| aphyllanthes | (n) one species; small fibrous-rooted perennial with rushlike foliage and deep blue flowers; sometimes placed in its own family Aphyllanthaceae, Syn. genus Aphyllanthes |
| cheilanthes | (n) small evergreen ferns: lipferns; in some classifications placed in family Polypodiaceae or Adiantaceae, Syn. genus Cheilanthes |
| cleanthes | (n) ancient Greek philosopher who succeeded Zeno of Citium as the leader of the Stoic school (300-232 BC) |
| coryanthes | (n) small genus of tropical American epiphytic or lithophytic orchids, Syn. genus Coryanthes |
| menyanthes | (n) the type genus of the Menyanthaceae; one species: bogbeans, Syn. genus Menyanthes |
| polianthes | (n) genus of perennial tuberous herbs having lily-like flowers; Mexico; sometimes placed in family Amaryllidaceae, Syn. genus Polianthes |
| prenanthes | (n) genus of North American and Asiatic perennial herbs having pinnatisect leaves small heads of drooping yellowish to purple flowers; sometimes includes species often placed in genus Nabalus, Syn. genus Prenanthes |
| spiranthes | (n) large cosmopolitan genus of white-flowered terrestrial orchids, Syn. genus Spiranthes |
| blossoming | (n) the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms, Syn. flowering, florescence, efflorescence, inflorescence, anthesis |
| european ladies' tresses | (n) European orchid having shorter racemes of strongly spiraling snow-white flowers, Syn. Spiranthes spiralis |
| hooded ladies' tresses | (n) orchid having dense clusters of gently spiraling creamy white flowers with 2 upper petals forming a hood; western North America, Syn. Spiranthes romanzoffiana |
| lace fern | (n) small tufted fern of northwestern America, Syn. Cheilanthes gracillima |
| lion's foot | (n) common perennial herb widely distributed in the southern and eastern United States having drooping clusters of pinkish flowers and thick basal leaves suggesting a lion's foot in shape; sometimes placed in genus Prenanthes, Syn. gall of the earth, Nabalus serpentarius, Prenanthes serpentaria |
| rattlesnake root | (n) herb of central and southern Europe having purple florets, Syn. Prenanthes purpurea |
| screw augur | (n) an orchid of the genus Spiranthes having tall erect densely flowered spiraling clusters of creamy white vanilla-scented flowers; widely distributed especially in low damp places of eastern and central North America, Syn. Spiranthes cernua |
| smooth lip fern | (n) southeastern United States to northern Mexico and Jamaica, Syn. Alabama lip fern, Cheilanthes alabamensis |
| southwestern lip fern | (n) lip fern of Texas to Oklahoma and Colorado and Arizona and Mexico having tall erect tufted fronds, Syn. Cheilanthes eatonii |
| tuberose | (n) a tuberous Mexican herb having grasslike leaves and cultivated for its spikes of highly fragrant lily-like waxy white flowers, Syn. Polianthes tuberosa |
| water shamrock | (n) perennial plant of Europe and America having racemes of white or purplish flowers and intensely bitter trifoliate leaves; often rooting at water margin and spreading across the surface, Syn. marsh trefoil, bogbean, bog myrtle, Menyanthes trifoliata, buckbean |
| western ladies' tresses | (n) similar to Spiranthes romanzoffiana;States, Syn. Spiranthes porrifolia |
| white lettuce | (n) herb of northeastern North America having drooping clusters of yellowish-white flowers; sometimes placed in genus Prenanthes, Syn. cankerweed, Prenanthes alba, Nabalus alba |
| wooly lip fern | (n) small North American evergreen fern whose stipes and lower frond surfaces are densely wooly, Syn. hairy lip fern, Cheilanthes lanosa |
| Anthesis | ‖n. [ Gr. &unr_; bloom, fr. 'anqei^n to bloom, 'a`nqos flower. ] (Bot.) The period or state of full expansion in a flower. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Coryanthes | n. a small genus of tropical American epiphytic or lithophytic orchids.
Syn. -- genus Coryanthes. [ WordNet 1.5 ] |
| Exanthesis | ‖n. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_; . See Exanthema. ] (Med.) An eruption of the skin; cutaneous efflorescence. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Menyanthes | prop. n. The type genus of the Menyanthaceae, having only one species: the bogbeans.
Syn. -- genus Menyanthes. [ WordNet 1.5 ] |
| Synanthesis | ‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. sy`n with + Gr. 'a`nqhsis bloom. ] (Bot.) The simultaneous maturity of the anthers and stigmas of a blossom. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| チューベローズ;チュベローズ | [chu-bero-zu ; chubero-zu] (n) tuberose (Polianthes tuberosa) [Add to Longdo] |
| 烏瓜 | [からすうり;カラスウリ, karasuuri ; karasuuri] (n) (uk) Japanese snake gourd (Trichosanthes cucumeroides) [Add to Longdo] |
| 開花期 | [かいかき, kaikaki] (n) anthesis; flowering season [Add to Longdo] |
| 牛膝 | [いのこずち, inokozuchi] (n) Japanese chaff flower (Achyranthes japonica) [Add to Longdo] |
| 月下香 | [げっかこう, gekkakou] (n) tuberose (Polianthes tuberosa) [Add to Longdo] |
| 木藍 | [きあい;キアイ, kiai ; kiai] (n) (1) (uk) (See インド藍) anil indigo (Indigofera suffruticosa); (2) (uk) (See 琉球藍) Assam indigo (Strobilanthes cusia) [Add to Longdo] |
| 琉球藍 | [りゅうきゅうあい;リュウキュウアイ, ryuukyuuai ; ryuukyuuai] (n) (uk) Assam indigo (Strobilanthes cusia) [Add to Longdo] |
