Air plant
() A plant deriving its sustenance from the air alone |
Bean
(n.) A name given to the seed of certain leguminous herbs, chiefly of the genera Faba, Phaseolus, and Dolichos |
Bean
(n.) The popular name of other vegetable seeds or fruits, more or less resembling true beans. |
Bean caper
() A deciduous plant of warm climates, generally with fleshy leaves and flowers of a yellow or whitish yellow color, of the genus Zygophyllum. |
Bean trefoil
() A leguminous shrub of southern Europe, with trifoliate leaves (Anagyris foetida). |
Buck bean
() A plant (Menyanthes trifoliata) which grows in moist and boggy places, having racemes of white or reddish flowers and intensely bitter leaves, sometimes used in medicine |
Caster
(n.) One who casts |
Caster
(n.) A vial, cruet, or other small vessel, used to contain condiments at the table |
Caster
(n.) A stand to hold a set of cruets. |
Caster
(n.) A small wheel on a swivel, on which furniture is supported and moved. |
Castor
(n.) A genus of rodents, including the beaver. See Beaver. |
Castor
(n.) Castoreum. See Castoreum. |
Castor
(n.) A hat, esp. one made of beaver fur |
Castor
(n.) A heavy quality of broadcloth for overcoats. |
Castor
(n.) See Caster, a small wheel. |
Castor
(n.) the northernmost of the two bright stars in the constellation Gemini, the other being Pollux. |
Castor
(n.) Alt. of Castorite |
Castor and Pollux
() See Saint Elmo's fire, under Saint. |
Castor bean
() The bean or seed of the castor-oil plant (Ricinus communis, or Palma Christi.) |
Castor oil
() A mild cathartic oil, expressed or extracted from the seeds of the Ricinus communis, or Palma Christi. When fresh the oil is inodorous and insipid. |
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. |
Florida bean
() The large, roundish, flattened seed of Mucuna urens. See under Bean. |
Florida bean
() One of the very large seeds of the Entada scandens. |
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 |
Ignatius bean
() See Saint Ignatius's bean, under Saint. |
Pichurim bean
() The seed of a Brazilian lauraceous tree (Nectandra Puchury) of a taste and smell between those of nutmeg and of sassafras, -- sometimes used medicinally. Called also sassafras nut. |
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 bean
() Same as Florida bean. |
Tonca bean
() See Tonka bean. |
Tonka bean
() The seed of a leguminous tree (Dipteryx odorata), native of Guiana. It has a peculiarly agreeable smell, and is employed in the scenting of snuff. Called also tonquin bean. |
Tonquin bean
() See Tonka bean. |
Water plant
() A plant that grows in water |
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 |
Mexican bean beetle
bean beetle
Epilachna varivestis | introduced into the United States from Mexico, feeds on the foliage of the bean plant |
bean weevil
Acanthoscelides obtectus | larvae live in and feed on growing or stored beans |
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 |
blackfly bean aphid
Aphis fabae | blackish aphid that infests e.g. beans and sugar beets |
woolly aphid
woolly plant louse | secretes a waxy substance like a mass of fine curly white cotton or woolly threads |
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 |
Castor
genus Castor | type genus of the Castoridae: beavers |
Old World beaver
Castor fiber | a European variety of beaver |
New World beaver
Castor canadensis | a variety of beaver found in almost all areas of North America except Florida |
| assembly plant | a factory where manufactured parts are assembled into a finished product |
beaver
castor | a hat made with the fur of a beaver (or similar material) |
| bottling plant | a plant where beverages are put into bottles with caps |
caster
castor | a pivoting roller attached to the bottom of furniture or trucks or portable machines to make them movable |
| caster castor | a shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling powdered sugar |
| castor oil | a purgative extracted from the seed of the castor-oil plant, used in paint and varnish as well as medically |
| 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 |
attic
bean
bonce
noodle
noggin
dome | informal terms for a human head |
| 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 |
| bean dip | a dip made of cooked beans |
castor sugar
caster sugar | very finely granulated sugar that was formerly sprinkled from a castor |
jelly bean
jelly egg | sugar-glazed jellied candy |
bean curd
tofu | cheeselike food made of curdled soybean milk |
| bean sprout | any of various sprouted beans: especially mung beans or lentils or edible soybeans |
bean
edible bean | any of various edible seeds of plants of the family Leguminosae used for food |
| goa bean | Old World tropical bean |
| common bean | any of numerous beans eaten either fresh or dried |
| kidney bean | large dark red bean, usually dried |
navy bean
pea bean
white bean | white-seeded bean, usually dried |
| pinto bean | mottled or spotted bean of southwestern United States, usually dried |
black bean
turtle bean | black-seeded bean of South America, usually dried |
| fresh bean | beans eaten before they are ripe as opposed to dried |
| green bean | immature bean pod eaten as a vegetable |
snap bean
snap | tender green beans without strings that easily snap into sections |