Adam's apple () See under Adam. |
Air plant () A plant deriving its sustenance from the air alone |
Apple (n.) The fleshy pome or fruit of a rosaceous tree (Pyrus malus) cultivated in numberless varieties in the temperate zones. |
Apple (n.) Any tree genus Pyrus which has the stalk sunken into the base of the fruit |
Apple (n.) Any fruit or other vegetable production resembling, or supposed to resemble, the apple |
Apple (n.) Anything round like an apple |
Apple (v. i.) To grow like an apple |
Apple-faced (a.) Having a round, broad face, like an apple. |
Apple-jack (n.) Apple brandy. |
Apple-john (n.) A kind of apple which by keeping becomes much withered |
Apple pie () A pie made of apples (usually sliced or stewed) with spice and sugar. |
Apple-squire (n.) A pimp |
Chess-apple (n.) The wild service of Europe (Purus torminalis). |
Dove plant () A Central American orchid (Peristeria elata), having a flower stem five or six feet high, with numerous globose white fragrant flowers. The column in the center of the flower resembles a dove |
Flax-plant (n.) A plant in new Zealand (Phormium tenax), allied to the lilies and aloes. The leaves are two inches wide and several feet long, and furnish a fiber which is used for making ropes, mats, and coarse cloth. |
Ice plant () A plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum), sprinkled with pellucid, watery vesicles, which glisten like ice. It is native along the Mediterranean, in the Canaries, and in South Africa. Its juice is said to be demulcent and diuretic |
Mad-apple (n.) See Eggplant. |
Otaheite apple () The fruit of a Polynesian anacardiaceous tree (Spondias dulcis), also called vi-apple. It is rather larger than an apple, and the rind has a flavor of turpentine, but the flesh is said to taste like pineapples. |
Otaheite apple () A West Indian name for a myrtaceous tree (Jambosa Malaccensis) which bears crimson berries. |
Plant (n.) A vegetable |
Plant (n.) A bush, or young tree |
Plant (n.) The sole of the foot. |
Plant (n.) The whole machinery and apparatus employed in carrying on a trade or mechanical business |
Plant (n.) A plan |
Plant (n.) An oyster which has been bedded, in distinction from one of natural growth. |
Plant (n.) A young oyster suitable for transplanting. |
Plant (n.) To put in the ground and cover, as seed for growth |
Plant (n.) To set in the ground for growth, as a young tree, or a vegetable with roots. |
Plant (n.) To furnish, or fit out, with plants |
Plant (n.) To engender |
Plant (n.) To furnish with a fixed and organized population |
Plant (n.) To introduce and establish the principles or seeds of |
Plant (n.) To set firmly |
Plant (n.) To set up |
Plant (v. i.) To perform the act of planting. |
Plant-cane (n.) A stalk or shoot of sugar cane of the first growth from the cutting. The growth of the second and following years is of inferior quality, and is called rattoon. |
Plant-eating (a.) Eating, or subsisting on, plants |
Sea apple () The fruit of a West Indian palm (Manicaria Plukenetii), often found floating in the sea. |
Shoo (interj.) Begone |
Vi-apple (n.) See Otaheite apple. |
Water plant () A plant that grows in water |
Wind-plant (n.) A windflower. |
plant flora plant life | (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion |
plant closing | act of shutting down operation of a plant |
plant virus | a plant pathogen that is a virus consisting of a single strand of RNA |
apple maggot railroad worm Rhagoletis pomonella | larvae bore into and feed on apples |
leaf bug plant bug | small brightolored insect that feeds on plant juices |
four-lined plant bug four-lined leaf bug Poecilocapsus lineatus | yellow or orange leaf bug with four black stripes down the back, widespread in central and eastern North America |
tarnished plant bug Lygus lineolaris | widespread plant and fruit pest |
plant louse louse | any of several small insects especially aphids that feed by sucking the juices from plants |
apple aphid green apple aphid Aphis pomi | bright green aphid, feeds on and causes curling of apple leaves |
woolly aphid woolly plant louse | secretes a waxy substance like a mass of fine curly white cotton or woolly threads |
woolly apple aphid American blight Eriosoma lanigerum | primarily a bark feeder on aerial parts and roots of apple and other trees |
jumping plant louse psylla psyllid | small active cicada-like insect with hind legs adapted for leaping, feeds on plant juices |
plant hopper planthopper | related to the leafhoppers and spittlebugs but rarely damages cultivated plants |
apple of discord | (classical mythology) a golden apple thrown into a banquet of the gods by Eris (goddess of discord--who had not been invited), the apple had `for the fairest' written on it and Hera and Athena and Aphrodite all claimed it, when Paris (prince of Troy) awarded it to Aphrodite it began a chain of events that led to the Trojan War |
apple orchard | a grove of apple trees |
assembly plant | a factory where manufactured parts are assembled into a finished product |
bottling plant | a plant where beverages are put into bottles with caps |
chemical plant | an industrial plant where chemicals are produced |
electrical system electrical plant | utility that provides electricity |
factory mill manufacturing plant manufactory | a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing |
heating system heating plant heating heat | utility to warm a building, the heating system wasn't working, they have radiant heating |
packinghouse packing plant | a plant where livestock are slaughtered and processed and packed as meat products |
periwinkle plant derivative | an antineoplastic drug used to treat some forms of cancer |
plant works industrial plant | buildings for carrying on industrial labor, they built a large plant to manufacture automobiles |
power station power plant powerhouse | an electrical generating station |
recycling plant | a plant for reprocessing used or abandoned materials |
sewage disposal plant disposal plant | a plant for disposing of sewage |
steel mill steelworks steel plant steel factory | a factory where steel is made |
thyroid cartilage Adam's apple | the largest cartilage of the larynx |
plant | something planted secretly for discovery by another, the police used a plant to trick the thieves, he claimed that the evidence against him was a plant |
runaway blowout romp laugher shoo-in walkaway | an easy victory |
candied apple candy apple taffy apple caramel apple toffee apple | an apple that is covered with a candy-like substance (usually caramelized sugar) |
apple dumpling | apples wrapped in pastry and baked |
apple tart | a tart filled with sliced apples and sugar |
apple tart | a small open pie filled with sliced apples and sugar |
apple turnover | turnover with an apple filling |
apple pie | pie (with a top crust) containing sliced apples and sugar |
apple fritter | fritter containing sliced apple |
apple butter | thick dark spicy puree of apples |
apple jelly | jelly made from apple juice |
eggplant aubergine mad apple | egg-shaped vegetable having a shiny skin typically dark purple but occasionally white or yellow |
oyster plant vegetable oyster | long white salsify |
apple | fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh |
crab apple crabapple | small sour apple, suitable for preserving, crabapples make a tangy jelly |
eating apple dessert apple | an apple used primarily for eating raw without cooking |
cooking apple | an apple used primarily in cooking for pies and applesauce etc |
bell apple sweet cup water lemon yellow granadilla | the edible yellow fruit of the Jamaica honeysuckle |
custard apple | the fruit of any of several tropical American trees of the genus Annona having soft edible pulp |
bullock's heart Jamaica apple | large heart-shaped tropical fruit with soft acid pulp |
sweetsop annon sugar apple | sweet pulpy tropical fruit with thick scaly rind and shiny black seeds |