": "I bunched together the asparagus before chopping the ends.", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "bunch" ], "labels": [ { "name": "intransitive verb", "is_dialect": false } ] } ], "editors": [ "zellerpress" ], "contributors": [ "hcatlin", "malrase", "sabreuse" ] }, "brim over": { "word": "brim over", "wordset_id": "bf1ebce135", "meanings": [ { "id": "ec6ce12f46", "def": "to flow or run over a limit", "example": "My cup is brimming over.", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "overflow" ], "labels": [ { "name": "intransitive verb", "is_dialect": false } ] } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah" ], "contributors": [ "bryanedu", "zellerpress", "malrase" ] }, "break even": { "word": "break even", "wordset_id": "13226187cc", "meanings": [ { "id": "7b5b442e29", "def": "to attain a level at which there is neither gain nor loss, as in business, gambling, or a competitive sport", "example": "We broke even over the last six games.", "speech_part": "verb" }, { "id": "7e8f040219", "def": "to make neither profit nor loss", "example": "At best, I hoped to break even at the casino.", "speech_part": "verb", "labels": [ { "name": "intransitive verb", "is_dialect": false } ] } ], "editors": [ "zellerpress", "lefurjah" ], "contributors": [ "msingle", "malrase", "hcatlin", "sabreuse" ] }, "benumb": { "word": "benumb", "wordset_id": "d984a57c69", "meanings": [ { "id": "8bc4bd10ff", "def": "to make numb or insensitive", "example": "I will benumb the area before I begin cutting.", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "dull" ], "labels": [ { "name": "transitive verb", "is_dialect": false } ] } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah" ], "contributors": [ "zellerpress", "sabreuse" ] }, "bedaze": { "word": "bedaze", "wordset_id": "3495d5aa6f", "meanings": [ { "id": "4fbaa04ffd", "def": "to overcome as with astonishment or disbelief", "example": "I was bedazed.", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "daze" ] } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah" ], "contributors": [ "zellerpress", "sabreuse" ] }, "besot": { 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false } ] }, { "id": "be3cb52a94", "def": "to evade payment to", "example": "They bilked their creditors.", "speech_part": "verb", "labels": [ { "name": "transitive verb", "is_dialect": false } ] }, { "id": "eb04b09d61", "def": "to hinder or prevent the efforts, plans, or desires of", "example": "I bilked my friend by turning down their picnic plans.", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "spoil" ], "labels": [ { "name": "archaic", "is_dialect": false }, { "name": "transitive verb", "is_dialect": false } ] }, { "id": "45f6e80585", "def": "to cheat somebody out of what is due, especially money", "example": "The crooks tried to bilk me but I outsmarted them.", "speech_part": "verb", "labels": [ { "name": "transitive verb", "is_dialect": false } ] } ], "editors": [ "msingle", "lefurjah", "malrase" ], "contributors": [ "musicchild", "sabreuse", "zellerpress", "hcatlin" ] }, "buzz off": { "word": "buzz off", "wordset_id": "790e494310", "meanings": [ { "id": "a611d57800", "def": "to leave 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