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rumpunch

Definitions of rumpunch
  1. noun
    a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
    synonyms: punch, struik
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    kurkhout
    very small deciduous dioecious tree or shrub of damp habitats in southeastern United States having extremely light wood
    adamsappel
    tropical shrub having glossy foliage and fragrant nocturnal flowers with crimped or wavy corollas; northern India to Thailand
    melkdistel, zoogdistel
    any of several Old World coarse prickly-leaved shrubs and subshrubs having milky juice and yellow flowers; widely naturalized; often noxious weeds in cultivated soil
    maluwe, malve, stokroos
    any of various plants of the family Malvaceae
    katoen, katoenplant
    erect bushy mallow plant or small tree bearing bolls containing seeds with many long hairy fibers
    honingbloem
    erect bushy shrub of eastern Australia having terminal clusters of red flowers yielding much nectar
    elf
    creeping evergreen shrub having narrow overlapping leaves and early white star-shaped flowers; of the pine barrens of New Jersey and the Carolinas
    jasmijn
    any of several shrubs and vines of the genus Jasminum chiefly native to Asia
    lila, sering, seringebloesem, seringeboom, seringenboom
    any of various plants of the genus Syringa having large panicles of usually fragrant flowers
    cannabis, hennep, hennepgras, hennepplant
    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
    brem
    any of various shrubs of the genera Cytisus or Genista or Spartium having long slender branches and racemes of yellow flowers
    indigo, indigoplant
    deciduous subshrub of southeastern Asia having pinnate leaves and clusters of red or purple flowers; a source of indigo dye
    doornstruik, duindoorn, gaspeldoorn
    very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe
    giettrechter
    any of many shrubs of the genus Rosa that bear roses
    haagdoorn, hagedoorn, hagendoorn, meidoorn, steendoorn
    a spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus
    gardenia
    any of various shrubs and small trees of the genus Gardenia having large fragrant white or yellow flowers
    kardinaalsmuts, spilboom
    any shrubby trees or woody vines of the genus Euonymus having showy usually reddish berries
    wegedoorn
    any shrub or small tree of the genus Bumelia
    bes
    any of various deciduous shrubs of the genus Ribes bearing currants
    klapbes, kruisbes, stekelbes
    spiny Eurasian shrub having greenish purple-tinged flowers and ovoid yellow-green or red-purple berries
    patchoeli
    small East Indian shrubby mint; fragrant oil from its leaves is used in perfumes
    paprika, peper, peperboom, peperplant, peperstruik
    any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers
    boksdoorn
    any of various shrubs or vines of the genus Lycium with showy flowers and bright berries
    heksenmelk
    any of numerous plants of the genus Euphorbia; usually having milky often poisonous juice
    theestruik
    a tropical evergreen shrub or small tree extensively cultivated in e.g. China and Japan and India; source of tea leaves
    wegedoorn
    a shrub or shrubby tree of the genus Rhamnus; fruits are source of yellow dyes or pigments
    dropje
    spiny tree having dark red edible fruits
    laurierbes
    deciduous aromatic shrub of eastern North America with grey-green wax-coated berries
    kruidje-roer-mij-niet
    semi-climbing prickly evergreen shrub of tropical America having compound leaves sensitive to light and touch
    springkruid
    prostrate or semi-erect subshrub of tropical America, and Australia; heavily armed with recurved thorns and having sensitive soft grey-green leaflets that fold and droop at night or when touched or cooled
    klis, kliskruid, klissekruid
    any of several erect biennial herbs of temperate Eurasia having stout taproots and producing burs
    margriet
    perennial subshrub of the Canary Islands having usually pale yellow daisylike flowers; often included in genus Chrysanthemum
    dragon
    aromatic perennial of southeastern Russia
    melkplant
    annual Eurasian sow thistle with soft spiny leaves and rayed yellow flower heads
    lamsoor
    any of various plants of the genus Limonium of temperate salt marshes having spikes of white or mauve flowers
    botermerk, rijksbotermerk
    tall annual herb or subshrub of tropical Asia having velvety leaves and yellow flowers and yielding a strong fiber; naturalized in southeastern Europe and United States
    stokroos
    any of various plants of the genus Althaea; similar to but having smaller flowers than genus Alcea
    honingbloem
    Australian shrub whose flowers yield honey copiously
    dophei, dopheide, erica
    any plant of the genus Erica
    hei
    common Old World heath represented by many varieties; low evergreen grown widely in the northern hemisphere
    wintergroen
    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
    lepelstruik
    a North American evergreen shrub having glossy leaves and white or rose-colored flowers
    wederik
    any of numerous herbs and subshrubs of the genus Lythrum
    cannabis, grassoort, hennep, hennepgras, hennepplant, kief, kif, marihuana, pot, shit, stuf, stuff, thee, weed, wiet
    a strong-smelling plant from whose dried leaves a number of euphoriant and hallucinogenic drugs are prepared
    doornstruik, duindoorn, gaspeldoorn
    small Eurasian shrub having clusters of yellow flowers that yield a dye; common as a weed in Britain and the United States; sometimes grown as an ornamental
    egelantier, eglantier
    Eurasian rose with prickly stems and fragrant leaves and bright pink flowers followed by scarlet hips
    haagdoorn, hagedoorn, hagendoorn, meidoorn, steendoorn
    thorny Eurasian shrub of small tree having dense clusters of white to scarlet flowers followed by deep red berries; established as an escape in eastern North America
    scharlakendoorn
    American red-fruited hawthorn with stems and leaves densely covered with short woolly hairs
    scharlakendoorn
    American red-fruited hawthorn with dense corymbs of pink-red flowers
    bedstro
    any plant of the genus Asperula
    kroonrad, kroonwiel
    perennial subshrub of Tenerife having leaves in rosettes resembling pinwheels
    aalbes
    cultivated European current bearing small edible red berries
    paprika, paprikapoeder
    plant bearing large mild thick-walled usually bell-shaped fruits; the principal salad peppers
    chili
    plant bearing very hot medium-sized oblong red peppers; grown principally in the Gulf Coast states for production of hot sauce
    medusahoofd
    African dwarf succulent perennial shrub with numerous slender drooping branches
    heksenmelk
    tall European perennial naturalized and troublesome as a weed in eastern North America
    kerstster
    tropical American plant having poisonous milk and showy tapering usually scarlet petallike leaves surrounding small yellow flowers
    doornenkroon
    somewhat climbing bushy spurge of Madagascar having long woody spiny stems with few leaves and flowers with scarlet bracts
    wasbloem
    twining woody vine of Madagascar having thick dark waxy evergreen leaves and clusters of large fragrant waxy white flowers along the stems; widely cultivated in warm regions
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