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Holzpflanze

Definitions of Holzpflanze
  1. noun
    a plant having hard lignified tissues or woody parts especially stems
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    Steinklee
    erect annual or biennial plant grown extensively especially for hay and soil improvement
    Braunwurzgewächs, Rachenblütler
    any of numerous tall coarse woodland plants of the genus Scrophularia
    Nachtschatten
    any of numerous shrubs or herbs or vines of the genus Solanum; most are poisonous though many bear edible fruit
    Baum
    a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
    Busch, Gebüsch
    a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
    Echter Gagel, Gagelstrauch, Porst
    bog shrub of north temperate zone having bitter-tasting fragrant leaves
    Gagelgewächs
    any shrub or small tree of the genus Myrica with aromatic foliage and small wax-coated berries
    Weißer Steinklee
    biennial plant; valuable honey plant
    Echter Steinklee
    biennial yellow-flowered Eurasian plant having aromatic leaves used as carminative or flavoring agent; widely cultivated especially as green manure or cover crop
    Mimose
    any of various tropical shrubs or trees of the genus Mimosa having usually yellow flowers and compound leaves
    Akazie
    any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia
    Kapernstrauch
    any of numerous plants of the genus Capparis
    Malve
    any of various plants of the family Malvaceae
    Baumwollpflanze
    erect bushy mallow plant or small tree bearing bolls containing seeds with many long hairy fibers
    Linde
    any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia with heart-shaped leaves and drooping cymose clusters of yellowish often fragrant flowers; several yield valuable timber
    Heidekrautgewächs
    a low evergreen shrub of the family Ericaceae; has small bell-shaped pink or purple flowers
    Krähenbeere, Moosbeere
    any of numerous shrubs of genus Vaccinium bearing cranberries
    Buche
    any of several large deciduous trees with rounded spreading crowns and smooth grey bark and small sweet edible triangular nuts enclosed in burs; north temperate regions
    Kastanie, Kastanienbaum
    any of several attractive deciduous trees yellow-brown in autumn; yield a hard wood and edible nuts in a prickly bur
    Eiche
    a deciduous tree of the genus Quercus; has acorns and lobed leaves
    Birke
    any betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula having a thin peeling bark
    Erle
    north temperate shrubs or trees having toothed leaves and conelike fruit; bark is used in tanning and dyeing and the wood is rot-resistant
    Forsythie
    any of various early blooming oleaceous shrubs of the genus Forsythia; native to eastern Asia and southern Europe but widely cultivated for their branches of bright yellow bell-shaped flowers
    Esche
    any of various deciduous pinnate-leaved ornamental or timber trees of the genus Fraxinus
    Jasmin
    any of several shrubs and vines of the genus Jasminum chiefly native to Asia
    Gemeiner Liguster, Hartriegel, Liguster
    any of various Old World shrubs having smooth entire leaves and terminal panicles of small white flowers followed by small black berries; many used for hedges
    Flieder
    any of various plants of the genus Syringa having large panicles of usually fragrant flowers
    Gummibaum
    any of various trees of the genera Eucalyptus or Liquidambar or Nyssa that are sources of gum
    Seidelbast
    any of several ornamental shrubs with shiny mostly evergreen leaves and clusters of small bell-shaped flowers
    Tamariskengewächs
    any shrub or small tree of the genus Tamarix having small scalelike or needle-shaped leaves and feathery racemes of small white or pinkish flowers; of mostly coastal areas with saline soil
    Hanfgewächs
    any plant of the genus Cannabis; a coarse bushy annual with palmate leaves and clusters of small green flowers; yields tough fibers and narcotic drugs
    Ulme
    any of various trees of the genus Ulmus: important timber or shade trees
    Yucca, Yuccapalme
    any of several evergreen plants of the genus Yucca having usually tall stout stems and a terminal cluster of white flowers; warmer regions of North America
    Ginster
    any of various shrubs of the genera Cytisus or Genista or Spartium having long slender branches and racemes of yellow flowers
    Stechginster
    very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe
    Palmengewächs
    any plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaves
    Rose
    any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
    Fingerkraut
    any of a numerous plants grown for their five-petaled flowers; abundant in temperate regions; alleged to have medicinal properties
    Schlehdorn, Schlehe, Schwarzdorn
    a thorny Eurasian bush with plumlike fruits
    Brombeerstrauch
    any prickly shrub of the genus Rubus bearing edible aggregate fruits
    Kaffeestrauch
    any of several small trees and shrubs native to the tropical Old World yielding coffee beans
    Chinarindenbaum
    any of several trees of the genus Cinchona
    Geißblattgewächs
    shrub or vine of the genus Lonicera
    Holder, Holler, Holunder
    any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical northern hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit
    Weide
    any of numerous deciduous trees and shrubs of the genus Salix
    Buchsbaum
    evergreen shrubs or small trees
    Pfaffenhütchen, Spindelbaum
    any shrubby trees or woody vines of the genus Euonymus having showy usually reddish berries
    Stachelbeerstrauch
    spiny Eurasian shrub having greenish purple-tinged flowers and ovoid yellow-green or red-purple berries
    Platane
    any of several trees of the genus Platanus having thin pale bark that scales off in small plates and lobed leaves and ball-shaped heads of fruits
    Lavendel
    any of various Old World aromatic shrubs or subshrubs with usually mauve or blue flowers; widely cultivated
    Bittersüß, Bittersüßer Nachtschatten
    poisonous perennial Old World vine having violet flowers and oval coral-red berries; widespread weed in North America
    Schwarzer Nachtschatten
    Eurasian herb naturalized in America having white flowers and poisonous hairy foliage and bearing black berries that are sometimes poisonous but sometimes edible
    Stechapfel
    any of several plants of the genus Datura
    Wolfsmilch
    any of numerous plants of the genus Euphorbia; usually having milky often poisonous juice
    Rizinus
    large shrub of tropical Africa and Asia having large palmate leaves and spiny capsules containing seeds that are the source of castor oil and ricin; widely naturalized throughout the tropics
    Teestrauch
    a tropical evergreen shrub or small tree extensively cultivated in e.g. China and Japan and India; source of tea leaves
    Sanddorn
    a shrub or shrubby tree of the genus Rhamnus; fruits are source of yellow dyes or pigments
    type of:
    Gefäßpflanze
    green plant having a vascular system: ferns, gymnosperms, angiosperms
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