dwarf | a plant or animal that is atypically small |
onion yellow-dwarf virus | the virus that produces stunting and yellowing of the leaves of onion plants |
potato yellow-dwarf virus | the virus that produces stunting and yellowing of the leaves of potato plants |
dwarf pipefish Syngnathus hildebrandi | small ( inches) fish found off the Florida Gulf Coast |
dwarf sperm whale Kogia simus | very small (to feet) sperm whale of central coasts of Atlantic and Pacific |
kangaroo mouse dwarf pocket rat | small silky-haired pouched rodent, similar to but smaller than kangaroo rats |
anoa dwarf buffalo Anoa depressicornis | small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns |
red dwarf red dwarf star | a small, old, relatively cool star, approximately times the mass of Jupiter |
white dwarf white dwarf star | a faint star of enormous density |
gnome dwarf | a legendary creature resembling a tiny old man, lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure |
dwarf midget nanus | a person who is markedly small |
pituitary dwarf hypophysial dwarf Levi-Lorrain dwarf | a dwarf whose condition is caused by a deficiency of growth hormones, rather than by genetic factors (as in the case of the achondroplastic dwarf) |
primordial dwarf hypoplastic dwarf true dwarf normal dwarf | an achondroplastic dwarf whose small size is the result of a genetic defect, body parts and mental and sexual development are normal |
Swiss mountain pine mountain pine dwarf mountain pine mugho pine mugo pine Pinus mugo | low shrubby pine of central Europe with short bright green needles in bunches of two |
dwarf juniper savin Juniperus sabina | procumbent or spreading juniper |
ground cedar dwarf juniper Juniperus communis depressa | a procumbent variety of the common juniper |
Tasman dwarf pine Microstrobos niphophilus | small shrub or Tasmania having short stiff branches |
bristly sarsaparilla bristly sarsparilla dwarf elder Aralia hispida | bristly herb of eastern and central North America having black fruit and medicinal bark |
woolly daisy dwarf daisy Antheropeas wallacei Eriophyllum wallacei | tiny grey woolly tufted annual with small golden-yellow flower heads, southeastern California to northwestern Arizona and southwestern Utah, sometimes placed in genus Eriophyllum |
lamb succory dwarf nipplewort Arnoseris minima | small European herb with small yellow flowers |
dwarf hulsea Hulsea nana | similar to but smaller than alpine hulsea |
dwarf dandelion Krigia dandelion Krigia bulbosa | small yellow-flowered herb resembling dandelions of central and southeastern United States |
dwarf bilberry dwarf blueberry Vaccinium caespitosum | low-growing tufted deciduous shrub of northern and alpine North America having pink to coraled flowers followed by sweet blue berries |
Allegheny chinkapin eastern chinquapin chinquapin dwarf chestnut Castanea pumila | shrubby chestnut tree of southeastern United States having small edible nuts |
dwarf golden chinkapin Chrysolepis sempervirens | evergreen shrub similar to golden chinkapin, mountains of California |
dwarf chinkapin oak dwarf chinquapin oak dwarf oak Quercus prinoides | deciduous shrubby tree of northeastern and central United States having a sweet edible nut and often forming dense thickets |
Newfoundland dwarf birch American dwarf birch Betula glandulosa | small shrub of colder parts of North America and Greenland |
dwarf banana Musa acuminata | low-growing Asian banana tree cultivated especially in the West Indies for its clusters of edible yellow fruit |
Siberian elm Chinese elm dwarf elm Ulmus pumila | fast-growing shrubby Asian tree naturalized in United States for shelter or ornament |
dwarf iris Iris cristata | low-growing summer-flowering iris of northeastern United States |
dwarf iris vernal iris Iris verna | low-growing spring-flowering American iris with bright blue-lilac flowers |
dwarf tulip Tulipa armena Tulipa suaveolens | small early blooming tulip |
dwarf-white trillium snow trillium early wakeobin | a low perennial white-flowered trillium found in the southeastern United States |
dwarf flowering almond Prunus glandulosa | small Chinese shrub with smooth unfurrowed dark red fruit grown especially for its red or pink or white flowers |
Russian almond dwarf Russian almond Prunus tenella | Asiatic shrub cultivated for its rosy red flowers |
cloudberry dwarf mulberry bakeapple baked-apple berry salmonberry Rubus chamaemorus | creeping raspberry of north temperate regions with yellow or orange berries |
dwarf elder danewort Sambucus ebulus | dwarf herbaceous elder of Europe having pink flowers and a nauseous odor |
dwarf willow Salix herbacea | widely distributed boreal shrubby willow with partially underground creeping stems and bright green glossy leaves |
dwarf grey willow dwarf gray willow sage willow Salix tristis | willow shrub of dry places in the eastern United States having long narrow leaves canescent beneath |
dwarf maple Rocky-mountain maple Acer glabrum | small maple of northwestern North America |
dwarf sumac mountain sumac black sumac shining sumac Rhus copallina | common nonpoisonous shrub of eastern North America with compound leaves and green paniculate flowers followed by red berries |
dwarf buckeye bottlebrush buckeye | a spreading shrub with pink flowers, found in southeastern United States |
dwarf astilbe Astilbe chinensis pumila | mat-forming evergreen Asiatic plant with finely cut leaves and small pink to burgundy flowers, grown as ground cover |
moss pink mountain phlox moss phlox dwarf phlox Phlox subulata | low tufted perennial phlox with needlelike evergreen leaves and pink or white flowers, native to United States and widely cultivated as a ground cover |
strawberry tomato dwarf cape gooseberry Physalis pruinosa | stout hairy annual of eastern North America with sweet yellow fruits |
dwarf spurge Euphorbia exigua | European erect or depressed annual weedy spurge adventive in northeastern United States |
bunchberry dwarf cornel crackerberry pudding berry Cornus canadensis | creeping perennial herb distinguished by red berries and clustered leaf whorls at the tips of shoots, Greenland to Alaska |
rock spikemoss dwarf lycopod Selaginella rupestris | tufted spikemoss forming loose spreading mats, eastern North America |
yellow dwarf | any of several virus diseases of plants characterized by stunting and yellowing of the leaves |
yellow dwarf of potato potato yellow dwarf | the yellow dwarf disease of potato plants |