Trees and Plants

a deciduous tree of the genus Quercus

any of numerous trees or shrubs of the genus Acer bearing winged seeds in pairs; north temperate zone

any betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula having a thin peeling bark

a tree widely cultivated for its firm rounded edible fruits

any citrus tree bearing oranges

a treelike herb bearing hanging clusters of elongated fruits

large hard-shelled oval nut with a fibrous husk containing thick white meat surrounding a central cavity filled (when fresh) with fluid or milk

large evergreen tropical tree cultivated for its large oval fruit

any of numerous trees and shrubs producing a small fleshy round fruit with a single hard stone; many also produce a valuable hardwood

small bushy deciduous tree native to Asia and North Africa

any cedar of the genus Cedrus

a large redwood tree native to the US West Coast

any of numerous evergreen conifers of the genus Cupressus of north temperate regions having dark scalelike leaves and rounded cones

any of various evergreen trees of the genus Abies

any of various trees of the genus Ulmus: important timber or shade trees

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

any of numerous trees of north temperate regions having light soft wood and flowers borne in catkins

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

any of several trees of the genus Populus having leaves on flattened stalks so that they flutter in the lightest wind

a spring-flowering shrub or small tree of the genus Crataegus

desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers

narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns

annual or biennial grass having erect flower spikes and light brown grains

annual or perennial rhizomatous marsh grasses

tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times

hardy annual cereal grass widely cultivated in northern Europe where its grain is the chief ingredient of black bread and in North America for forage and soil improvement

annual grass of Europe and North Africa

economically important Old World tropical cereal grass

trailing grass native to Europe now cosmopolitan in warm regions; used for lawns and pastures especially in southern United States and India

grass with wide flat leaves cultivated in Europe and America for permanent pasture and hay and for lawns

valuable meadow and pasture grass in Europe and especially central United States having tall stalks and slender bright green leaves; a chief constituent in lawn grass mixtures

any of several annual or perennial Eurasian grasses

low mat-forming grass of southern United States and tropical America; grown as a lawn grass

perennial tropical American grass used as pasture grass in arid areas of the Gulf States

tall perennial grass of pampas of South America having silvery plumes and growing in large dense clumps

grasses with creeping stems that root freely

tall perennial grass that spreads by creeping rhizomes and is grown for fodder; naturalized in southern United States where it is a serious pest on cultivated land

widely grown stout Old World hay and pasture grass

low mat-forming grass of southern United States and tropical America; grown as a lawn grass

any plant that breaks away from its roots in autumn and is driven by the wind as a light rolling mass

tiny leafy-stemmed flowerless plants

Old World vine with lobed evergreen leaves and black berrylike fruits

any of various seaweeds that grow underwater in shallow beds

plant growing in the sea, especially marine algae

gossip spread by spoken communication

spiny Eurasian shrub having greenish purple-tinged flowers and ovoid yellow-green or red-purple berries

spiny Eurasian shrub having greenish purple-tinged flowers and ovoid yellow-green or red-purple berries