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S: (n) chervil, beaked parsley, Anthriscus cereifolium (aromatic annual Old World herb cultivated for its finely divided and often curly leaves for use especially in soups and salads)
S: (n) herb, herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)
S: (n) winter aconite, Eranthis hyemalis (small Old World perennial herb grown for its bright yellow flowers which appear in early spring often before snow is gone)
S: (n) hepatica, liverleaf (any of several plants of the genus Hepatica having three-lobed leaves and white or pinkish flowers in early spring; of moist and mossy subalpine woodland areas of north temperate regions)
S: (n) drypis (spiny-leaved perennial herb of southern Europe having terminal clusters of small flowers)
S: (n) coral necklace, Illecebrum verticullatum (glabrous annual with slender taproot and clusters of white flowers; western Europe especially western Mediterranean and Atlantic coastal areas)
S: (n) cottonweed (any of various plants of the genus Froelichia found in sandy soils and on rocky slopes in warmer regions of America; grown for their spikes of woolly white flowers)
S: (n) goosefoot (any of various weeds of the genus Chenopodium having small greenish flowers)
S: (n) orach, orache (any of various herbaceous plants of the genus Atriplex that thrive in deserts and salt marshes)
S: (n) halogeton, Halogeton glomeratus (a coarse annual herb introduced into North America from Siberia; dangerous to sheep and cattle on western rangelands because of its high oxalate content)
S: (n) glasswort, samphire, Salicornia europaea (fleshy maritime plant having fleshy stems with rudimentary scalelike leaves and small spikes of minute flowers; formerly used in making glass)
S: (n) purslane (a plant of the family Portulacaceae having fleshy succulent obovate leaves often grown as a potherb or salad herb; a weed in some areas)
S: (n) hoary alison, hoary alyssum, Berteroa incana (tall European annual with downy grey-green foliage and dense heads of small white flowers followed by hairy pods; naturalized in North America; sometimes a troublesome weed)
S: (n) sea-rocket, Cakile maritima (salt-tolerant seashore annual grown for its fragrant rose or violet flowers and fleshy grey-green foliage)
S: (n) sea kale, sea cole, Crambe maritima (perennial of coastal sands and shingles of northern Europe and Baltic and Black Seas having racemes of small white flowers and large fleshy blue-green leaves often used as potherbs)
S: (n) draba (any of numerous low-growing cushion-forming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems; fruit is a dehiscent oblong or linear silique)
S: (n) bladderpod (any of several plants of the genus Physaria having racemose yellow flowers and inflated pods)
S: (n) chamois cress, Pritzelago alpina, Lepidium alpina (small tufted perennial herb of mountains of central and southern Europe having very small flowers of usually leafless stems; sometimes placed in genus Lepidium)
S: (n) hedge mustard, Sisymbrium officinale (stiffly branching Old World annual with pale yellow flowers; widely naturalized in North America; formerly used medicinally)
S: (n) fringepod, lacepod (annual herb having pinnatifid basal leaves and slender racemes of small white flowers followed by one-seeded winged silicles)
S: (n) bladderpod (annual or perennial herbs with inflated seed pods; some placed in genus Lesquerella)
S: (n) wasabi (a Japanese plant of the family Cruciferae with a thick green root)
S: (n) bloodroot, puccoon, redroot, tetterwort, Sanguinaria canadensis (perennial woodland native of North America having a red root and red sap and bearing a solitary lobed leaf and white flower in early spring and having acrid emetic properties; rootstock used as a stimulant and expectorant)
S: (n) ayapana, Ayapana triplinervis, Eupatorium aya-pana (low spreading tropical American shrub with long slender leaves used to make a mildly stimulating drink resembling tea; sometimes placed in genus Eupatorium)
S: (n) balsamroot (a plant of the genus Balsamorhiza having downy leaves in a basal rosette and yellow flowers and long balsam-scented taproots)
S: (n) Indian plantain (any of various plants of the genus Cacalia having leaves resembling those of plantain)
S: (n) chaenactis (any of several United States plants having long stalks of funnel-shaped white or yellow flowers)
S: (n) chicory, succory, chicory plant, Cichorium intybus (perennial Old World herb having rayed flower heads with blue florets cultivated for its root and its heads of crisp edible leaves used in salads)
S: (n) endive, witloof, Cichorium endivia (widely cultivated herb with leaves valued as salad green; either curly serrated leaves or broad flat ones that are usually blanched)
S: (n) coreopsis, tickseed, tickweed, tick-weed (any of numerous plants of the genus Coreopsis having a profusion of showy usually yellow daisylike flowers over long periods; North and South America)
S: (n) leopard's-bane, leopardbane (any of several herbs of the genus Doronicum having alternate often clasping stem leaves cultivated for their long stalks of yellow flower heads)
S: (n) globe thistle (any of various plants of the genus Echinops having prickly leaves and dense globose heads of bluish flowers)
S: (n) elephant's-foot (any plant of the genus Elephantopus having heads of blue or purple flowers; America)
S: (n) gumweed, gum plant, tarweed, rosinweed (any of various western American plants of the genus Grindelia having resinous leaves and stems formerly used medicinally; often poisonous to livestock)
S: (n) creeping zinnia, Sanvitalia procumbens (low-branching leafy annual with flower heads resembling zinnias; found in southwestern United States and Mexico to Guatemala)
S: (n) costusroot, Saussurea costus, Saussurea lappa (annual herb of the eastern Himalayas (Kashmir) having purple florets and a fragrant root that yields a volatile oil used in perfumery and for preserving furs)
S: (n) stevia (any plant of the genus Stevia or the closely related genus Piqueria having glutinous foliage and white or purplish flowers; Central and South America)
S: (n) feverfew, Tanacetum parthenium, Chrysanthemum parthenium (bushy aromatic European perennial herb having clusters of buttonlike white-rayed flower heads; valued traditionally for medicinal uses; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum)
S: (n) dandelion, blowball (any of several herbs of the genus Taraxacum having long tap roots and deeply notched leaves and bright yellow flowers followed by fluffy seed balls)
S: (n) coltsfoot, Tussilago farfara (perennial herb with large rounded leaves resembling a colt's foot and yellow flowers appearing before the leaves do; native to Europe but now nearly cosmopolitan; used medicinally especially formerly)
S: (n) ironweed, vernonia (any of various plants of the genus Vernonia of tropical and warm regions of especially North America that take their name from their loose heads of purple to rose flowers that quickly take on a rusty hue)
S: (n) loasa (any of various perennial South American plants of the genus Loasa having stinging hairs and showy white or yellow or reddish-orange flowers)
S: (n) campanula, bellflower (any of various plants of the genus Campanula having blue or white bell-shaped flowers)
S: (n) primrose, primula (any of numerous short-stemmed plants of the genus Primula having tufted basal leaves and showy flowers clustered in umbels or heads)
S: (n) vegetable (any of various herbaceous plants cultivated for an edible part such as the fruit or the root of the beet or the leaf of spinach or the seeds of bean plants or the flower buds of broccoli or cauliflower)
S: (n) simple (any herbaceous plant having medicinal properties)
S: (n) canna (any plant of the genus Canna having large sheathing leaves and clusters of large showy flowers)
S: (n) maranta (any of numerous herbs of the genus Maranta having tuberous starchy roots and large sheathing leaves)
S: (n) banana, banana tree (any of several tropical and subtropical treelike herbs of the genus Musa having a terminal crown of large entire leaves and usually bearing hanging clusters of elongated fruits)
S: (n) bird of paradise, Strelitzia reginae (ornamental plant of tropical South Africa and South America having stalks of orange and purplish-blue flowers resembling a bird)
S: (n) ginger (perennial plants having thick branching aromatic rhizomes and leafy reedlike stems)
S: (n) turmeric, Curcuma longa, Curcuma domestica (widely cultivated tropical plant of India having yellow flowers and a large aromatic deep yellow rhizome; source of a condiment and a yellow dye)
S: (n) climbing onion, Bowiea volubilis (much-branched leafless twining South African herb cultivated as an ornamental for its bright green stems growing from large aboveground bulbs)
S: (n) plantain lily, day lily (any of numerous perennials having mounds of sumptuous broad ribbed leaves and clusters of white, blue, or lilac flowers; used as ground cover)
S: (n) herb Paris, Paris quadrifolia (European herb with yellow-green flowers resembling and closely related to the trilliums; reputed to be poisonous)
S: (n) kidney vetch, Anthyllis vulneraria (perennial Eurasian herb having heads of red or yellow flowers and common in meadows and pastures; formerly used medicinally for kidney disorders)
S: (n) crotalaria, rattlebox (any of various plants of the genus Crotalaria having inflated pods within which the seeds rattle; used for pasture and green-manure crops)
S: (n) goat's rue, goat rue, Galega officinalis (tall bushy European perennial grown for its pinnate foliage and slender spikes of blue flowers; sometimes used medicinally)
S: (n) licorice, liquorice, Glycyrrhiza glabra (deep-rooted coarse-textured plant native to the Mediterranean region having blue flowers and pinnately compound leaves; widely cultivated in Europe for its long thick sweet roots)
S: (n) plantain (any of numerous plants of the genus Plantago; mostly small roadside or dooryard weeds with elliptic leaves and small spikes of very small flowers; seeds of some used medicinally)
S: (n) buckwheat, Polygonum fagopyrum, Fagopyrum esculentum (a member of the genus Fagopyrum; annual Asian plant with clusters of small pinkish white flowers and small edible triangular seeds which are used whole or ground into flour)
S: (n) rhubarb, rhubarb plant (plants having long green or reddish acidic leafstalks growing in basal clumps; stems (and only the stems) are edible when cooked; leaves are poisonous)
S: (n) dock, sorrel, sour grass (any of certain coarse weedy plants with long taproots, sometimes used as table greens or in folk medicine)
S: (n) pineapple, pineapple plant, Ananas comosus (a tropical American plant bearing a large fleshy edible fruit with a terminal tuft of stiff leaves; widely cultivated in the tropics)
S: (n) agrimonia, agrimony (a plant of the genus Agrimonia having spikelike clusters of small yellow flowers)
S: (n) strawberry (any of various low perennial herbs with many runners and bearing white flowers followed by edible fruits having many small achenes scattered on the surface of an enlarged red pulpy berry)
S: (n) rue, herb of grace, Ruta graveolens (European strong-scented perennial herb with grey-green bitter-tasting leaves; an irritant similar to poison ivy)
S: (n) miterwort, mitrewort, bishop's cap (any of various rhizomatous perennial herbs of the genus Mitella having a capsule resembling a bishop's miter)
S: (n) suksdorfia (any of several American plants of the genus Suksdorfia having orbicular to kidney-shaped somewhat succulent leaves and white or rose or violet flowers in terminal panicles)
S: (n) polemonium (any plant of the genus Polemonium; most are low-growing often foul-smelling plants of temperate to Arctic regions)
S: (n) phlox (any polemoniaceous plant of the genus Phlox; chiefly North American; cultivated for their clusters of flowers)
S: (n) acanthus (any plant of the genus Acanthus having large spiny leaves and spikes or white or purplish flowers; native to Mediterranean region but widely cultivated)
S: (n) borage, tailwort, Borago officinalis (hairy blue-flowered European annual herb long used in herbal medicine and eaten raw as salad greens or cooked like spinach)
S: (n) coleus, flame nettle (any of various Old World tropical plants of the genus Coleus having multicolored decorative leaves and spikes of blue flowers)
S: (n) elsholtzia (any of various aromatic herbs of the genus Elsholtzia having blue or purple flowers in one-sided spikes)
S: (n) hemp nettle, dead nettle, Galeopsis tetrahit (coarse bristly Eurasian plant with white or reddish flowers and foliage resembling that of a nettle; common as a weed in United States)
S: (n) hyssop, Hyssopus officinalis (a European mint with aromatic and pungent leaves used in perfumery and as a seasoning in cookery; often cultivated as a remedy for bruises; yields hyssop oil)
S: (n) dead nettle (any of various plants of the genus Lamium having clusters of small usually purplish flowers with two lips)
S: (n) catmint, catnip, Nepeta cataria (hairy aromatic perennial herb having whorls of small white purple-spotted flowers in a terminal spike; used in the past as a domestic remedy; strongly attractive to cats)
S: (n) basil (any of several Old World tropical aromatic annual or perennial herbs of the genus Ocimum)
S: (n) physostegia (any of various plants of the genus Physostegia having sessile linear to oblong leaves and showy white or rose or lavender flowers)
S: (n) self-heal, heal all, Prunella vulgaris (decumbent blue-flowered European perennial thought to possess healing properties; naturalized throughout North America)
S: (n) mountain mint (any of a number of perennial herbs of the genus Pycnanthemum; eastern North America and California)
S: (n) sage, salvia (any of various plants of the genus Salvia; a cosmopolitan herb)
S: (n) savory (any of several aromatic herbs or subshrubs of the genus Satureja having spikes of flowers attractive to bees)
S: (n) skullcap, helmetflower (a herbaceous plant of the genus Scutellaria which has a calyx that, when inverted, resembles a helmet with its visor raised)
S: (n) thyme (any of various mints of the genus Thymus)
S: (n) martynia, Martynia annua (sprawling annual or perennial herb of Central America and West Indies having creamy-white to red-purple bell-shaped flowers followed by unusual horned fruit)
S: (n) mullein, flannel leaf, velvet plant (any of various plants of the genus Verbascum having large usually woolly leaves and terminal spikes of yellow or white or purplish flowers)
S: (n) cupflower, nierembergia (any of various plants of the genus Nierembergia having upturned bell-shaped flowers)
S: (n) ground cherry, husk tomato (any of numerous cosmopolitan annual or perennial herbs of the genus Physalis bearing edible fleshy berries enclosed in a bladderlike husk; some cultivated for their flowers)
S: (n) dill, Anethum graveolens (aromatic Old World herb having aromatic threadlike foliage and seeds used as seasoning)
S: (n) angelica, angelique (any of various tall and stout herbs of the genus Angelica having pinnately compound leaves and small white or greenish flowers in compound umbels)
S: (n) chervil, beaked parsley, Anthriscus cereifolium (aromatic annual Old World herb cultivated for its finely divided and often curly leaves for use especially in soups and salads)
S: (n) anise, anise plant, Pimpinella anisum (native to Egypt but cultivated widely for its aromatic seeds and the oil from them used medicinally and as a flavoring in cookery)
S: (n) sanicle, snakeroot (a plant of the genus Sanicula having palmately compound leaves and unisexual flowers in panicled umbels followed by bristly fruit; reputed to have healing powers)
S: (n) moon carrot, stone parsley (any plant of the genus Seseli having dense umbels of small white or pink flowers and finely divided foliage)
S: (n) stone parsley, Sison amomum (a slender roadside herb of western Europe and Mediterranean areas that has foliage resembling parsley and has white flowers with aromatic seeds)
S: (n) wort (usually used in combination: `liverwort'; `milkwort'; `whorlywort')
S: (n) peperomia (any of various plants of the genus Peperomia; grown primarily for their often succulent foliage)
S: (n) yerba mansa, Anemopsis californica (stoloniferous herb of southwestern United States and Mexico having a pungent rootstock and small spicate flowers with white bracts suggesting an anemone)
S: (n) milkweed, silkweed (any of numerous plants of the genus Asclepias having milky juice and pods that split open releasing seeds with downy tufts)
S: (n) stapelia, carrion flower, starfish flower (any of various plants of the genus Stapelia having succulent leafless toothed stems resembling cacti and large foul-smelling (often star-shaped) flowers)