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with large showy dark green leaves", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "mother-in-law plant", "mother-in-law's tongue" ] } ] }, "dracontium": { "word": "dracontium", "wordset_id": "c2d640783c", "meanings": [ { "id": "113b38cf9f", "def": "any plant of the genus Dracontium", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "dragon arum": { "word": "dragon arum", "wordset_id": "257998eaad", "meanings": [ { "id": "25fb5d279b", "def": "European arum resembling the cuckoopint", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "green dragon" ] } ] }, "devil's walking stick": { "word": "devil's walking stick", "wordset_id": "c3e8048d8f", "meanings": [ { "id": "8a1a573ffe", "def": "small deciduous clump-forming tree or shrub of eastern United States", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "devil's tongue": { "word": "devil's tongue", "wordset_id": "98f0fb81ca", "meanings": [ { "id": "ddae77ba47", "def": "foul-smelling somewhat fleshy tropical plant of southeastern Asia cultivated for its edible corms or in the greenhouse for its large leaves and showy dark red spathe surrounding a large spadix", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "snake palm", "umbrella arum" ] } ] }, "drypis": { "word": "drypis", "wordset_id": "91fbd4499e", "meanings": [ { "id": "e1080394f4", "def": "spiny-leaved perennial herb of southern Europe having terminal clusters of small flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "dusty miller": { "word": "dusty miller", "wordset_id": "8da9a987f4", "meanings": [ { "id": "7bc6100232", "def": "an old cottage garden plant of southeastern Europe widely cultivated for its attractive white woolly foliage and showy crimson flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "mullein pink" ] }, { "id": "0551490d8b", "def": "herb with greyish leaves found along the east coast of North America", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "old woman" ] }, { "id": "13dab1f7c1", "def": "a plant having leaves and stems covered with down that resembles dust", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "b9d8abd6e7", "def": "stiff much-branched perennial of the Mediterranean region having very white woolly stems and leaves", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "611ed01b53", "def": "shrubby perennial of the Canary Islands having white flowers and leaves and hairy stems covered with dustlike down", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "silver-lace", "silver lace" ] } ] }, "desert four o'clock": { "word": "desert four o'clock", "wordset_id": "f561895a6b", "meanings": [ { "id": "0db1c3adf0", "def": "wildflower having vibrant deep pink tubular evening-blooming flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "maravilla" ] } ] }, "desert sand verbena": { "word": "desert sand verbena", "wordset_id": "7075ad0f1c", "meanings": [ { "id": "3f1c593a12", "def": "soft-haired sticky plant with heads of bright pink trumpet-shaped flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "desert holly": { "word": "desert holly", "wordset_id": "938e6b4a8f", "meanings": [ { "id": "c386b4fd02", "def": "handsome low saltbush of arid southwestern United States and Mexico having blue-green prickly-edged leaves often used for Christmas decoration", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "draba": { "word": "draba", "wordset_id": "9f82f62352", "meanings": [ { "id": "aa2165eb44", "def": "any of numerous low-growing cushion-forming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "devil's fig": { "word": "devil's fig", "wordset_id": "c4937b5651", "meanings": [ { "id": "056329d7b6", "def": "any plant of the genus Argemone having large white or yellow flowers and prickly leaves and stems and pods", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "white thistle" ] } ] }, "daikon": { "word": "daikon", "wordset_id": "47e74437dc", "meanings": [ { "id": "a08501893b", "def": "radish of Japan with a long hard durable root eaten raw or cooked", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "radish" ] } ] }, "damask violet": { "word": "damask violet", "wordset_id": "1f02f69a7b", "meanings": [ { "id": "6fe4ffe3a2", "def": "long cultivated herb having flowers whose scent is more pronounced in the evening", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "sweet rocket" ] } ] }, "dyer's woad": { "word": "dyer's woad", "wordset_id": "e03369c097", "meanings": [ { "id": "3813e7d35f", "def": "European biennial formerly grown for the blue coloring matter yielded by its leaves", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "desert plume": { "word": "desert plume", "wordset_id": "b0614ffcfd", "meanings": [ { "id": "74a6903875", "def": "perennial of southwestern United States having leathery blue-green pinnatifid leaves and thick plumelike spikes of yellow flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "prince's-plume" ] } ] }, "dog fennel": { "word": "dog fennel", "wordset_id": "5db74f35d9", "meanings": [ { "id": "7b654d7f78", "def": "widespread rank-smelling weed having white-rayed flower heads with yellow discs", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "mayweed" ] }, { "id": "14140c2f03", "def": "weedy plant of southeastern United States having divided leaves and long clusters of greenish flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "dyers' chamomile": { "word": "dyers' chamomile", "wordset_id": "a221a17115", "meanings": [ { "id": "3a74a7aeed", "def": "Eurasian perennial herb with hairy divided leaves and yellow flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "yellow chamomile" ] } ] }, "daisy": { "word": "daisy", "wordset_id": "ef12b2b991", "meanings": [ { "id": "33efc0624d", "def": "any of numerous composite plants having flower heads with well-developed ray flowers usually arranged in a single whorl", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "daisy fleabane": { "word": "daisy fleabane", "wordset_id": "37508567c0", "meanings": [ { "id": "c158bcdc2d", "def": "widely naturalized white-flowered North American herb", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "dahlia": { "word": "dahlia", "wordset_id": "19601620a4", "meanings": [ { "id": "c0badd3be4", "def": "any of several plants of or developed from the species Dahlia pinnata having tuberous roots and showy rayed variously colored flower heads", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "desert sunflower": { "word": "desert sunflower", "wordset_id": "d1427e39b8", "meanings": [ { "id": "948184a770", "def": "slender hairy plant with few leaves and golden-yellow flower heads", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "daisy-bush": { "word": "daisy-bush", "wordset_id": "b46a71c792", "meanings": [ { "id": "ecccd56331", "def": "any of various mostly Australian attractively shaped shrubs of the genus Olearia grown for their handsome and sometimes fragrant evergreen foliage and profusion of daisy flowers with white or purple or blue rays", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "daisy bush": { "word": "daisy bush", "wordset_id": "25247d8fa2", "meanings": [ { "id": "d4a54a3309", "def": "any of various mostly Australian attractively shaped shrubs of the genus Olearia grown for their handsome and sometimes fragrant evergreen foliage and profusion of daisy flowers with white or purple or blue rays", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "dotted gayfeather": { "word": "dotted gayfeather", "wordset_id": "4c85a507aa", "meanings": [ { "id": "3d3941fe49", "def": "herb with many stems bearing narrow slender wands of crowded rose-lavender flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "dense blazing star": { "word": "dense blazing star", "wordset_id": "4461a996a1", "meanings": [ { "id": "ba851bb7c4", "def": "perennial of southeastern and central United States having very dense spikes of purple flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "dandelion": { "word": "dandelion", "wordset_id": "76a1751d39", "meanings": [ { "id": "3ff1d342bb", "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": [ "blowball" ] } ] }, "double gold": { "word": "double gold", "wordset_id": "46768c5e42", "meanings": [ { "id": "365e9303d9", "def": "very tall branching herb with showy much-doubled yellow flower heads", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "golden glow" ] } ] }, "dyer's weed": { "word": "dyer's weed", "wordset_id": "1005e0f866", "meanings": [ { "id": "c43a6166df", "def": "eastern North American herb whose yellow flowers are (or were) used in dyeing", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "disa": { "word": "disa", "wordset_id": "1a56e4324d", "meanings": [ { "id": "964455cff8", "def": "any orchid of the genus Disa", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "dragon's mouth": { "word": "dragon's mouth", "wordset_id": "994a3f20a5", "meanings": [ { "id": "2df8677ed7", "def": "a bog orchid with usually a solitary fragrant magenta pink blossom with a wide gaping corolla", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "wild pink" ] } ] }, "dancing lady orchid": { "word": "dancing lady orchid", "wordset_id": "4c1c5b5c3b", "meanings": [ { "id": "12738e5c55", "def": "any orchid of the genus Oncidium: characterized by slender branching sprays of small yellow and brown flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "butterfly orchid" ] } ] }, "downy brome": { "word": "downy brome", "wordset_id": "9e0ac60661", "meanings": [ { "id": "a5617ba309", "def": "annual or winter annual grass with softly hairy leaves of the Mediterranean", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "downy bromegrass", "downy cheat", "downy chess", "cheatgrass", "drooping brome" ] } ] }, "downy bromegrass": { "word": "downy bromegrass", "wordset_id": "7af0534103", "meanings": [ { "id": "9ebc8a8ffb", "def": "annual or winter annual grass with softly hairy leaves of the Mediterranean", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "downy brome" ] } ] }, "downy cheat": { "word": "downy cheat", "wordset_id": "a7739681b4", "meanings": [ { "id": "73f0ec425b", "def": "annual or winter annual grass with softly hairy leaves of the Mediterranean", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "downy brome" ] } ] }, "dog grass": { "word": "dog grass", "wordset_id": "733e2f8140", "meanings": [ { "id": "7084f96b8f", "def": 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"speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "white bryony" ] } ] }, "dishcloth gourd": { "word": "dishcloth gourd", "wordset_id": "9283b996eb", "meanings": [ { "id": "82cad2b384", "def": "any of several tropical annual climbers having large yellow flowers and edible young fruits", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "sponge gourd", "rag gourd", "luffa" ] } ] }, "durion": { "word": "durion", "wordset_id": "09f6fcf3d9", "meanings": [ { "id": "00e0c4a7af", "def": "tree of southeastern Asia having edible oval fruit with a hard spiny rind", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "durian" ] } ] }, "durian tree": { "word": "durian tree", "wordset_id": "c139092229", "meanings": [ { "id": "9b694a6c36", "def": "tree of southeastern Asia having edible oval fruit with a hard spiny rind", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "durian" ] } ] }, "deccan hemp": { "word": "deccan hemp", "wordset_id": "c1269ef7b1", "meanings": [ { "id": "d415a754b4", "def": "valuable fiber plant of East Indies now widespread in cultivation", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "ba374490b2", "def": "fiber from an East Indian plant Hibiscus cannabinus", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "dombeya": { "word": "dombeya", "wordset_id": "19cc078ef3", "meanings": [ { "id": "ea3a23cff7", "def": "any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Dombeya grown for their rounded clusters of exquisite often sweet-scented flowers usually hanging beneath the leaves", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "dangleberry": { "word": "dangleberry", "wordset_id": "c2a5962456", "meanings": [ { "id": "2ff8232880", "def": "huckleberry of the eastern United States with pink flowers and sweet blue fruit", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "dangle-berry" ] } ] }, "dangle-berry": { "word": "dangle-berry", "wordset_id": "2e074373fc", "meanings": [ { "id": "33ca53f578", "def": "huckleberry of the eastern United States with pink flowers and sweet blue fruit", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "dangleberry" ] } ] }, "downy manzanita": { "word": "downy manzanita", "wordset_id": "69236681fb", "meanings": [ { "id": "f848d66fa8", "def": "erect openly branched California shrub whose twigs are woolly when young", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "woolly manzanita" ] } ] }, "diapensia family": { "word": "diapensia family", "wordset_id": "3533c4705c", "meanings": [ { "id": "6f2d3f011e", "def": "north temperate low evergreen plants", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "diapensia": { "word": "diapensia", "wordset_id": "29845f3efc", "meanings": [ { "id": "563030f059", "def": "any boreal low-growing evergreen plant of the genus Diapensia", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "dog laurel": { "word": "dog laurel", "wordset_id": "aed1d80196", "meanings": [ { "id": "d6048e6d43", "def": "fast-growing evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having arching interlaced branches and racemes of white flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "dog hobble", "switch-ivy" ] } ] }, "dog hobble": { "word": "dog hobble", "wordset_id": "9b89779b17", "meanings": [ { "id": "0707df859a", "def": "fast-growing evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having arching interlaced branches and racemes of white flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "dog laurel" ] } ] }, "dryland blueberry": { "word": "dryland blueberry", "wordset_id": "233a3a7c6c", "meanings": [ { "id": "437869f8c2", "def": "low deciduous shrub of the eastern United States bearing dark blue sweet berries", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "dryland berry" ] } ] }, "dryland berry": { "word": "dryland berry", "wordset_id": "29fa31d737", "meanings": [ { "id": "72062995b2", "def": "low deciduous shrub of the eastern United States bearing dark blue sweet berries", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "dryland blueberry" ] } ] }, "deerberry": { "word": "deerberry", "wordset_id": "49f3139481", "meanings": [ { "id": "fd1614be0b", "def": "small branching blueberry common in marshy areas of the eastern United States having greenish or yellowish unpalatable berries reputedly eaten by deer", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "squaw huckleberry" ] } ] }, "downy birch": { "word": "downy birch", "wordset_id": "0df6cf8be4", "meanings": [ { "id": "fdc18f62af", "def": "European birch with dull white to pale brown bark and somewhat drooping hairy branches", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "white birch" ] } ] }, "durmast": { "word": "durmast", "wordset_id": "83be8ab9a8", "meanings": [ { "id": "a1c4b2990f", "def": "deciduous European oak valued for its tough elastic wood", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "deer's-ear": { "word": "deer's-ear", "wordset_id": "67076d7fef", "meanings": [ { "id": "28431285dd", "def": "any of various tall perennial herbs constituting the genus Frasera", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "columbo" ] } ] }, "deer's-ears": { "word": "deer's-ears", "wordset_id": "2255adf437", "meanings": [ { "id": "47cc8971f8", "def": "any of various tall perennial herbs constituting the genus Frasera", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "columbo" ] } ] }, "devilwood": { "word": "devilwood", "wordset_id": "7867b6dcb9", "meanings": [ { "id": "5b189730e5", "def": "small tree of southern United States having panicles of dull white flowers followed by dark purple fruits", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "desert olive": { "word": "desert olive", "wordset_id": "3e4cfc35ea", "meanings": [ { "id": "f1eca054d1", "def": "spiny branching deciduous shrub of southwestern United States having clusters of insignificant yellow-white flowers appearing before leaves followed by attractive black berrylike fruits", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "tanglebush" ] } ] }, "downy ash": { "word": "downy ash", "wordset_id": "167165c98e", "meanings": [ { "id": "8595fb8860", "def": "smallish American tree with velvety branchlets and lower leaf surfaces", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "red ash" ] } ] }, "dhawa": { "word": "dhawa", "wordset_id": "ac10f17da4", "meanings": [ { "id": "94df305232", "def": "an Indian tree of the family Combretaceae that is a source of timber and gum", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "dhava" ] } ] }, "dhava": { "word": "dhava", "wordset_id": "d4038ff763", "meanings": [ { "id": "f310df09e4", "def": "an Indian tree of the family Combretaceae that is a source of timber and gum", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "dhawa" ] } ] }, "daphne family": { "word": "daphne family", "wordset_id": "4391aa77e9", "meanings": [ { "id": "136fcc2772", "def": "family of trees and shrubs and herbs having tough bark that are found especially in Australia and tropical Africa", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "daphne": { "word": "daphne", "wordset_id": "dfe8cff91e", "meanings": [ { "id": "8365711733", "def": "any of several ornamental shrubs with shiny mostly evergreen leaves and clusters of small bell-shaped flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "deer grass": { "word": "deer grass", "wordset_id": "685b484268", "meanings": [ { "id": "b09a361b36", "def": "any of several plants of the genus Rhexia usually having pink-purple to magenta flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "meadow beauty" ] } ] }, "dillenia": { "word": "dillenia", "wordset_id": "03fe217038", "meanings": [ { "id": "3d0e0e0e63", "def": "any of several evergreen trees or shrubs of the genus Dillenia grown for their foliage and nodding flowers resembling magnolias which are followed by fruit that is used in curries and jellies and preserves", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "dead nettle": { "word": "dead nettle", "wordset_id": "1262eaf913", "meanings": [ { "id": "22516c08ec", "def": "a plants of the genus Pilea having drooping green flower clusters and smooth translucent stems and leaves", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "clearweed" ] }, { "id": "1efdc5f1d2", "def": "coarse bristly Eurasian plant with white or reddish flowers and foliage resembling that of a nettle", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "hemp nettle" ] }, { "id": "b2111d8e99", "def": "any of various plants of the genus Lamium having clusters of small usually purplish flowers with two lips", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "217c8d1329", "def": "foul-smelling perennial Eurasiatic herb with a green creeping rhizome", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "hedge nettle" ] } ] }, "dog violet": { "word": "dog violet", "wordset_id": "6918836ba5", "meanings": [ { "id": "d37c76441b", "def": "Old World leafy-stemmed blue-flowered violet", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "heath violet" ] } ] }, "downy yellow violet": { "word": "downy yellow violet", "wordset_id": "9b9421fe98", "meanings": [ { "id": "19fde38a29", "def": "violet of eastern North America having softly pubescent leaves and stems and clear yellow flowers with brown-purple veins", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "dipterocarp": { "word": "dipterocarp", "wordset_id": "608fd453fc", "meanings": [ { "id": "1dd798ffd5", "def": "tree of the family Dipterocarpaceae", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "dyer's rocket": { "word": "dyer's rocket", "wordset_id": "b997f6d1d8", "meanings": [ { "id": "b4abaac5f4", "def": "European mignonette cultivated as a source of yellow dye", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "weld" ] } ] }, "daffodil": { "word": "daffodil", "wordset_id": "364bce095a", "meanings": [ { "id": "52d8c05075", "def": "any of numerous varieties of Narcissus plants having showy often yellow flowers with a trumpet-shaped central crown", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "devil lily": { "word": "devil lily", "wordset_id": "4e746ca53d", "meanings": [ { "id": "018ee27881", "def": "east Asian perennial having large reddish-orange black-spotted flowers with reflexed petals", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "kentan", "tiger lily" ] } ] }, "desert mariposa tulip": { "word": "desert mariposa tulip", "wordset_id": "52eacbe821", "meanings": [ { "id": "f173b7ae02", "def": "mariposa with clusters of bell-shaped vermilion or orange or yellow flowers atop short stems", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "day lily": { "word": "day lily", "wordset_id": "c3d15a5a1d", "meanings": [ { "id": "8766ea170c", "def": "any of numerous perennials having tuberous roots and long narrow bladelike leaves and usually yellow lily-like flowers that bloom for only a day", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "daylily" ] }, { "id": "4245910c5a", "def": "any of numerous perennials having mounds of sumptuous broad ribbed leaves and clusters of white, blue, or lilac flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "plantain lily" ] } ] }, "daylily": { "word": "daylily", "wordset_id": "1adbedb295", "meanings": [ { "id": "4b81b2ffd8", "def": "any of numerous perennials having tuberous roots and long narrow bladelike leaves and usually yellow lily-like flowers that bloom for only a day", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "day lily" ] } ] }, "dogtooth violet": { "word": "dogtooth violet", "wordset_id": "56011dd1c6", "meanings": [ { "id": "1d6de773a9", "def": "perennial woodland spring-flowering plant", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "dogtooth" ] } ] }, "dog's-tooth violet": { "word": "dog's-tooth violet", "wordset_id": "8c5f44a909", "meanings": [ { "id": "43272f9565", "def": "perennial woodland spring-flowering plant", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "dogtooth" ] } ] }, "daffodil garlic": { "word": "daffodil garlic", "wordset_id": "977b060144", "meanings": [ { "id": "f2ce0e652a", "def": "European onion with white flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "flowering onion" ] } ] }, "dracaena": { "word": "dracaena", "wordset_id": "3817f4b548", "meanings": [ { "id": "1465e59498", "def": "an agave that is often cultivated for its decorative foliage", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "dragon tree": { "word": "dragon tree", "wordset_id": "07e315574d", "meanings": [ { "id": "32bd82cdac", "def": "tall tree of the Canary Islands", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "divi-divi": { "word": "divi-divi", "wordset_id": "09389880a0", "meanings": [ { "id": "852d6ea76b", "def": "small thornless tree or shrub of tropical America whose seed pods are a source of tannin", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "0167fe2a5f", "def": "twisted seed pods of the divi-divi tree", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "death camas": { "word": "death camas", "wordset_id": "4d335170db", "meanings": [ { "id": "ae22d7e6ea", "def": "any of various plants of the genus Zigadenus having glaucous leaves and terminal racemes of mostly white flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "drumstick tree": { "word": "drumstick tree", "wordset_id": "a50d631d30", "meanings": [ { "id": "f7630579b4", "def": "deciduous or semi-evergreen tree having scented sepia to yellow flowers in drooping racemes and pods whose pulp is used medicinally", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "dhak": { "word": "dhak", "wordset_id": "f9e0c884f4", "meanings": [ { "id": "73843f4bdc", "def": "East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "dak", "palas" ] } ] }, "dak": { "word": "dak", "wordset_id": "801d8d2696", "meanings": [ { "id": "6d31939c8f", "def": "East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "dhak" ] } ] }, "dhal": { "word": "dhal", "wordset_id": "81b9c1e4ea", "meanings": [ { "id": "2bbaebaf3b", "def": "tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "cajan pea" ] } ] }, "desert pea": { "word": "desert pea", "wordset_id": "919fc698d6", "meanings": [ { "id": "26aaf67e3a", "def": "sprawling shrubby perennial noted for its scarlet black-marked flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "dyer's greenweed": { "word": "dyer's greenweed", "wordset_id": "fc9d08993a", "meanings": [ { "id": "082e366052", "def": "small Eurasian shrub having clusters of yellow flowers that yield a dye", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "whin" ] } ] }, "dyer's-broom": { "word": "dyer's-broom", "wordset_id": "8f53615087", "meanings": [ { "id": "b2c0591599", "def": "small Eurasian shrub having clusters of yellow flowers that yield a dye", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "whin" ] } ] }, "dyeweed": { "word": "dyeweed", "wordset_id": "5ffa590e5c", "meanings": [ { "id": "98f0312982", "def": "small Eurasian shrub having clusters of yellow flowers that yield a dye", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "whin" ] } ] }, "derris": { "word": "derris", "wordset_id": "0ab283f6ab", "meanings": [ { "id": "b4c8135cc8", "def": "any of various usually woody vines of the genus Derris of tropical Asia whose roots yield the insecticide rotenone", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "derris root": { "word": "derris root", "wordset_id": "8c0b76022d", "meanings": [ { "id": "2503c5e981", "def": "woody vine having bright green leaves and racemes of rose-tinted white flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "date palm": { "word": "date palm", "wordset_id": "652772319e", "meanings": [ { "id": "e3ad8af528", "def": "tall tropical feather palm tree native to Syria bearing sweet edible fruit", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "dense-leaved elodea": { "word": "dense-leaved elodea", "wordset_id": "8413de65e0", "meanings": [ { "id": "35f5c4c273", "def": "aquatic plant with deep green foliage useful to oxygenate an aquarium", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "dog rose": { "word": "dog rose", "wordset_id": "aa8c1974d6", "meanings": [ { "id": "310971778d", "def": "prickly wild rose with delicate pink or white scentless flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "dayflower": { "word": "dayflower", "wordset_id": "e8fa74fb84", "meanings": [ { "id": "294e2f68b0", "def": "any plant of the family Commelinaceae", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "spiderwort" ] } ] }, "damask rose": { "word": "damask rose", "wordset_id": "24cb9c8ef4", "meanings": [ { "id": "2835fca1e9", "def": "large hardy very fragrant pink rose", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "ditchmoss": { "word": "ditchmoss", "wordset_id": "89515b3d48", "meanings": [ { "id": "c0d81c59db", "def": "submerged freshwater perennials", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "pondweed" ] } ] }, "dewberry bush": { "word": "dewberry bush", "wordset_id": "d6f3b6a775", "meanings": [ { "id": "56be784f72", "def": "any of several trailing blackberry brambles especially of North America", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "dewberry" ] } ] }, "damson plum tree": { "word": "damson plum tree", "wordset_id": "ac8e51209a", "meanings": [ { "id": "e01a6c8b98", "def": "plum tree long cultivated for its edible fruit", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "damson plum" ] } ] }, "downy haw": { "word": "downy haw", "wordset_id": "b001502eb5", "meanings": [ { "id": "de5ec83b36", "def": "American red-fruited hawthorn with stems and leaves densely covered with short woolly hairs", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "red haw" ] } ] }, "dyer's woodruff": { "word": "dyer's woodruff", "wordset_id": "b0413bfab8", "meanings": [ { "id": "368a919d0f", "def": "creeping European perennial having red or pinkish-white flowers and red roots sometimes used as a substitute for madder in dyeing", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "dagame": { "word": "dagame", "wordset_id": "3866a70013", "meanings": [ { "id": "27affa9140", "def": "source of a tough elastic wood", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "lemonwood tree" ] } ] }, "danewort": { "word": "danewort", "wordset_id": "a215e6e29c", "meanings": [ { "id": "e6d693e948", "def": "dwarf herbaceous elder of Europe having pink flowers and a nauseous odor", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "dove's foot geranium": { "word": "dove's foot geranium", "wordset_id": "016be8c906", "meanings": [ { "id": "f1023abfb6", "def": "western geranium with small pink flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "dittany": { "word": "dittany", "wordset_id": "66f043ff5a", "meanings": [ { "id": "28f132bd15", "def": "Eurasian perennial herb with white flowers that emit flammable vapor in hot weather", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "burning bush" ] } ] }, "devil's weed": { "word": "devil's weed", "wordset_id": "2ad7d314d7", "meanings": [ { "id": "f5bebd1acd", "def": "tropical annual procumbent poisonous subshrub having fruit that splits into five spiny nutlets", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "caltrop" ] } ] }, "dika": { "word": "dika", "wordset_id": "2ca62edb45", "meanings": [ { "id": "6c093c983d", "def": "African tree with edible yellow fruit resembling mangos", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "wild mango" ] } ] }, "downy poplar": { "word": "downy poplar", "wordset_id": "4804d2fcb0", "meanings": [ { "id": "be79c5125d", "def": "North American poplar with large rounded scalloped leaves and brownish bark and wood", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "black cottonwood" ] } ] }, "deciduous holly": { "word": "deciduous holly", "wordset_id": "95e40a9606", "meanings": [ { "id": "0d3bcc2529", "def": "a holly tree", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "largeleaf holly" ] } ] }, "date plum": { "word": "date plum", "wordset_id": "c6f4c1cd0c", "meanings": [ { "id": "f1e5637b7e", "def": "an Asiatic persimmon tree cultivated for its small yellow or purplish-black edible fruit much valued by Afghan tribes", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "decumary": { "word": "decumary", "wordset_id": "8de4d2096b", "meanings": [ { "id": "231fa27f69", "def": "woody climber of southeastern United States having white flowers in compound terminal clusters", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "deutzia": { "word": "deutzia", "wordset_id": "73159c4a8a", "meanings": [ { "id": "b53ed415f1", "def": "any of various shrubs of the genus Deutzia having usually toothed opposite leaves and shredding bark and white or pink flowers in loose terminal clusters", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "daily dew": { "word": "daily dew", "wordset_id": "5b955e6978", "meanings": [ { "id": "7505a04936", "def": "any of various bog plants of the genus Drosera having leaves covered with sticky hairs that trap and digest insects", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "sundew" ] } ] }, "desert willow": { "word": "desert willow", "wordset_id": "524629bbc0", "meanings": [ { "id": "fde6edffde", "def": "evergreen shrubby tree resembling a willow of dry regions of southwestern North America having showy purplish flowers and long seed pods", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "dodder": { "word": "dodder", "wordset_id": "c0266ac5a7", "meanings": [ { "id": "44d566070d", "def": "a leafless annual parasitic vine of the genus Cuscuta having whitish or yellow filamentous stems", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "6b168fd565", "def": "walk unsteadily", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "stumble" ] } ] }, "downy wood mint": { "word": "downy wood mint", "wordset_id": "4bc8761680", "meanings": [ { "id": "f05dff2e73", "def": "a variety of wood mint", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "hairy wood mint" ] } ] }, "dichondra": { "word": "dichondra", "wordset_id": "a4425e1548", "meanings": [ { "id": "acf9bff143", "def": "a creeping perennial herb with hairy stems and orbicular to reniform leaves and small white to greenish flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "dagga": { "word": "dagga", "wordset_id": "22c20a6743", "meanings": [ { "id": "da401a8a2a", "def": "relatively nontoxic South African herb smoked like tobacco", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "red dagga", "wilde dagga" ] } ] }, "dragonhead": { "word": "dragonhead", "wordset_id": "b18cbdc34d", "meanings": [ { "id": "4815a7a956", "def": "American herb having sharply serrate lanceolate leaves and spikes of blue to violet flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "dragon's head" ] } ] }, "dittany of crete": { "word": "dittany of crete", "wordset_id": "7dae2295e1", "meanings": [ { "id": "f003e04a53", "def": "dwarf aromatic shrub of Crete", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "winter sweet" ] } ] }, "dragon's head": { "word": "dragon's head", "wordset_id": "7516c5f443", "meanings": [ { "id": "3b542361c6", "def": "American herb having sharply serrate lanceolate leaves and spikes of blue to violet flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "dragonhead" ] } ] }, "desert paintbrush": { 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European perennial having showy yellow and orange flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "toadflax" ] } ] }, "deadly nightshade": { "word": "deadly nightshade", "wordset_id": "04a04bfd1c", "meanings": [ { "id": "a305247539", "def": "poisonous perennial Old World vine having violet flowers and oval coral-red berries", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bittersweet nightshade" ] }, { "id": "dea4f01b4f", "def": "perennial Eurasian herb with reddish bell-shaped flowers and shining black berries", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "belladonna" ] } ] }, "day jessamine": { "word": "day jessamine", "wordset_id": "c27746ba1b", "meanings": [ { "id": "87e57ac1c9", "def": "West Indian evergreen shrub having clusters of funnel-shaped white flowers that are fragrant by day", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "downy ground cherry": { "word": "downy ground cherry", "wordset_id": "5e87bb4784", "meanings": [ { "id": "6f069ddeaf", "def": "decorative American annual having round fleshy yellow berries enclosed in a bladderlike husk", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "strawberry tomato" ] } ] }, "devil's apples": { "word": "devil's apples", "wordset_id": "5bf7a41190", "meanings": [ { "id": "ba678c18dc", "def": "a plant of southern Europe and North Africa having purple flowers, yellow fruits and a forked root formerly thought to have magical powers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "mandrake" ] } ] }, "devil's milk": { "word": "devil's milk", "wordset_id": "9257e46d5f", "meanings": [ { "id": "072115b5ad", "def": "not unattractive European weed whose flowers turn toward the sun", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "sun spurge" ] }, { "id": "74d86cee02", "def": "an Old World spurge introduced as a weed in the eastern United States", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "petty spurge" ] } ] }, "dogwood family": { "word": "dogwood family", "wordset_id": "b8299ffefe", "meanings": [ { "id": "6182aa1462", "def": "a rosid dicot family of the order Umbellales including: genera Aucuba, Cornus, Corokia, Curtisia, Griselinia, Helwingia", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "dogwood": { "word": "dogwood", "wordset_id": "0cf8ee0d85", "meanings": [ { "id": "bc9f102980", "def": "a tree of shrub of the genus Cornus often having showy bracts resembling flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "dogwood tree", "cornel" ] }, { "id": "6d9ff0d3b5", "def": "hard tough wood of any dogwood of the genus Cornus", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "dogwood tree": { "word": "dogwood tree", "wordset_id": "beea176ed1", "meanings": [ { "id": "e763a1d08d", "def": "a tree of shrub of the genus Cornus often having showy bracts resembling flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "dogwood" ] } ] }, "dog's mercury": { "word": "dog's mercury", "wordset_id": "522451c92a", "meanings": [ { "id": "9ffcc285b5", "def": "European perennial weedy plant with greenish flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "dog mercury" ] } ] }, "dog mercury": { "word": "dog mercury", "wordset_id": "586e277063", "meanings": [ { "id": "a35db86379", "def": "European perennial weedy plant with greenish flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "dog's mercury" ] } ] }, "devil nettle": { "word": "devil nettle", "wordset_id": "3e5225049c", "meanings": [ { "id": "448e849fab", "def": "a stinging herb of tropical America", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "pica-pica" ] } ] }, "dead-man's-fingers": { "word": "dead-man's-fingers", "wordset_id": "c27fc5354f", "meanings": [ { "id": "7e98fba06d", "def": "the fruiting bodies of the fungi of the genus Xylaria", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "dead-men's-fingers" ] } ] }, "dead-men's-fingers": { "word": "dead-men's-fingers", "wordset_id": "a0358adb99", "meanings": [ { "id": "e0023957e6", "def": "the fruiting bodies of the fungi of the genus Xylaria", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "dead-man's-fingers" ] } ] }, "ditch fern": { "word": "ditch fern", "wordset_id": "1acecf3d21", "meanings": [ { "id": "41a8087f01", "def": "large deeply rooted fern of worldwide distribution with upright bipinnate compound tufted fronds", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "royal fern" ] } ] }, "daisyleaf grape fern": { "word": "daisyleaf grape fern", "wordset_id": "1f4f90ac9f", "meanings": [ { "id": "4f30a6c9d9", "def": "of North America and Eurasia", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "daisy-leaved grape fern" ] } ] }, "daisy-leaved grape fern": { "word": "daisy-leaved grape fern", "wordset_id": "da88ff9c04", "meanings": [ { "id": "a26a6497e6", "def": "of North America and Eurasia", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "daisyleaf grape fern" ] } ] }, "downy mildew": { "word": "downy mildew", "wordset_id": "180d5794c6", "meanings": [ { "id": "2de3e6a505", "def": "any of various fungi of the family Peronosporaceae parasitic on e.g. grapes and potatoes and melons", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "false mildew" ] } ] }, "death cap": { "word": "death cap", "wordset_id": "a8b7022dda", "meanings": [ { "id": "45abc7d136", "def": "extremely poisonous usually white fungus with a prominent cup-shaped base", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "death cup", "death angel", "destroying angel" ] } ] }, "death cup": { "word": "death cup", "wordset_id": "b6785d7dd3", "meanings": [ { "id": "11c21a4ea3", "def": "extremely poisonous usually white fungus with a prominent cup-shaped base", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "death cap" ] } ] }, "death angel": { "word": "death angel", "wordset_id": "e0b5ef6fad", "meanings": [ { "id": "8f7c976381", "def": "extremely poisonous usually white fungus with a prominent cup-shaped base", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "death cap" ] } ] }, "destroying angel": { "word": "destroying angel", "wordset_id": "62f1f1771a", "meanings": [ { "id": "807e7cec45", "def": "extremely poisonous usually white fungus with a prominent cup-shaped base", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "death cap" ] }, { "id": "cc0b5a804e", "def": "fungus similar to Amanita phalloides", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "damping off fungus": { "word": "damping off fungus", "wordset_id": "7b2461635e", "meanings": [ { "id": "c78e9de65a", "def": "fungus causing damping off disease in seedlings", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "devil's cigar": { "word": "devil's cigar", "wordset_id": "2256b08a25", "meanings": [ { "id": "9fba730a0a", "def": "a common name for a variety of Sarcosomataceae", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "black felt cup" ] } ] }, "devil's urn": { "word": "devil's urn", "wordset_id": "7f751c1377", "meanings": [ { "id": "9321b4172e", "def": "a common name for a variety of Sarcosomataceae", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "black felt cup" ] } ] }, "dictostylium": { "word": "dictostylium", "wordset_id": "1be331c718", "meanings": [ { "id": "2b0be76d82", "def": "any slime mold of the genus Dictostylium", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "discina": { "word": "discina", "wordset_id": "1290813937", "meanings": [ { "id": "7e67ffcfc3", "def": "any fungus of the genus Discina", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "discomycete": { "word": "discomycete", "wordset_id": "80decdd10d", "meanings": [ { "id": "1ae0dd4893", "def": "any fungus that is a member of the subclass Discomycetes", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "cup fungus" ] } ] }, "deer mushroom": { "word": "deer mushroom", "wordset_id": "f3a803d941", "meanings": [ { "id": "b9bb50b24f", "def": "a small edible agaric with a slender stalk", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "dog stinkhorn": { "word": "dog stinkhorn", "wordset_id": "c82c2c8bbd", "meanings": [ { "id": "38d0e8d5e2", "def": "a stinkhorn having a stalk without a cap", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "deciduous plant": { "word": "deciduous plant", "wordset_id": "af788c2244", "meanings": [ { "id": "2f089feef8", "def": "a plant having foliage that is shed annually at the end of the growing season", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "desert plant": { "word": "desert plant", "wordset_id": "5bfcca0b6d", "meanings": [ { "id": "0d0e1b93ca", "def": "plant adapted for life with a limited supply of water", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "xerophyte", "xerophytic plant", "xerophile", "xerophilous plant" ] } ] }, "drupe": { "word": "drupe", "wordset_id": "07ea4cd7c3", "meanings": [ { "id": "6cb9e333f2", "def": "fleshy indehiscent fruit with a single seed: e.g. almond", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "stone fruit" ] } ] }, "drupelet": { "word": "drupelet", "wordset_id": "62579168fa", "meanings": [ { "id": "2fd0021dd9", "def": "a small part of an aggregate fruit that resembles a drupe", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "duramen": { "word": "duramen", "wordset_id": "349d8b0bcc", "meanings": [ { "id": "f762824c2b", "def": "the older inactive central wood of a tree or woody plant", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "heartwood" ] } ] }, "dry rot": { "word": "dry rot", "wordset_id": "7ada4147ca", "meanings": [ { "id": "035f876e33", "def": "a fungus causing dry rot", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "5f1f51c7f8", "def": "a crumbling and drying of timber or bulbs or potatoes or fruit caused by a fungus", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "decompound leaf": { "word": "decompound leaf", "wordset_id": "2591654637", "meanings": [ { "id": "fd67eb2205", "def": "a leaf having divisions that are themselves compound", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "deltoid leaf": { "word": "deltoid leaf", "wordset_id": "5fcf495d5f", "meanings": [ { "id": "3965fc470f", "def": "a simple leaf shaped like a capital delta", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "dentate leaf": { "word": "dentate leaf", "wordset_id": "eb42662d09", "meanings": [ { "id": "566e4faa11", "def": "a leaf having a toothed margin", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "denticulate leaf": { "word": "denticulate leaf", "wordset_id": "db3b792f35", "meanings": [ { "id": "f016073a87", "def": "a leaf having a finely toothed margin", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "deer fern": { "word": "deer fern", "wordset_id": "657a4a8c78", "meanings": [ { "id": "3b9d085986", "def": "fern with erect fronds of Europe and western North America", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "dagger fern": { "word": "dagger fern", "wordset_id": "08bfbb1cb7", "meanings": [ { "id": "cf39702e99", "def": "North American evergreen fern having pinnate leaves and dense clusters of lance-shaped fronds", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "canker brake" ] } ] }, "doodia": { "word": "doodia", "wordset_id": "870fcf2303", "meanings": [ { "id": "92069410db", "def": "any fern of the genus Doodia having pinnate fronds with sharply dentate pinnae", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "rasp fern" ] } ] }, "davallia": { "word": "davallia", "wordset_id": "220cec6586", "meanings": [ { "id": "f6a5e342f3", "def": "any fern of the genus Davallia", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "desert selaginella": { "word": "desert selaginella", "wordset_id": "51e54b2a52", "meanings": [ { "id": "ce9670fabf", "def": "prostrate spikemoss", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "deflator": { "word": "deflator", "wordset_id": "6c6387b5bc", "meanings": [ { "id": "0146d7c2be", 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