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numerous herbivorous nonpoisonous arthropods having a cylindrical body of 20 to 100 or more segments most with two pairs of legs", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "millipede" ] } ] }, "milliped": { "word": "milliped", "wordset_id": "622c3630a4", "meanings": [ { "id": "be52c9c57a", "def": "any of numerous herbivorous nonpoisonous arthropods having a cylindrical body of 20 to 100 or more segments most with two pairs of legs", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "millipede" ] } ] }, "mite": { "word": "mite", "wordset_id": "47b36a1265", "meanings": [ { "id": "71f06c1cf6", "def": "any of numerous very small to minute arachnids often infesting animals or plants or stored foods", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "ddf9417924", "def": "a slight but appreciable amount", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "pinch" ] } ] }, "moorfowl": { "word": "moorfowl", "wordset_id": "921b467569", "meanings": [ { "id": "82bddb2cc8", "def": "reddish-brown grouse of upland moors of Great Britain", 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"wordset_id": "5ce6244def", "meanings": [ { "id": "bee4dfbaca", "def": "digs in moist soil and feeds on plant roots", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "mason wasp": { "word": "mason wasp", "wordset_id": "40242e6e68", "meanings": [ { "id": "d4bbaef02b", "def": "any of various solitary wasps that construct nests of hardened mud for their young", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "d289c56449", "def": "solitary wasp that constructs nests of hardened mud or clay for the young", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "mirid bug": { "word": "mirid bug", "wordset_id": "9b0f136e72", "meanings": [ { "id": "409f3fa965", "def": "a variety of leaf bug", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "capsid" ] } ] }, "mirid": { "word": "mirid", "wordset_id": "ac15bf79b7", "meanings": [ { "id": "e3fd9575c4", "def": "a variety of leaf bug", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "capsid" ] } ] }, "mud dauber": { "word": "mud dauber", "wordset_id": "51e9c298dc", "meanings": [ { "id": "0d5cb9f144", "def": "wasp that constructs 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butterfly" ] }, { "id": "330640d018", "def": "a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "sovereign", "crowned head" ] } ] }, "monarch butterfly": { "word": "monarch butterfly", "wordset_id": "72244aa6b8", "meanings": [ { "id": "288854cbb2", "def": "large migratory American butterfly having deep orange wings with black and white markings", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "milkweed butterfly", "monarch" ] } ] }, "milkweed butterfly": { "word": "milkweed butterfly", "wordset_id": "1f8fe424bb", "meanings": [ { "id": "f2b3bc97fe", "def": "large migratory American butterfly having deep orange wings with black and white markings", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "monarch butterfly" ] } ] }, "measuring worm": { "word": "measuring worm", "wordset_id": "47d49e752b", "meanings": [ { "id": "d23bd7db07", "def": "small hairless caterpillar having legs on only its front and rear segments", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ 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"def": "any of various moths that have powdery wings", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "moth miller" ] }, { "id": "2d6d744d2a", "def": "machine tool in which metal that is secured to a carriage is fed against rotating cutters that shape it", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "milling machine" ] }, { "id": "4e80bd533e", "def": "someone who works in a mill (especially a grain mill)", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "marsh hare": { "word": "marsh hare", "wordset_id": "27ffbf6938", "meanings": [ { "id": "7c90083650", "def": "a wood rabbit of marshy coastal areas from North Carolina to Florida", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "swamp rabbit" ] } ] }, "maggot": { "word": "maggot", "wordset_id": "c1d809ba50", "meanings": [ { "id": "d594fa1e51", "def": "the larva of the housefly and blowfly commonly found in decaying organic matter", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "moss animal": { "word": "moss animal", "wordset_id": "7606781f34", "meanings": [ { "id": "dc496a6c3a", "def": "sessile 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burrowing rodent of uplands of the Pacific coast of North America", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "sewellel" ] } ] }, "mantled ground squirrel": { "word": "mantled ground squirrel", "wordset_id": "54bf828a98", "meanings": [ { "id": "cfcf561c35", "def": "common black-striped reddish-brown ground squirrel of western North America", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "mustang": { "word": "mustang", "wordset_id": "4bccf7735d", "meanings": [ { "id": "f1d60bd781", "def": "small hardy range horse of the western plains descended from horses brought by the Spanish", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "mara": { "word": "mara", "wordset_id": "7ce642e422", "meanings": [ { "id": "654a0961e6", "def": "hare-like rodent of the pampas of Argentina", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "mountain paca": { "word": "mountain paca", "wordset_id": "6cec254b6b", "meanings": [ { "id": "462d57e0dd", "def": "rodent of mountains of western South America", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "mesohippus": { "word": "mesohippus", "wordset_id": "2da5351a72", "meanings": [ { "id": "864eb06edf", "def": "North American three-toed Oligocene animal", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "male horse": { "word": "male horse", "wordset_id": "a47df268fd", "meanings": [ { "id": "31aa0341ed", "def": "the male of species Equus caballus", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "marmot": { "word": "marmot", "wordset_id": "1a8b383c15", "meanings": [ { "id": "9756055665", "def": "stocky coarse-furred burrowing rodent with a short bushy tail found throughout the northern hemisphere", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "milch cow": { "word": "milch cow", "wordset_id": "69dc76b085", "meanings": [ { "id": "6d24ac2fee", "def": "cattle that are reared for their milk", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "dairy cattle" ] } ] }, "musk hog": { "word": "musk hog", "wordset_id": "061d85c8db", "meanings": [ { "id": "fa9e1dc174", "def": "nocturnal gregarious pig-like wild animals of North America and South America", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "peccary" 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"def": "a brick made from baked mud", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "mudguard": { "word": "mudguard", "wordset_id": "e97de41226", "meanings": [ { "id": "e4d246c3a2", "def": "a curved piece above the wheel of a bicycle or motorcycle to protect the rider from water or mud thrown up by the wheels", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "splash guard", "splash-guard" ] } ] }, "mudhif": { "word": "mudhif", "wordset_id": "33332a1c9b", "meanings": [ { "id": "70762666e2", "def": "a reed hut in the marshlands of Iraq", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "muffle": { "word": "muffle", "wordset_id": "bad7fd381d", "meanings": [ { "id": "2f082fbfc8", "def": "a kiln with an inner chamber for firing things at a low temperature", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "0bb493c79a", "def": "conceal or hide", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "stifle" ] }, { "id": "5ea616f9fa", "def": "deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping", "speech_part": "verb", "synonyms": [ "dull" ] } ] }, "mufti": { "word": 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threat of violence", "example": "I was mugged in the streets of New York last night", "speech_part": "verb" } ] }, "mug shot": { "word": "mug shot", "wordset_id": "291e8204fc", "meanings": [ { "id": "02244d4a99", "def": "a photograph of someone's face (especially one made for police records)", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "mugshot" ] } ] }, "mugshot": { "word": "mugshot", "wordset_id": "3ccae7440b", "meanings": [ { "id": "2aaf5a73f4", "def": "a photograph of someone's face (especially one made for police records)", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "mug shot" ] } ] }, "mukataa": { "word": "mukataa", "wordset_id": "05c326bee7", "meanings": [ { "id": "a4151b86e8", "def": "an Arabic word for headquarters or administrative center", "example": "I was holed up in the mukataa of my compound.", "speech_part": "noun" } ], "editors": [ "lefurjah" ], "contributors": [ "malrase", "zellerpress", "sabreuse" ] }, "mulch": { "word": "mulch", "wordset_id": "b3c99726ec", "meanings": [ { "id": 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that forms the muscles of the body", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "muscle cell" ] } ] }, "macrophage": { "word": "macrophage", "wordset_id": "15ad224797", "meanings": [ { "id": "81c71f9c82", "def": "a large phagocyte", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "myofibril": { "word": "myofibril", "wordset_id": "2ea51b93f8", "meanings": [ { "id": "67c7cebc75", "def": "one of many contractile filaments that make up a striated muscle fiber", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "myofibrilla", "sarcostyle" ] } ] }, "mandibular condyle": { "word": "mandibular condyle", "wordset_id": "bfaba57187", "meanings": [ { "id": "92cc99602e", "def": "the condyle of the ramus of the mandible that articulates with the skull", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "condylar process" ] } ] }, "myofibrilla": { "word": "myofibrilla", "wordset_id": "8ad8505894", "meanings": [ { "id": "571610c099", "def": "one of many contractile filaments that make up a striated muscle fiber", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ 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"odd_bloke" ], "contributors": [ "hcatlin", "lefurjah", "zellerpress", "malrase" ] }, "meadow rue": { "word": "meadow rue", "wordset_id": "eaf34e04fb", "meanings": [ { "id": "da435c0d5f", "def": "any of various herbs of the genus Thalictrum", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "meeting house": { "word": "meeting house", "wordset_id": "de170cd5f0", "meanings": [ { "id": "0f904ffea0", "def": "columbine of eastern North America having long-spurred red flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "honeysuckle" ] } ] }, "marsh marigold": { "word": "marsh marigold", "wordset_id": "36e36c5df7", "meanings": [ { "id": "8d220cd47d", "def": "swamp plant of Europe and North America having bright yellow flowers resembling buttercups", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "kingcup" ] } ] }, "meadow bright": { "word": "meadow bright", "wordset_id": "b6b29046f3", "meanings": [ { "id": "6517d382f2", "def": "swamp plant of Europe and North America having bright yellow flowers resembling buttercups", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "kingcup" ] } ] }, "mountain lily": { "word": "mountain lily", "wordset_id": "cc8b8d7b3b", "meanings": [ { "id": "d90e90ac18", "def": "showy white-flowered perennial of New Zealand", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "bbb1d871d6", "def": "Japanese lily with golden rays", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "monkshood": { "word": "monkshood", "wordset_id": "18d64005eb", "meanings": [ { "id": "495f25b618", "def": "a poisonous herb native to northern Europe having hooded blue-purple flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "helmetflower", "helmet flower" ] } ] }, "marsh clematis": { "word": "marsh clematis", "wordset_id": "f46e3eba96", "meanings": [ { "id": "05257cdc18", "def": "climber of southern United States having bluish-purple flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "blue jasmine" ] } ] }, "monkeypod": { "word": "monkeypod", "wordset_id": "f8c64751ab", "meanings": [ { "id": "435fbb0b4e", "def": "large ornamental tropical American tree with bipinnate leaves and globose clusters of flowers with crimson stamens and seed pods that are eaten by cattle", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "rain tree" ] } ] }, "monkey pod": { "word": "monkey pod", "wordset_id": "e0255f1d95", "meanings": [ { "id": "bf89d6aaaa", "def": "large ornamental tropical American tree with bipinnate leaves and globose clusters of flowers with crimson stamens and seed pods that are eaten by cattle", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "rain tree" ] } ] }, "mock azalia": { "word": "mock azalia", "wordset_id": "1dfee80b9a", "meanings": [ { "id": "8ef2aa1269", "def": "South African shrub having a swollen succulent stem and bearing showy pink and white flowers after the leaves fall", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "impala lily" ] } ] }, "manila tamarind": { "word": "manila tamarind", "wordset_id": "2e41f6a5c1", "meanings": [ { "id": "9bee65e022", "def": "common thorny tropical American tree having terminal racemes of yellow flowers followed by sickle-shaped or circinate edible pods and yielding good timber and a yellow dye and mucilaginous gum", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "wild tamarind" ] } ] }, "mimosa bush": { "word": "mimosa bush", "wordset_id": "a4f8052199", "meanings": [ { "id": "8aacc295e0", "def": "tropical American thorny shrub or small tree", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "huisache" ] } ] }, "mesquite": { "word": "mesquite", "wordset_id": "c6bc100e1f", "meanings": [ { "id": "c794bd30e0", "def": "any of several small spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Prosopis having small flowers in axillary cylindrical spikes followed by large pods rich in sugar", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "mesquit" ] } ] }, "mesquit": { "word": "mesquit", "wordset_id": "e980cc5d7d", "meanings": [ { "id": "290bef16d4", "def": "any of several small spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Prosopis having small flowers in axillary cylindrical spikes followed by large pods rich in sugar", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "mesquite" ] } ] }, "melilotus": { "word": "melilotus", "wordset_id": "31e93aaf43", "meanings": [ { "id": "35c57f75d2", "def": "erect annual or biennial plant grown extensively especially for hay and soil improvement", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "melilot", "sweet clover" ] } ] }, "melilot": { "word": "melilot", "wordset_id": "b6119255c7", "meanings": [ { "id": "5ec5c6a61d", "def": "erect annual or biennial plant grown extensively especially for hay and soil improvement", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "melilotus" ] } ] }, "malanga": { "word": "malanga", "wordset_id": "5b34096797", "meanings": [ { "id": "4cfb3b081e", "def": "tropical American aroid having edible tubers that are cooked and eaten like yams or potatoes", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "yautia" ] } ] }, "myrtle": { "word": "myrtle", "wordset_id": "08a0ab07f9", "meanings": [ { "id": "6345401713", "def": "widely cultivated as a groundcover for its dark green shiny leaves and usually blue-violet flowers", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "e19f0baa5f", "def": "any evergreen shrub or tree of the genus Myrtus", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "mother-in-law plant": { "word": "mother-in-law plant", "wordset_id": "1dd5f33e55", "meanings": [ { "id": "0c1835829f", "def": "an evergreen plant with large showy dark green leaves", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "dumb cane" ] } ] }, "mother-in-law's tongue": { "word": "mother-in-law's tongue", "wordset_id": "3c10a1e7f8", "meanings": [ { "id": "b2d690aaa1", "def": "an evergreen plant with large showy dark green leaves", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "dumb cane" ] }, { "id": "909d3a9f7c", "def": "stemless plant having narrow rigid leaves often cultivated as a houseplant", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "snake plant" ] } ] }, "mud midget": { "word": "mud midget", "wordset_id": "0b59cbec88", "meanings": [ { "id": "d8d937805c", "def": "having narrow flat sickle-shaped submerged fronds", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bogmat" ] } ] }, "myrtle flag": { "word": "myrtle flag", "wordset_id": "b86cc7d846", "meanings": [ { "id": "0b62ba1ce7", "def": "perennial marsh plant having swordlike leaves and aromatic roots", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "calamus" ] } ] }, "mouse-ear chickweed": { "word": "mouse-ear chickweed", "wordset_id": "8bb0dfbcbd", "meanings": [ { "id": "68da70729d", "def": "any of various plants related to the common chickweed", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "mouse eared chickweed", "mouse ear", "clammy chickweed", "chickweed" ] } ] }, "mouse eared chickweed": { "word": "mouse eared chickweed", "wordset_id": "c4f9a82671", "meanings": [ { "id": "140e38bea5", "def": "any of various plants related to the common chickweed", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "mouse-ear chickweed" ] } ] }, "mouse ear": { "word": "mouse ear", "wordset_id": "fd6fc6a957", "meanings": [ { "id": "98d5d0cb36", "def": "any of various plants related to the common chickweed", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "mouse-ear chickweed" ] }, { "id": "24c48bde27", "def": "small perennial herb having bright blue or white flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "forget-me-not" ] } ] }, "moss campion": { "word": "moss campion", "wordset_id": "ddd56880b8", "meanings": [ { "id": "c7248316d8", "def": "tuft- or mat-forming dwarf perennial of Arctic regions of western and central Europe and North America", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "maiden pink": { "word": "maiden pink", "wordset_id": "3c6a54b225", "meanings": [ { "id": "79becb38f9", "def": "low-growing loosely mat-forming Eurasian pink with a single pale pink flower with a crimson center", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "maltese cross": { "word": "maltese cross", "wordset_id": "ccb62baef8", "meanings": [ { "id": "ba8263f718", "def": "Eurasian garden perennial having scarlet flowers in dense terminal heads", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "scarlet lychnis" ] } ] }, "mullein pink": { "word": "mullein pink", "wordset_id": "f66104a408", "meanings": [ { "id": "673afe0afe", "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": [ "rose campion", "gardener's delight", "dusty miller" ] } ] }, "mountain sandwort": { "word": "mountain sandwort", "wordset_id": "62c0918f52", "meanings": [ { "id": "30ccb12b2f", "def": "boreal or alpine sandwort", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "mountain starwort", "mountain daisy" ] } ] }, "mountain starwort": { "word": "mountain starwort", "wordset_id": "084cb6f8db", "meanings": [ { "id": "b4ddd3d074", "def": "boreal or alpine sandwort", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "mountain sandwort" ] } ] }, "mountain daisy": { "word": "mountain daisy", "wordset_id": "d4164639af", "meanings": [ { "id": "340f48b197", "def": "boreal or alpine sandwort", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "mountain sandwort" ] } ] }, "mountain four o'clock": { "word": "mountain four o'clock", "wordset_id": "c6c77eb998", "meanings": [ { "id": "064043c3b3", "def": "leafy wildflower with lavender-pink flowers that open in the evening and remain through cool part of the next day", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "mistletoe cactus": { "word": "mistletoe cactus", "wordset_id": "f83400ac2d", "meanings": [ { "id": "6a290bddee", "def": "a plant of the genus Rhipsalis", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "mezcal": { "word": "mezcal", "wordset_id": "77f13ec192", "meanings": [ { "id": "ea93fd50fb", "def": "a small spineless globe-shaped cactus", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "peyote" ] } ] }, "mescal button": { "word": "mescal button", "wordset_id": "9e5e188988", "meanings": [ { "id": "6e58b90b08", "def": "the button-shaped top of the mescal cactus", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "sacred mushroom", "magic mushroom" ] } ] }, "magic mushroom": { "word": "magic mushroom", "wordset_id": "d88ebba484", "meanings": [ { "id": "a845b8c0f2", "def": "the button-shaped top of the mescal cactus", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "mescal button" ] } ] }, "marvel-of-Peru": { "word": "marvel-of-Peru", "wordset_id": "7d3b7f21f9", "meanings": [ { "id": "fcfa156ea4", "def": "common garden plant of North America having fragrant red or purple or yellow or white flowers that open in late afternoon", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "common four-o'clock" ] } ] }, "mammillaria": { "word": "mammillaria", "wordset_id": "cffa915c39", "meanings": [ { "id": "313c4c34c5", "def": "any cactus of the genus Mammillaria", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "maravilla": { "word": "maravilla", "wordset_id": "8774b31c56", "meanings": [ { "id": "5f3fcce843", "def": "leafy wildflower having fragrant slender white or pale pink trumpet-shaped flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "sweet four o'clock" ] }, { "id": "02f090b4ed", "def": "wildflower having vibrant deep pink tubular evening-blooming flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "desert four o'clock" ] } ] }, "mangold-wurzel": { "word": "mangold-wurzel", "wordset_id": "481c705f43", "meanings": [ { "id": "6c0def47f3", "def": "beet with a large yellowish root", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "mangel-wurzel" ] } ] }, "mangold": { "word": "mangold", "wordset_id": "fc854dd3c3", "meanings": [ { "id": "aefc973748", "def": "beet with a large yellowish root", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "mangel-wurzel" ] } ] }, "mustard family": { "word": "mustard family", "wordset_id": "4c6ace9ac1", "meanings": [ { "id": "d36ee9d4ad", "def": "a large family of plants with four-petaled flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "mustard oil": { "word": "mustard oil", "wordset_id": "9e6ecc12f8", "meanings": [ { "id": "161d63c5b8", "def": "oil obtained from mustard seeds and used in making soap", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "miner's lettuce": { "word": "miner's lettuce", "wordset_id": "667908d615", "meanings": [ { "id": "dc3f8bfae9", "def": "succulent herb sometimes grown as a salad or pot herb", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "winter purslane" ] } ] }, "madwort": { "word": "madwort", "wordset_id": "9555350159", "meanings": [ { "id": "37d55e66fb", "def": "any garden plant of the genus Alyssum having clusters of small yellow or white flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "mouse-ear cress": { "word": "mouse-ear cress", "wordset_id": "c224defe93", "meanings": [ { "id": "a4892ee957", "def": "a small invasive self-pollinating weed with small white flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "meadow cress": { "word": "meadow cress", "wordset_id": "721ef2ec60", "meanings": [ { "id": "af65b5011c", "def": "a bitter cress of Europe and America", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "cuckoo flower" ] } ] }, "mountain watercress": { "word": "mountain watercress", "wordset_id": "9b418226b4", "meanings": [ { "id": "6f669b3e09", "def": "mat-forming perennial found in cold springs of the eastern United States", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "mithridate mustard": { "word": "mithridate mustard", "wordset_id": "9c8a5b22bc", "meanings": [ { "id": "cd1a0899f6", "def": "foetid Eurasian weed having round flat pods", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "field pennycress" ] } ] }, "money plant": { "word": "money plant", "wordset_id": "4c138fd3e4", "meanings": [ { "id": "e8e3f9257b", "def": "southeastern European plant cultivated for its fragrant purplish flowers and round flat papery silver-white seedpods that are used for indoor decoration", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "honesty" ] } ] }, "matilija poppy": { "word": "matilija poppy", "wordset_id": "e5abdbc3a8", "meanings": [ { "id": "f0d29259c4", "def": "tall branching subshrub of California and Mexico often cultivated for its silvery-blue foliage and large fragrant white flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "marsh cress": { "word": "marsh cress", "wordset_id": "15e2e92c0d", "meanings": [ { "id": "08f33767fe", "def": "annual or biennial cress growing in damp places sometimes used in salads or as a potherb", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "malheur wire lettuce": { "word": "malheur wire lettuce", "wordset_id": "f1d14e535d", "meanings": [ { "id": "b655677e1a", "def": "a small plant of Oregon resembling mustard", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "marguerite": { "word": "marguerite", "wordset_id": "1b13fb21ae", "meanings": [ { "id": "8dacde6732", "def": "perennial subshrub of the Canary Islands having usually pale yellow daisylike flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "marguerite daisy" ] }, { "id": "f3214d510d", "def": "tall leafy-stemmed Eurasian perennial with white flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "oxeye daisy", "ox-eyed daisy", "moon daisy", "white daisy" ] } ] }, "marguerite daisy": { "word": "marguerite daisy", "wordset_id": "54b74ca17e", "meanings": [ { "id": "ebc1b44e66", "def": "perennial subshrub of the Canary Islands having usually pale yellow daisylike flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "marguerite" ] } ] }, "mugwort": { "word": "mugwort", "wordset_id": "726a247b34", "meanings": [ { "id": "68a61e3255", "def": "any of several weedy composite plants of the genus Artemisia", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "mountain everlasting": { "word": "mountain everlasting", "wordset_id": "744a00bb16", "meanings": [ { "id": "15f1a5ceda", "def": "a variety of cat's foot", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "mule fat": { "word": "mule fat", "wordset_id": "a9d4155b75", "meanings": [ { "id": "4f985fefbd", "def": "California shrub with slender leafy shoots that are important browse for mule deer", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "mayweed": { "word": "mayweed", "wordset_id": "0084fa8184", "meanings": [ { "id": "e41119ee69", "def": "widespread rank-smelling weed having white-rayed flower heads with yellow discs", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "dog fennel", "stinking mayweed", "stinking chamomile" ] } ] }, "milfoil": { "word": "milfoil", "wordset_id": "057c3ee4db", "meanings": [ { "id": "9040241d81", "def": "ubiquitous strong-scented mat-forming Eurasian herb of wasteland, hedgerow or pasture having narrow serrate leaves and small usually white florets", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "yarrow" ] } ] }, "marsh milkweed": { "word": "marsh milkweed", "wordset_id": "113fe2994e", "meanings": [ { "id": "0015adcaf5", "def": "North American herb having whorled leaves and terminal clusters of flowers spotted with purple", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "purple boneset" ] } ] }, "musk thistle": { "word": "musk thistle", "wordset_id": "200b9faefa", "meanings": [ { "id": "6a78be9f31", "def": "Eurasian perennial naturalized in eastern North America having very spiny white cottony foliage and nodding musky crimson flower heads", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "nodding thistle" ] } ] }, "melancholy thistle": { "word": "melancholy thistle", "wordset_id": "67222cdf21", "meanings": [ { "id": "2205909664", "def": "perennial stoloniferous thistle of northern Europe with lanceolate basal leaves and usually solitary heads of reddish-purple flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "mistflower": { "word": "mistflower", "wordset_id": "1b29e0779b", "meanings": [ { "id": "e7511e760e", "def": "rhizomatous plant of central and southeastern United States and West Indies having large showy heads of clear blue flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "ageratum" ] } ] }, "mist-flower": { "word": "mist-flower", "wordset_id": "e99d85b4d2", "meanings": [ { "id": "c8708027b5", "def": "rhizomatous plant of central and southeastern United States and West Indies having large showy heads of clear blue flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "ageratum" ] } ] }, "mutisia": { "word": "mutisia", "wordset_id": "d5ffce5e2a", "meanings": [ { "id": "f0a0bf1908", "def": "any of various plants of the genus Mutisia", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "matchweed": { "word": "matchweed", "wordset_id": "0f1ff2027c", "meanings": [ { "id": "c9a8d84897", "def": "any of several plants of the genus Gutierrezia having tiny flower heads that resemble the heads of matches", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "matchbush" ] } ] }, "matchbush": { "word": "matchbush", "wordset_id": "aa2f1db656", "meanings": [ { "id": "434514bd72", "def": "any of several plants of the genus Gutierrezia having tiny flower heads that resemble the heads of matches", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "matchweed" ] } ] }, "moon daisy": { "word": "moon daisy", "wordset_id": "1c31c1757e", "meanings": [ { "id": "fd045c7913", "def": "tall leafy-stemmed Eurasian perennial with white flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "marguerite" ] } ] }, "muskwood": { "word": "muskwood", "wordset_id": "fd7ad99f9a", "meanings": [ { "id": "a31f8c46c4", "def": "musk-scented shrub or tree of southern and southeastern Australia having creamy-yellow flower heads", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "marsh elder": { "word": "marsh elder", "wordset_id": "4fef2ad941", "meanings": [ { "id": "f3b38dfc62", "def": "any of various coarse shrubby plants of the genus Iva with small greenish flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "mirasol": { "word": "mirasol", "wordset_id": "3dad5b2347", "meanings": [ { "id": "cfb94657da", "def": "annual sunflower grown for silage and for its seeds which are a source of oil", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "common sunflower" ] } ] }, "melosa": { "word": "melosa", "wordset_id": "644e45d2fe", "meanings": [ { "id": "9fc49d1d23", "def": "South American herb with sticky glandular foliage", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "madia oil plant" ] } ] }, "madia oil plant": { "word": "madia oil plant", "wordset_id": "d0ddcb32c6", "meanings": [ { "id": "ae04404df0", "def": "South American herb with sticky glandular foliage", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "melosa" ] } ] }, "madia oil": { "word": "madia oil", "wordset_id": "445c2c94a6", "meanings": [ { "id": "3ca3e6f534", "def": "used as a substitute for olive oil", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "mint geranium": { "word": "mint geranium", "wordset_id": "a32c49df63", "meanings": [ { "id": "231f40583b", "def": "tansy-scented Eurasian perennial herb with buttonlike yellow flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "costmary" ] } ] }, "milk thistle": { "word": "milk thistle", "wordset_id": "611cae74b2", "meanings": [ { "id": "67f1de2326", "def": "tall Old World biennial thistle with large clasping white-blotched leaves and purple flower heads", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "blessed thistle" ] }, { "id": "06f50a5ede", "def": "any of several Old World coarse prickly-leaved shrubs and subshrubs having milky juice and yellow flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "sow thistle" ] } ] }, "meadow goldenrod": { "word": "meadow goldenrod", "wordset_id": "91c1352edd", "meanings": [ { "id": "c07164cdb2", "def": "large North American goldenrod having showy clusters of yellow flowers on arching branches", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "milkweed": { "word": "milkweed", "wordset_id": "6ec3217109", "meanings": [ { "id": "ae8662af30", "def": "annual Eurasian sow thistle with soft spiny leaves and rayed yellow flower heads", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "7479c1be45", "def": "any of numerous plants of the genus Asclepias having milky juice and pods that split open releasing seeds with downy tufts", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "silkweed" ] } ] }, "meadow salsify": { "word": "meadow salsify", "wordset_id": "d9df9d6920", "meanings": [ { "id": "3aa97eca3b", "def": "weedy European annual with yellow flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "goatsbeard", "shepherd's clock" ] } ] }, "mouse-ear hawkweed": { "word": "mouse-ear hawkweed", "wordset_id": "987c50960e", "meanings": [ { "id": "22f93b1229", "def": "European hawkweed having soft hairy leaves", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "marigold": { "word": "marigold", "wordset_id": "fe01452418", "meanings": [ { "id": "af0d950c10", "def": "any of various tropical American plants of the genus Tagetes widely cultivated for their showy yellow or orange flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "mountain lady's slipper": { "word": "mountain lady's slipper", "wordset_id": "6fc1b1c16c", "meanings": [ { "id": "907ad38e22", "def": "leafy plant having a few stems in a clump with 1 white and dull purple flower in each upper leaf axil", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "marsh bellflower": { "word": "marsh bellflower", "wordset_id": "801110acb7", "meanings": [ { "id": "b749e6766f", "def": "bellflower common in marshes of eastern North America having lanceolate linear leaves and small whitish flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "marsh orchid": { "word": "marsh orchid", "wordset_id": "965c597fb5", "meanings": [ { "id": "edf90dcebe", "def": "any of several orchids of the genus Dactylorhiza having fingerlike tuberous roots", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "male orchis": { "word": "male orchis", "wordset_id": "07ecd5e672", "meanings": [ { "id": "82fec7b64b", "def": "Eurasian orchid with showy pink or purple flowers in a loose spike", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "early purple orchid" ] } ] }, "mule's ears": { "word": "mule's ears", "wordset_id": "15bfcd742c", "meanings": [ { "id": "a88bfd088d", "def": "balsamic-resinous herb with clumps of lanceolate leaves and stout leafy stems ending in large deep yellow flowers on long stalks", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "moccasin flower": { "word": "moccasin flower", "wordset_id": "d5f0ffa87c", "meanings": [ { "id": "87b7e77960", "def": "once common rose pink woodland orchid of eastern North America", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "nerveroot" ] } ] }, "myrsine family": { "word": "myrsine family", "wordset_id": "75e29e4bfe", "meanings": [ { "id": "759f5febbd", "def": "family of Old World tropical trees and shrubs", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "marlberry": { "word": "marlberry", "wordset_id": "353a18965b", "meanings": [ { "id": "1d8b381cb2", "def": "tropical American shrub or small tree with brown wood and dark berries", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "masdevallia": { "word": "masdevallia", "wordset_id": "811f269c20", "meanings": [ { "id": "f041c74792", "def": "any of numerous orchids of the genus Masdevallia", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "maxillaria": { "word": "maxillaria", "wordset_id": "c67b4b42fb", "meanings": [ { "id": "265a081b3e", "def": "any of numerous orchids of the genus Maxillaria often cultivated for their large brilliantly colored solitary flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "moth orchid": { "word": "moth orchid", "wordset_id": "0d70b38b6b", "meanings": [ { "id": "636c2b034c", "def": "any of various orchids of the genus Phalaenopsis having often drooping glossy broad obovate or oval leaves usually dark green flushed purple or mottled grey and silver", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "moth plant" ] } ] }, "moth plant": { "word": "moth plant", "wordset_id": "c8b068297f", "meanings": [ { "id": "a032fc669e", "def": "any of various orchids of the genus Phalaenopsis having often drooping glossy broad obovate or oval leaves usually dark green flushed purple or mottled grey and silver", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "moth orchid" ] } ] }, "moneywort": { "word": "moneywort", "wordset_id": "f3def73dff", "meanings": [ { "id": "ee339a7f0e", "def": "a loosestrife vine", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "creeping Jenny" ] } ] }, "meadow foxtail": { "word": "meadow foxtail", "wordset_id": "d1d6d4b71a", "meanings": [ { "id": "0bdd8f2de9", "def": "stout erect perennial grass of northern parts of Old World having silky flowering spikes", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "medusa's head": { "word": "medusa's head", "wordset_id": "ce731560c9", "meanings": [ { "id": "7f3ff6a79f", "def": "weedy rye grass having long bristling awns", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "0dc802a4d9", "def": "African dwarf succulent perennial shrub with numerous slender drooping branches", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "midgrass": { "word": "midgrass", "wordset_id": "1aacde1ee3", "meanings": [ { "id": "bc45899c8f", "def": "any of various grasses of moderate height which covered the undisturbed prairie in the United States", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "manna grass": { "word": "manna grass", "wordset_id": "5733af569a", "meanings": [ { "id": "cc3d17f0b8", "def": "any of several moisture-loving grasses of the genus Glyceria having sweet flavor or odor", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "sweet grass" ] } ] }, "mealie": { "word": "mealie", "wordset_id": "9c00260a9b", "meanings": [ { "id": "626c8eef74", "def": "an ear of corn", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "milo": { "word": "milo", "wordset_id": "f23b8b02ca", "meanings": [ { "id": "44b543b0b8", "def": "small drought-resistant sorghums having large yellow or whitish grains", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "milo maize" ] } ] }, "milo maize": { "word": "milo maize", "wordset_id": "a2c91acca0", "meanings": [ { "id": "af66a7920f", "def": "small drought-resistant sorghums having large yellow or whitish grains", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "milo" ] } ] }, "meadowgrass": { "word": "meadowgrass", "wordset_id": "4a5d034bd8", "meanings": [ { "id": "9dc331f226", "def": "any of various grasses that thrive in the presence of abundant moisture", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "meadow grass" ] } ] }, "meadow grass": { "word": "meadow grass", "wordset_id": "dd6c3ae37d", "meanings": [ { "id": "0a2ff1576b", "def": "any of various grasses that thrive in the presence of abundant moisture", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "meadowgrass" ] } ] }, "means grass": { "word": "means grass", "wordset_id": "d59114dbcb", "meanings": [ { "id": "5e3177c7df", "def": "tall perennial grass that spreads by creeping rhizomes and is grown for fodder", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "evergreen millet" ] } ] }, "mountain rice": { "word": "mountain rice", "wordset_id": "779459859c", "meanings": [ { "id": "76a66d2802", "def": "valuable forage grass of dry upland areas and plains of western North America to northern Mexico", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "silkgrass", "silk grass" ] } ] }, "munj": { "word": "munj", "wordset_id": "42312aa276", "meanings": [ { "id": "db7b188b66", "def": "tough Asiatic grass whose culms are used for ropes and baskets", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "munja" ] } ] }, "munja": { "word": "munja", "wordset_id": "2ef1bad2a3", "meanings": [ { "id": "e6f3193387", "def": "tough Asiatic grass whose culms are used for ropes and baskets", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "munj" ] } ] }, "meadow fescue": { "word": "meadow fescue", "wordset_id": "88e13a99ab", "meanings": [ { "id": "c15f00062a", "def": "grass with wide flat leaves cultivated in Europe and America for permanent pasture and hay and for lawns", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "fescue" ] } ] }, "macaroni wheat": { "word": "macaroni wheat", "wordset_id": "49e25460f0", "meanings": [ { "id": "6fbe5ba9de", "def": "wheat with hard dark-colored kernels high in gluten and used for bread and pasta", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "durum" ] } ] }, "marrow squash": { "word": "marrow squash", "wordset_id": "b0d8a30d71", "meanings": [ { "id": "63c84a0e0e", "def": "any of various squash plants grown for their elongated fruit with smooth dark green skin and whitish flesh", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "marrow" ] } ] }, "mallow family": { "word": "mallow family", "wordset_id": "1348ae26c6", "meanings": [ { "id": "5059f6c4f8", "def": "herbs and shrubs and some trees: mallows", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "mallow": { "word": "mallow", "wordset_id": "b9b4ed9b7e", "meanings": [ { "id": "cd866e8d73", "def": "any of various plants of the family Malvaceae", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "musk mallow": { "word": "musk mallow", "wordset_id": "08a1714bf5", "meanings": [ { "id": "1de7ab21bf", "def": "erect Old World perennial with faintly musk-scented foliage and white or pink flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "mus rose" ] }, { "id": "f4409f7935", "def": "bushy herb of tropical Asia grown for its yellow or pink to scarlet blooms that resemble the hibiscus", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "abelmosk" ] } ] }, "mus rose": { "word": "mus rose", "wordset_id": "1275ac687a", "meanings": [ { "id": "d95ae67b78", "def": "erect Old World perennial with faintly musk-scented foliage and white or pink flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "musk mallow" ] } ] }, "mascarene grass": { "word": "mascarene grass", "wordset_id": "f1973cff90", "meanings": [ { "id": "3f0fc38920", "def": "Asiatic creeping perennial grass", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "melon vine": { "word": "melon vine", "wordset_id": "9b07af2515", "meanings": [ { "id": "f4568b1e38", "def": "any of various fruit of cucurbitaceous vines including: muskmelons", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "melon" ] } ] }, "marsh mallow": { "word": "marsh mallow", "wordset_id": "680daad415", "meanings": [ { "id": "414e07dac9", "def": "European perennial plant naturalized in United States having triangular ovate leaves and lilac-pink flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "white mallow" ] } ] }, "madake": { "word": "madake", "wordset_id": "f26eb39d64", "meanings": [ { "id": "cbddca7d45", "def": "large bamboo having thick-walled culms", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "giant timber bamboo" ] } ] }, "malope": { "word": "malope", "wordset_id": "80a570c242", "meanings": [ { "id": "b656ee1c71", "def": "western Mediterranean annual having deep purple-red flowers subtended by 3 large cordate bracts", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "mahoe": { "word": "mahoe", "wordset_id": "8f0d66c8a7", "meanings": [ { "id": "4c9a153323", "def": "erect forest tree of Cuba and Jamaica having variably hairy leaves and orange-yellow or orange-red flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "blue mahoe" ] }, { "id": "9c3ffbee03", "def": "shrubby tree widely distributed along tropical shores", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "majagua", "mahagua", "balibago", "purau" ] } ] }, "majagua": { "word": "majagua", "wordset_id": "4a1d233723", "meanings": [ { "id": "18094692b2", "def": "erect forest tree of Cuba and Jamaica having variably hairy leaves and orange-yellow or orange-red flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "blue mahoe" ] }, { "id": "83a4a73d02", "def": "shrubby tree widely distributed along tropical shores", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "mahoe" ] } ] }, "mahagua": { "word": "mahagua", "wordset_id": "8f051be7f4", "meanings": [ { "id": "96949e0ad9", "def": "erect forest tree of Cuba and Jamaica having variably hairy leaves and orange-yellow or orange-red flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "blue mahoe" ] }, { "id": "b522f9b9a5", "def": "shrubby tree widely distributed along tropical shores", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "mahoe" ] } ] }, "mayeng": { "word": "mayeng", "wordset_id": "88140ba325", "meanings": [ { "id": "a0165781ef", "def": "Indian tree having fragrant nocturnal white flowers and yielding a reddish wood used for planking", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "maple-leaved bayur" ] } ] }, "maple-leaved bayur": { "word": "maple-leaved bayur", "wordset_id": "9ba1a8d8e1", "meanings": [ { "id": "79ee809020", "def": "Indian tree having fragrant nocturnal white flowers and yielding a reddish wood used for planking", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "mayeng" ] } ] }, "monkey-bread tree": { "word": "monkey-bread tree", "wordset_id": "6ee8b85531", "meanings": [ { "id": "eb3df835f0", "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": [ "baobab" ] } ] }, "mountain hollyhock": { "word": "mountain hollyhock", "wordset_id": "64ed927bc1", "meanings": [ { "id": "990aa90495", "def": "perennial of northwestern United States and western Canada resembling a hollyhock and having white or pink flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "moorwort": { "word": "moorwort", "wordset_id": "3b2a1f701e", "meanings": [ { "id": "1659f1ef6f", "def": "wiry evergreen shrub having pendent clusters of white or pink flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bog rosemary" ] } ] }, "marsh andromeda": { "word": "marsh andromeda", "wordset_id": "8a3122aee4", "meanings": [ { "id": "fbe4565f88", "def": "erect to procumbent evergreen shrub having pendent clusters of white or pink flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "common bog rosemary" ] } ] }, "madrona": { "word": "madrona", "wordset_id": "215ea95dd3", "meanings": [ { "id": "1b3d2ca5a0", "def": "evergreen tree of the Pacific coast of North America having glossy leathery leaves and orange-red edible berries", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "madrono", "manzanita" ] } ] }, "macadamia": { "word": "macadamia", "wordset_id": "297f4fde20", "meanings": [ { "id": "3be093c1eb", "def": "any tree of the genus Macadamia", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "macadamia tree" ] } ] }, "madrono": { "word": "madrono", "wordset_id": "30d8a59f14", "meanings": [ { "id": "d89a6a5290", "def": "evergreen tree of the Pacific coast of North America having glossy leathery leaves and orange-red edible berries", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "madrona" ] } ] }, "macadamia tree": { "word": "macadamia tree", "wordset_id": "6a038e75b1", "meanings": [ { "id": "a69f4c5eaa", "def": "any tree of the genus Macadamia", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "macadamia" ] } ] }, "manzanita": { "word": "manzanita", "wordset_id": "615ea76755", "meanings": [ { "id": "5c6b1e5ec2", "def": "evergreen tree of the Pacific coast of North America having glossy leathery leaves and orange-red edible berries", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "madrona" ] }, { "id": "b94437dcbf", "def": "chiefly evergreen shrubs of warm dry areas of western North America", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "macadamia nut tree": { "word": "macadamia nut tree", "wordset_id": "f0abc0902d", "meanings": [ { "id": "7161bcd5c0", "def": "small Australian tree with racemes of pink flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "macadamia nut" ] } ] }, "mealberry": { "word": "mealberry", "wordset_id": "78f488fbb3", "meanings": [ { "id": "ce65b41182", "def": "evergreen mat-forming shrub of North America and northern Eurasia having small white flowers and red berries", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "common bearberry" ] } ] }, "mountain box": { "word": "mountain box", "wordset_id": "87ab1e5d58", "meanings": [ { "id": "da9ac1a2e8", "def": "evergreen mat-forming shrub of North America and northern Eurasia having small white flowers and red berries", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "common bearberry" ] } ] }, "mayflower": { "word": "mayflower", "wordset_id": "7151e96696", "meanings": [ { "id": "f3cc9a92bd", "def": "low-growing evergreen shrub of eastern North America with leathery leaves and clusters of fragrant pink or white flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "trailing arbutus" ] } ] }, "moxie plum": { "word": "moxie plum", "wordset_id": "793a214c23", "meanings": [ { "id": "f4c1e3bfdd", "def": "slow-growing procumbent evergreen shrublet of northern North America and Japan having white flowers and numerous white fleshy rough and hairy seeds", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "creeping snowberry" ] } ] }, "maidenhair berry": { "word": "maidenhair berry", "wordset_id": "98c784ba88", "meanings": [ { "id": "1b0aafda0b", "def": "slow-growing procumbent evergreen shrublet of northern North America and Japan having white flowers and numerous white fleshy rough and hairy seeds", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "creeping snowberry" ] } ] }, "mountain tea": { "word": "mountain tea", "wordset_id": "6c6a66e0b4", "meanings": [ { "id": "2be0797a60", "def": "creeping shrub of eastern North America having white bell-shaped flowers followed by spicy red berrylike fruit and shiny aromatic leaves that yield wintergreen oil", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "wintergreen" ] } ] }, "mountain fetterbush": { "word": "mountain fetterbush", "wordset_id": "4f7e8bc97b", "meanings": [ { "id": "1f924df729", "def": "ornamental evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having small white bell-shaped flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "mountain andromeda", "fetterbush" ] } ] }, "mountain andromeda": { "word": "mountain andromeda", "wordset_id": "c90247e6c8", "meanings": [ { "id": "cc1a41f3f7", "def": "ornamental evergreen shrub of southeastern United States having small white bell-shaped flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "mountain fetterbush" ] } ] }, "marsh tea": { "word": "marsh tea", "wordset_id": "1d2206de7b", "meanings": [ { "id": "11a2e492cd", "def": "bog shrub of northern and central Europe and eastern Siberia to Korea and Japan", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "wild rosemary" ] } ] }, "mountain azalea": { "word": "mountain azalea", "wordset_id": "deb42a61e0", "meanings": [ { "id": "25d8e053a2", "def": "creeping mat-forming evergreen shrub of high mountain regions of northern hemisphere grown for its rose-pink flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "alpine azalea" ] } ] }, "mountain blue berry": { "word": "mountain blue berry", "wordset_id": "fdcbfe312e", "meanings": [ { "id": "869ccd1591", "def": "erect blueberry of western United States having solitary flowers and somewhat sour berries", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "thin-leaved bilberry" ] } ] }, "maleberry": { "word": "maleberry", "wordset_id": "5936376acf", "meanings": [ { "id": "3fb3a272b5", "def": "deciduous much-branched shrub with dense downy panicles of small bell-shaped white flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "male berry", "privet andromeda", "he-huckleberry" ] } ] }, "male berry": { "word": "male berry", "wordset_id": "29648a4725", "meanings": [ { "id": "e98c8a3eee", "def": "deciduous much-branched shrub with dense downy panicles of small bell-shaped white flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "maleberry" ] } ] }, "moor berry": { "word": "moor berry", "wordset_id": "c2760bf290", "meanings": [ { "id": "777c7d41cb", "def": "an evergreen shrub with leathery leaves", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bog bilberry" ] } ] }, "minniebush": { "word": "minniebush", "wordset_id": "42d5d74045", "meanings": [ { "id": "ada947d908", "def": "low shrub of the eastern United States with downy twigs", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "minnie bush" ] } ] }, "minnie bush": { "word": "minnie bush", "wordset_id": "f9afed24ad", "meanings": [ { "id": "5170b77981", "def": "low shrub of the eastern United States with downy twigs", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "minniebush" ] } ] }, "mountain heath": { "word": "mountain heath", "wordset_id": "ca0d523e0d", "meanings": [ { "id": "de21a6ff0c", "def": "small shrub with tiny evergreen leaves and pink or purple flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "myrtle beech": { "word": "myrtle beech", "wordset_id": "705e46967a", "meanings": [ { "id": "d31fd433ae", "def": "large evergreen tree of Tasmania", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "mossy-cup oak": { "word": "mossy-cup oak", "wordset_id": "e66d69957a", "meanings": [ { "id": "6c9ac70d3f", "def": "medium to large deciduous oak of central and eastern North America with ovoid acorns deeply immersed in large fringed cups", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bur oak" ] } ] }, "mossycup oak": { "word": "mossycup oak", "wordset_id": "b9c42d57ff", "meanings": [ { "id": "d771cffd9a", "def": "medium to large deciduous oak of central and eastern North America with ovoid acorns deeply immersed in large fringed cups", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bur oak" ] } ] }, "myrtle oak": { "word": "myrtle oak", "wordset_id": "b3bca67e8b", "meanings": [ { "id": "1a31b53241", "def": "small evergreen shrub or tree of southeastern United States", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "seaside scrub oak" ] } ] }, "mountain birch": { "word": "mountain birch", "wordset_id": "edd0c8b25d", "meanings": [ { "id": "d637ac5387", "def": "birch of western United States resembling the paper birch but having brownish bark", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "swamp birch" ] } ] }, "maul oak": { "word": "maul oak", "wordset_id": "fed761d222", "meanings": [ { "id": "d17cfa040d", "def": "medium-sized evergreen of southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico with oblong leathery often spiny-edged leaves", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "canyon oak" ] } ] }, "mountain alder": { "word": "mountain alder", "wordset_id": "cc1b7fd932", "meanings": [ { "id": "e182721503", "def": "tree of western United States", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "white alder" ] }, { "id": "c4c42f3196", "def": "small shrubby maple of eastern North America", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "mountain maple" ] } ] }, "mountain ash": { "word": "mountain ash", "wordset_id": "cdef8e8dd4", "meanings": [ { "id": "49c23397d0", "def": "low-growing ash of Texas", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "1deef5d737", "def": "tree having wood similar to the alpine ash", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "f6ba613548", "def": "any of various trees of the genus Sorbus", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "marsh pink": { "word": "marsh pink", "wordset_id": "a714e16c5a", "meanings": [ { "id": "63d288a537", "def": "any of several pink-flowered marsh plant of the eastern United States resembling a true centaury", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "rose pink", "bitter floom" ] } ] }, "mockernut": { "word": "mockernut", "wordset_id": "03892939e2", "meanings": [ { "id": "1741768efb", "def": "smooth-barked North American hickory with 7 to 9 leaflets bearing a hard-shelled edible nut", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "white-heart hickory", "big-bud hickory", "black hickory" ] } ] }, "marsh felwort": { "word": "marsh felwort", "wordset_id": "6eb8a8e8c9", "meanings": [ { "id": "6fff3bb82f", "def": "perennial of damp places in mountains of Eurasia and North America having dull-colored blue or violet flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "mustard tree": { "word": "mustard tree", "wordset_id": "0dcf640dd0", "meanings": [ { "id": "31379e980c", "def": "glabrous or pubescent evergreen shrub or tree of the genus Salvadora", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "toothbrush tree" ] }, { "id": "75cad28b9a", "def": "evergreen South American shrub naturalized in United States", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "mock privet": { "word": "mock privet", "wordset_id": "8412311845", "meanings": [ { "id": "632e92eb9b", "def": "evergreen shrub with white flowers and olivelike fruits", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "marsh gentian": { "word": "marsh gentian", "wordset_id": "75a1cb21e8", "meanings": [ { "id": "da09b6f06f", "def": "perennial Eurasian gentian with sky-blue funnel-shaped flowers of damp open heaths", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "calathian violet" ] } ] }, "manna ash": { "word": "manna ash", "wordset_id": "efd67e9cfb", "meanings": [ { "id": "556432ddc9", "def": "southern Mediterranean ash having fragrant white flowers in dense panicles and yielding manna", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "flowering ash" ] } ] }, "marri": { "word": "marri", "wordset_id": "55eec78af0", "meanings": [ { "id": "ded76617fb", "def": "very large red gum tree", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "red gum" ] } ] }, "mountain swamp gum": { "word": "mountain swamp gum", "wordset_id": "8a4647e933", "meanings": [ { "id": "eb0ac04d77", "def": "medium-sized swamp gum of New South Wales and Victoria", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "mountain oak": { "word": "mountain oak", "wordset_id": "8bb38a28bb", "meanings": [ { "id": "25b19ec713", "def": "tall timber tree with hard heavy pinkish or light brown wood", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "alpine ash" ] } ] }, "myrtle family": { "word": "myrtle family", "wordset_id": "ec73fbe3f7", "meanings": [ { "id": "bcf1f913f7", "def": "trees and shrubs yielding a fragrant oil", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "myrtaceous tree": { "word": "myrtaceous tree", "wordset_id": "6ae5cda771", "meanings": [ { "id": "2e22de8631", "def": "trees and shrubs", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, 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"mezereum", "wordset_id": "69ba9ac81d", "meanings": [ { "id": "4c1a3ada8e", "def": "the dried bark of the shrub mezereon", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "moosewood": { "word": "moosewood", "wordset_id": "bc2b67de97", "meanings": [ { "id": "f53603c5b9", "def": "deciduous shrub of eastern North America having tough flexible branches and pliable bark and small yellow flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "leatherwood" ] }, { "id": "6617a79ddf", "def": "maple of eastern North America with striped bark and large two-lobed leaves clear yellow in autumn", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "moose-wood", "striped maple", "striped dogwood", "goosefoot maple" ] } ] }, "moose-wood": { "word": "moose-wood", "wordset_id": "918d8fcec9", "meanings": [ { "id": "508dab2897", "def": "deciduous shrub of eastern North America having tough flexible branches and pliable bark and small yellow flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "leatherwood" ] }, { "id": "40e73c5378", "def": "maple of eastern North America with striped bark and large two-lobed leaves clear yellow in autumn", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "moosewood" ] } ] }, "mallee": { "word": "mallee", "wordset_id": "741611d83a", "meanings": [ { "id": "09362d4aac", "def": "any of several low-growing Australian eucalypts", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "meadow beauty": { "word": "meadow beauty", "wordset_id": "33fcb86dc0", "meanings": [ { "id": "0f96fc4308", "def": "any of several plants of the genus Rhexia usually having pink-purple to magenta flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "deer grass" ] } ] }, "mangosteen tree": { "word": "mangosteen tree", "wordset_id": "edf9e40a4b", "meanings": [ { "id": "c015a6d598", "def": "East Indian tree with thick leathery leaves and edible fruit", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "mangosteen" ] } ] }, "melagueta pepper": { "word": "melagueta pepper", "wordset_id": "43a051b127", "meanings": [ { "id": "da37a42946", "def": "West African plant bearing pungent peppery seeds", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "grains of paradise" ] } ] }, "maranta": { "word": "maranta", "wordset_id": "96884f7330", "meanings": [ { "id": "e3af632dad", "def": "any of numerous herbs of the genus Maranta having tuberous starchy roots and large sheathing leaves", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "maple-leaf begonia": { "word": "maple-leaf begonia", "wordset_id": "7dff1211a2", "meanings": [ { "id": "3386f89a8c", "def": "tuberous or semi-tuberous South African begonia having shallowly lobed ovate leaves and small white flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "grape-leaf begonia" ] } ] }, "marsh St-John's wort": { "word": "marsh St-John's wort", "wordset_id": "a47cf21aea", "meanings": [ { "id": "db30d00b2d", "def": "perennial marsh herb with pink to mauve flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "mammee tree": { "word": "mammee tree", "wordset_id": "d699c12775", "meanings": [ { "id": "450db7d019", "def": "tropical American tree having edible fruit with a leathery rind", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "mammee" ] } ] }, "meadow-beauty family": { "word": "meadow-beauty family", "wordset_id": "1f2d8d45f1", "meanings": [ { "id": "134ca60993", "def": "a family of trees and bushes and herbs of order Myrtales", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "melon tree": { "word": "melon tree", "wordset_id": "e271f7188c", "meanings": [ { "id": "110a0e0a90", "def": "tropical American shrub or small tree having huge deeply palmately cleft leaves and large oblong yellow fruit", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "pawpaw" ] } ] }, "mistletoe fig": { "word": "mistletoe fig", "wordset_id": "0f844a7781", "meanings": [ { "id": "d5932b8ed1", "def": "shrub or small tree often grown as a houseplant having foliage like mistletoe", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "mistletoe rubber plant" ] } ] }, "mistletoe rubber plant": { "word": "mistletoe rubber plant", "wordset_id": "4366e7fc29", "meanings": [ { "id": "7d0373f98b", "def": "shrub or small tree often grown as a houseplant having foliage like mistletoe", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "mistletoe fig" ] } ] }, "mulberry family": { "word": "mulberry family", "wordset_id": "10d2746aab", "meanings": [ { "id": "166a446fc6", "def": "trees or shrubs having a milky juice", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "maypop": { "word": "maypop", "wordset_id": "a1df94739e", "meanings": [ { "id": "dc8c8b4696", "def": "of southern United States", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "mulberry tree": { "word": "mulberry tree", "wordset_id": "debb8fb8c2", "meanings": [ { "id": "0bcc2f3f7f", "def": "any of several trees of the genus Morus having edible fruit that resembles the blackberry", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "mulberry" ] } ] }, "mock orange": { "word": "mock orange", "wordset_id": "7d2cac47de", "meanings": [ { "id": "a6070d46d7", "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" ] }, { "id": "9b0e7fa3f8", "def": "small flowering evergreen tree of southern United States", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "cherry laurel", "laurel cherry", "wild orange" ] }, { "id": "1884981801", "def": "shrubby thorny deciduous tree of southeastern United States with white flowers and small black drupaceous fruit", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "shittimwood" ] }, { "id": "d205fe0ecf", "def": "large hardy shrub with showy and strongly fragrant creamy-white flowers in short terminal racemes", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "syringa" ] } ] }, "mignonette family": { "word": "mignonette family", "wordset_id": "c68a6693a2", "meanings": [ { "id": "8131d65c40", "def": "mainly Mediterranean herbs: mignonette", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "mignonette": { "word": "mignonette", "wordset_id": "a8a1c25f87", "meanings": [ { "id": "6ef11db273", "def": "Mediterranean woody annual widely cultivated for its dense terminal spikelike clusters greenish or yellowish white flowers having an intense spicy fragrance", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "sweet reseda" ] } ] }, "marang tree": { "word": "marang tree", "wordset_id": "ef217f9aa0", "meanings": [ { "id": "11ba99d954", "def": "Philippine tree similar to the breadfruit tree bearing edible fruit", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "marang" ] } ] }, "mulberry fig": { "word": "mulberry fig", "wordset_id": "f513655d96", "meanings": [ { "id": "4edcb8f598", "def": "thick-branched wide-spreading tree of Africa and adjacent southwestern Asia often buttressed with branches rising from near the ground", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "sycamore" ] } ] }, "meadow leek": { "word": "meadow leek", "wordset_id": "c9336664a6", "meanings": [ { "id": "0b9758c2e1", "def": "North American bulbous plant", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "rose leek" ] } ] }, "multiplier onion": { "word": "multiplier onion", "wordset_id": "ff9dd3beed", "meanings": [ { "id": "dfa17333af", "def": "type of onion plant producing small clustered mild-flavored bulbs used as seasoning", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "shallot" ] } ] }, "meadow lily": { "word": "meadow lily", "wordset_id": "a1737f3ac8", "meanings": [ { "id": "0c9402597b", "def": "common lily of the eastern United States having nodding yellow or reddish flowers spotted with brown", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "wild yellow lily" ] } ] }, "martagon": { "word": "martagon", "wordset_id": "5dd8389c57", "meanings": [ { "id": "99e146d544", "def": "lily with small dull purple flowers of northwestern Europe and northwestern Asia", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "mariposa": { "word": "mariposa", "wordset_id": "21b66c6fdd", "meanings": [ { "id": "7a3d1b992d", "def": "any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having tulip-shaped flowers with 3 sepals and 3 petals", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "mariposa tulip", "mariposa lily" ] } ] }, "mariposa tulip": { "word": "mariposa tulip", "wordset_id": "e4540cd817", "meanings": [ { "id": "848d6bb521", "def": "any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having tulip-shaped flowers with 3 sepals and 3 petals", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "mariposa" ] } ] }, "mariposa lily": { "word": "mariposa lily", "wordset_id": "a8c0888686", "meanings": [ { "id": "19ceecc4f7", "def": "any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having tulip-shaped flowers with 3 sepals and 3 petals", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "mariposa" ] } ] }, "meadow saffron": { "word": "meadow saffron", "wordset_id": "216a9525c9", "meanings": [ { "id": "0af65b01b1", "def": "bulbous autumn-flowering herb with white, purple or lavender-and-white flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "naked lady" ] } ] }, "mission bells": { "word": "mission bells", "wordset_id": "7b1cfc67db", "meanings": [ { "id": "2d2974309f", "def": "herb of northwestern America having green-and-purple bell-shaped flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "rice-grain fritillary" ] }, { "id": "74f9424556", "def": "herb of southwestern United States having dark purple bell-shaped flowers mottled with green", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "black fritillary" ] } ] }, "maguey": { "word": "maguey", "wordset_id": "cc3eeaa13d", "meanings": [ { "id": "339855774a", "def": "Philippine plant yielding a hard fibre used in making coarse twine", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "cantala" ] }, { "id": "1b76888d73", "def": "Mexican plant used especially for making pulque which is the source of the colorless Mexican liquor, mescal", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "manila maguey": { "word": "manila maguey", "wordset_id": "ff711c6d76", "meanings": [ { "id": "b1995da3b0", "def": "hard fiber used in making coarse twine", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "cantala" ] } ] }, "mountain ebony": { "word": "mountain ebony", "wordset_id": "4094ae47b6", "meanings": [ { "id": "f875ae7a1c", "def": "small East Indian tree having orchid-like flowers and hard dark wood", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "orchid tree" ] } ] }, "msasa": { "word": "msasa", "wordset_id": "5dafe54551", "meanings": [ { "id": "97748a2ec1", "def": "small shrubby African tree having compound leaves and racemes of small fragrant green flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "merry bells": { "word": "merry bells", "wordset_id": "eb9981d189", "meanings": [ { "id": "efcd8aaf6e", "def": "any of various plants of the genus Uvularia having yellowish drooping bell-shaped flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bellwort" ] } ] }, "marsh trefoil": { "word": "marsh trefoil", "wordset_id": "d7e6e5e22b", "meanings": [ { "id": "ae73d09ecf", "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" ] } ] }, "milk vetch": { "word": "milk vetch", "wordset_id": "b172ff97d2", "meanings": [ { "id": "c670580c30", "def": "any of various plants of the genus Astragalus", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "milk-vetch" ] } ] }, "milk-vetch": { "word": "milk-vetch", "wordset_id": "59eefd9622", "meanings": [ { "id": "ee11bbeeae", "def": "any of various plants of the genus Astragalus", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "milk vetch" ] } ] }, "mogdad coffee": { "word": "mogdad coffee", "wordset_id": "b2f080f180", "meanings": [ { "id": "fa94dfae4c", "def": "very leafy malodorous tropical weedy shrub whose seeds have been used as an adulterant for coffee", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "stinking weed" ] } ] }, "marsh pea": { "word": "marsh pea", "wordset_id": "8e0c6bb4bd", "meanings": [ { "id": "aa38999501", "def": "scrambling perennial of damp or marshy areas of Eurasia and North America with purplish flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "meadow pea": { "word": "meadow pea", "wordset_id": "e89879245d", "meanings": [ { "id": "e6134452ba", "def": "scrambling perennial Eurasian wild pea having yellowish flowers and compressed seed pods", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "medick": { "word": "medick", "wordset_id": "6fde0dd835", "meanings": [ { "id": "de98e41b04", "def": "any of several Old World herbs of the genus Medicago having small flowers and trifoliate compound leaves", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "trefoil" ] } ] }, "moon trefoil": { "word": "moon trefoil", "wordset_id": "14098481f8", "meanings": [ { "id": "70281cd61b", "def": "evergreen shrub of southern European highlands having downy foliage and a succession of yellow flowers throughout the summer followed by curious snail-shaped pods", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "millettia": { "word": "millettia", "wordset_id": "4829c9823b", "meanings": [ { "id": "bf0318d963", "def": "any of several tropical trees or shrubs yielding showy streaked dark reddish or chocolate-colored wood", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "mucuna": { "word": "mucuna", "wordset_id": "e5b7098b61", "meanings": [ { "id": "6143e95b2b", "def": "any of several erect or climbing woody plants of the genus Mucuna", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "moss locust": { "word": "moss locust", "wordset_id": "710f11be32", "meanings": [ { "id": "3d69278637", "def": "large shrub or small tree of the eastern United States having bristly stems and large clusters of pink flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bristly locust" ] } ] }, "moth bean": { "word": "moth bean", "wordset_id": "3c1497eb2f", "meanings": [ { "id": "86a8e0228d", "def": "East Indian legume having hairy foliage and small yellow flowers followed by cylindrical pods", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "mescal bean": { "word": "mescal bean", "wordset_id": "190c0027de", "meanings": [ { "id": "567373cd7d", "def": "shrub or small tree having pinnate leaves poisonous to livestock and dense racemes of intensely fragrant blue flowers and red beans", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "coral bean", "frijolito", "frijolillo" ] } ] }, "miniature fan palm": { "word": "miniature fan palm", "wordset_id": "4e40ed5bc1", "meanings": [ { "id": "7197ee5f74", "def": "small graceful palm with reedlike stems and leaf bases clothed with loose coarse fibers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bamboo palm" ] } ] }, "macamba": { "word": "macamba", "wordset_id": "8041067dc4", "meanings": [ { "id": "08e5f1e98c", "def": "tropical American feather palm having a swollen spiny trunk and edible nuts", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "grugru" ] } ] }, "mung": { "word": "mung", "wordset_id": "d5d496c8a6", "meanings": [ { "id": "960cdd96af", "def": "erect bushy annual widely cultivated in warm regions of India and Indonesia and United States for forage and especially its edible seeds", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "mung bean", "green gram", "golden gram" ] } ] }, "mung bean": { "word": "mung bean", "wordset_id": "879493161c", "meanings": [ { "id": "3da405e8ad", "def": "erect bushy annual widely cultivated in warm regions of India and Indonesia and United States for forage and especially its edible 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used in jellies or preserves", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "summer haw" ] } ] }, "mountain rose": { "word": "mountain rose", "wordset_id": "e4687a56a4", "meanings": [ { "id": "7589a7bb81", "def": "European alpine rose with crimson flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "multiflora": { "word": "multiflora", "wordset_id": "55ac952355", "meanings": [ { "id": "534974ecf2", "def": "vigorously growing rose having clusters of numerous small flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "baby rose" ] } ] }, "multiflora rose": { "word": "multiflora rose", "wordset_id": "62b8a8fe54", "meanings": [ { "id": "738ca7c7c9", "def": "vigorously growing rose having clusters of numerous small flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "baby rose" ] } ] }, "mei": { "word": "mei", "wordset_id": "2da8e90b7f", "meanings": [ { "id": "65cedef723", "def": "Japanese ornamental tree with fragrant white or pink blossoms and small yellow fruits", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "mazzard": { "word": 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"meanings": [ { "id": "a2e4d363f9", "def": "small Asiatic tree bearing edible red or yellow fruit", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "cherry plum" ] } ] }, "marasca": { "word": "marasca", "wordset_id": "adaac414a1", "meanings": [ { "id": "af6263e1ea", "def": "Dalmatian bitter wild cherry tree bearing fruit whose juice is made into maraschino liqueur", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "maraschino cherry" ] }, { "id": "f95fa8e0a5", "def": "small bitter fruit of the marasca cherry tree from whose juice maraschino liqueur is made", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "marasca cherry": { "word": "marasca cherry", "wordset_id": "d9f812a0ad", "meanings": [ { "id": "d48ec4d4d5", "def": "Dalmatian bitter wild cherry tree bearing fruit whose juice is made into maraschino liqueur", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "maraschino cherry" ] } ] }, "mountain avens": { "word": "mountain avens", "wordset_id": "e3c37587d4", "meanings": [ { "id": "99f630465c", "def": "creeping evergreen shrub with large white flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "medlar tree": { "word": "medlar tree", "wordset_id": "c5517e98a5", "meanings": [ { "id": "a3dd8a3a74", "def": "small deciduous Eurasian tree cultivated for its fruit that resemble crab apples", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "medlar" ] } ] }, "madder family": { "word": "madder family", "wordset_id": "e5ecb4b1c6", "meanings": [ { "id": "8caa778d62", "def": "widely distributed family of mostly tropical trees and shrubs and herbs", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "madderwort": { "word": "madderwort", "wordset_id": "53bf3b265d", "meanings": [ { "id": "3670f6f7b0", "def": "any of numerous trees or shrubs or vines of the family Rubiaceae", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "rubiaceous plant" ] } ] }, "marmalade box": { "word": "marmalade box", "wordset_id": "e87dd0ee1c", "meanings": [ { "id": "3ca2af7d28", "def": "tree of the West Indies and northern South America bearing succulent edible orange-sized fruit", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "genipap fruit" ] } ] }, "munjeet": { "word": "munjeet", "wordset_id": "1b80f3e157", "meanings": [ { "id": "1e0d5a567b", "def": "perennial East Indian creeping or climbing herb used for dye in the orient", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "madder": { "word": "madder", "wordset_id": "0126343f31", "meanings": [ { "id": "0787585a27", "def": "Eurasian herb having small yellow flowers and red roots formerly an important source of the dye alizarin", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "a4ff232a96", "def": "color a moderate to strong red", "speech_part": "verb" } ] }, "milkwort family": { "word": "milkwort family", "wordset_id": "2ce754cd4d", "meanings": [ { "id": "a2c8e2519a", "def": "trees, shrubs, and herbs widely distributed throughout both hemispheres", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "milkwort": { "word": "milkwort", "wordset_id": "b9dc29b646", "meanings": [ { "id": "24ff22b833", "def": "any of various plants of the genus Polygala", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "mournful widow": { "word": "mournful widow", "wordset_id": "9c1616ecf7", "meanings": [ { "id": "79e7204280", "def": "Old World annual having fragrant purple to deep crimson flower heads", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "sweet scabious" ] } ] }, "myrrh tree": { "word": "myrrh tree", "wordset_id": "9de84ce4d4", "meanings": [ { "id": "90f6ed5e23", "def": "tree of eastern Africa and Asia yielding myrrh", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "myrrh": { "word": "myrrh", "wordset_id": "6115280c01", "meanings": [ { "id": "94eda1c584", "def": "aromatic resin that is burned as incense and used in perfume", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "sweet cicely" ] } ] }, "meadow cranesbill": { "word": "meadow cranesbill", "wordset_id": "4eb09d8b71", "meanings": [ { "id": "2d8a109a86", "def": "tall perennial cranesbill with paired violet-blue axillary flowers", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "marmalade orange": { "word": "marmalade orange", "wordset_id": "a80cf3278b", "meanings": [ { "id": "cf5660bbff", "def": "any of various common orange trees yielding sour or bitter fruit", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "bitter orange" ] } ] }, "mahogany family": { "word": "mahogany family", "wordset_id": "c3489df1c6", "meanings": [ { "id": "5723e8dd1a", "def": "tropical trees and shrubs including many important timber and ornamental trees", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "mahogany tree": { "word": "mahogany tree", "wordset_id": "701d944a16", "meanings": [ { "id": "ce5cf3f2f2", "def": "any of various tropical timber trees of the family Meliaceae especially the genus Swietinia valued for their hard yellowish- to reddish-brown wood that is readily worked and takes a high polish", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "mahogany" ] } ] }, "margosa": { "word": "margosa", "wordset_id": "5409c0b670", "meanings": [ { "id": "cda5df9849", "def": "large semi-evergreen tree of the East Indies", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "neem" ] } ] }, "musk clover": { "word": "musk clover", "wordset_id": "4d0b7900fd", "meanings": [ { "id": "203125d071", "def": "low annual European herb naturalized in America", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "muskus grass" ] } ] }, "muskus grass": { "word": "muskus grass", "wordset_id": "5703b7aac0", "meanings": [ { "id": "b929694f4e", "def": "low annual European herb naturalized in America", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "white-stemmed filaree", "musk clover" ] } ] }, "marumi": { "word": "marumi", "wordset_id": "91b81b11cd", "meanings": [ { "id": "516e922faa", "def": "shrub bearing round-fruited kumquats", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "marumi kumquat" ] } ] }, "marumi kumquat": { "word": "marumi kumquat", "wordset_id": "158eac442d", "meanings": [ { "id": "8dd52fbff7", "def": "shrub bearing round-fruited kumquats", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "marumi" ] } ] }, "marupa": { "word": "marupa", "wordset_id": "530961dd39", "meanings": [ { "id": "1d414df7ac", "def": "tree of the Amazon valley yielding a light brittle timber locally regarded as resistant to insect attack", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "mandarin orange tree": { "word": "mandarin orange tree", "wordset_id": "1b9d1f3ec9", "meanings": [ { "id": "f86c8f02a6", "def": "shrub or small tree having flattened globose fruit with very sweet aromatic pulp and thin yellow-orange to flame-orange rind that is loose and easily removed", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "mandarin" ] } ] }, "maple family": { "word": "maple family", "wordset_id": "bf06dddc57", "meanings": [ { "id": "c35c50f3f1", "def": "a family of trees and shrubs of order Sapindales including the maples", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "maple": { "word": "maple", "wordset_id": "38cb7346fb", "meanings": [ { "id": "6ebe249b8f", "def": "any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Acer bearing winged seeds in pairs", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "8fde0f562b", "def": "wood of any of various maple trees", "example": "especially the hard close-grained wood of the sugar maple", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "mamoncillo": { "word": "mamoncillo", "wordset_id": "4efb546906", "meanings": [ { "id": "29dc88a5c2", "def": "tropical American tree bearing a small edible fruit with green leathery skin and sweet juicy translucent pulp", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "genip" ] } ] }, "mistletoe family": { "word": "mistletoe family", "wordset_id": "803e27617b", "meanings": [ { "id": "f6386f8900", "def": "in some classification includes Viscaceae: parasitic or hemiparasitic shrublets or shrubs or small trees of tropical and temperate regions", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "3903238f79", "def": "in some classifications considered a subfamily of Loranthaceae", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "mistletoe": { "word": "mistletoe", "wordset_id": "5f3cb25fd8", "meanings": [ { "id": "ab94c05a9c", "def": "shrub of central and southeastern Europe", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "43809cf0f8", "def": "Old World parasitic shrub having branching greenish stems with leathery leaves and waxy white glutinous berries", "example": "the traditional mistletoe of Christmas", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "0bcdb4a861", "def": "American plants closely resembling Old World mistletoe", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "false mistletoe" ] } ] }, "mango tree": { "word": "mango tree", "wordset_id": "efc0227b5f", "meanings": [ { "id": "484fbb45b9", "def": "large evergreen tropical tree cultivated for its large oval fruit", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "mango" ] } ] }, "mountain maple": { "word": "mountain maple", "wordset_id": "59b97bcd69", "meanings": [ { "id": "9b8ad71fef", "def": "small shrubby maple of eastern North America", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "mountain alder" ] } ] }, "mastic": { "word": "mastic", "wordset_id": "d132d101f5", "meanings": [ { "id": "d9bdc13e25", "def": "an evergreen shrub of the Mediterranean region that is cultivated for its resin", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "mastic tree", "lentisk" ] }, { "id": "90e377ca82", "def": "a pasty cement used as an adhesive or filler", "speech_part": "noun" }, { "id": "49963755a0", "def": "an aromatic exudate from the mastic tree", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "mastic tree": { "word": "mastic tree", "wordset_id": "707e33ad22", "meanings": [ { "id": "8c316a9df6", "def": "an evergreen shrub of the Mediterranean region that is cultivated for its resin", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "mastic" ] } ] }, "mountain sumac": { "word": "mountain sumac", "wordset_id": "6c4f953cfc", "meanings": [ { "id": "dd94e193fe", "def": "common nonpoisonous shrub of eastern North America with compound leaves and green paniculate flowers followed by red berries", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "molle": { "word": "molle", "wordset_id": "6f44d17461", "meanings": [ { "id": "bdae865e3a", "def": "small Peruvian evergreen with broad rounded head and slender pendant branches with attractive clusters of greenish flowers followed by clusters of rose-pink fruits", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "pepper tree" ] } ] }, "mombin tree": { "word": "mombin tree", "wordset_id": "0094ccb2e7", "meanings": [ { "id": "91c28f8f01", "def": "common tropical American shrub or small tree with purplish fruit", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "mombin" ] } ] }, "markweed": { "word": "markweed", "wordset_id": "bc7326b66d", "meanings": [ { "id": "7933b50418", "def": "climbing plant common in eastern and central United States with ternate leaves and greenish flowers followed by white berries", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "poison ivy" ] } ] }, "marmalade tree": { "word": "marmalade tree", "wordset_id": "084be75bb8", "meanings": [ { "id": "8fb20efa2d", "def": "tropical American tree having wood like mahogany and sweet edible egg-shaped fruit", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "sapote" ] } ] }, "midsummer-men": { "word": "midsummer-men", "wordset_id": "7e71a48299", "meanings": [ { "id": "b43441c216", "def": "Eurasian mountain plant with fleshy pink-tipped leaves and a cluster of yellow flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "rose-root" ] } ] }, "marblewood": { "word": "marblewood", "wordset_id": "7a78b235f2", "meanings": [ { "id": "bb3a99eee2", "def": "large Asiatic tree having hard marbled zebrawood", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "marble-wood" ] }, { "id": "dd43ea671a", "def": "hard marbled wood", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "marble-wood" ] } ] }, "marble-wood": { "word": "marble-wood", "wordset_id": "97f21da823", "meanings": [ { "id": "0cdd3c6897", "def": "large Asiatic tree having hard marbled zebrawood", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "marblewood" ] }, { "id": "72872d143b", "def": "hard marbled wood", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "marblewood" ] } ] }, "miterwort": { "word": "miterwort", "wordset_id": "8e8c38faab", "meanings": [ { "id": "93905349c1", "def": "any of various rhizomatous perennial herbs of the genus Mitella having a capsule resembling a bishop's miter", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "mitrewort", "bishop's cap" ] } ] }, "mitrewort": { "word": "mitrewort", "wordset_id": "6a9918cbd9", "meanings": [ { "id": "ddce9b13c9", "def": "any of various rhizomatous perennial herbs of the genus Mitella having a capsule resembling a bishop's miter", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "miterwort" ] } ] }, "meadow saxifrage": { "word": "meadow saxifrage", "wordset_id": "a40708d33a", "meanings": [ { "id": "4539336b2d", "def": "rosette-forming perennial having compact panicles of white flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "fair-maids-of-France" ] } ] }, "moss pink": { "word": "moss pink", "wordset_id": "0e9de27057", "meanings": [ { "id": "bdb6b3bef4", "def": "low tufted perennial phlox with needlelike evergreen leaves and pink or white flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "mountain phlox", "moss phlox" ] }, { "id": "6d29fe37a6", "def": "low wiry-stemmed branching herb or southern California having fringed pink flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "fringed pink" ] } ] }, "mossy saxifrage": { "word": "mossy saxifrage", "wordset_id": "da0af8c38a", "meanings": [ { "id": "1d29bfa001", "def": "tufted or mat-forming perennial of mountains of Europe", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "mountain phlox": { "word": "mountain phlox", "wordset_id": "bccfc12c00", "meanings": [ { "id": "8d3864953e", "def": "low tufted perennial phlox with needlelike evergreen leaves and pink or white flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "moss pink" ] } ] }, "moss phlox": { "word": "moss phlox", "wordset_id": "4e940d254d", "meanings": [ { "id": "a6ddc4653b", "def": "low tufted perennial phlox with needlelike evergreen leaves and pink or white flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "moss pink" ] } ] }, "mother-of-thousands": { "word": "mother-of-thousands", "wordset_id": "ab691f8e34", "meanings": [ { "id": "c85a813348", "def": "eastern Asiatic saxifrage with racemes of small red-and-white flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "strawberry geranium" ] } ] }, "morning-glory family": { "word": "morning-glory family", "wordset_id": "2991bb97d6", "meanings": [ { "id": "a5cbc05a43", "def": "morning glory", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "morning glory": { "word": "morning glory", "wordset_id": "5e75116c3e", "meanings": [ { "id": "fa599746f4", "def": "any of various twining vines having funnel-shaped flowers that close late in the day", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "moonflower": { "word": "moonflower", "wordset_id": "cc6946cadd", "meanings": [ { "id": "f2a956f8c0", "def": "pantropical climber having white fragrant nocturnal flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "belle de nuit" ] } ] }, "man-of-the-earth": { "word": "man-of-the-earth", "wordset_id": "a665c370bd", "meanings": [ { "id": "02a510d0d7", "def": "tropical American prostrate or climbing herbaceous perennial having an enormous starchy root", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "wild potato vine" ] }, { "id": "a748ffae51", "def": "a morning glory with long roots of western United States", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "manroot": { "word": "manroot", "wordset_id": "54c3e2c659", "meanings": [ { "id": "e939e98bc1", "def": "tropical American prostrate or climbing herbaceous perennial having an enormous starchy root", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "wild potato vine" ] } ] }, "mint family": { "word": "mint family", "wordset_id": "78aa85f2b5", "meanings": [ { "id": "f0b78bded5", "def": "a large family of aromatic herbs and shrubs having flowers resembling the lips of a mouth and four-lobed ovaries yielding four one-seeded nutlets and including mint", "speech_part": "noun" } ] }, "mother of thyme": { "word": "mother of thyme", "wordset_id": "f9c30d4371", "meanings": [ { "id": "cdb9454088", "def": "fragrant European mint having clusters of small violet-and-white flowers", "speech_part": "noun", "synonyms": [ "basil thyme" ] } ] }, "mountain mint": { "word": "mountain mint", "wordset_id": "0d0131fc25", "meanings": [ { "id": "1829ca0b24", "def": "any of a number of 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