| amelia | (n) congenital absence of an arm or leg |
| bromelia | (n) the type genus of the family Bromeliaceae which includes tropical American plants with deeply cleft calyx |
| bromeliaceae | (n) a family of tropical American plants of order Xyridales including several (as the pineapple) of economic importance, Syn. family Bromeliaceae, pineapple family |
| bumelia | (n) deciduous or evergreen American shrubs small trees having very hard wood and milky latex, Syn. genus Bumelia |
| genus hamelia | (n) evergreen tropical American shrubs or small trees |
| hamelia | (n) any of several flowering tropical or subtropical shrubs of the genus Hamelia |
| melia | (n) type genus of the Meliaceae: East Indian and Australian deciduous trees with leaves resembling those of the ash, Syn. genus Melia |
| meliaceae | (n) tropical trees and shrubs including many important timber and ornamental trees, Syn. family Meliaceae, mahogany family |
| meromelia | (n) congenital absence of part of an arm or leg |
| parmelia | (n) type genus of the Parmeliaceae; a large genus of chiefly alpine foliaceous lichens, Syn. genus Parmelia |
| parmeliaceae | (n) a family of lichens, Syn. family Parmeliaceae |
| phocomelia | (n) an abnormality of development in which the upper part of an arm or leg is missing so the hands or feet are attached to the body like stumps; rare condition that results from taking thalidomide during pregnancy, Syn. seal limbs |
| camellia | (n) any of several shrubs or small evergreen trees having solitary white or pink or reddish flowers, Syn. camelia |
| chinaberry | (n) tree of northern India and China having purple blossoms and small inedible yellow fruits; naturalized in the southern United States as a shade tree, Syn. Melia azedarach, China tree, pride-of-India, Melia azederach, azedarach, chinaberry tree, Persian lilac, azederach |
| earhart | (n) first woman aviator to fly solo nonstop across the Atlantic (1928); while attempting to fly around the world she disappeared over the Pacific (1898-1937), Syn. Amelia Earhart |
| false buckthorn | (n) deciduous tree of southeastern United States and Mexico, Syn. black haw, Bumelia lanuginosa, chittimwood, chittamwood, shittimwood |
| nation | (n) United States prohibitionist who raided saloons and destroyed bottles of liquor with a hatchet (1846-1911), Syn. Carry Amelia Moore Nation, Carry Nation |
| neem | (n) large semi-evergreen tree of the East Indies; trunk exudes a tenacious gum; bitter bark used as a tonic; seeds yield an aromatic oil; sometimes placed in genus Melia, Syn. nim tree, Melia Azadirachta, neem tree, Azadirachta indica, arishth, margosa |
| scarlet bush | (n) handsome shrub with showy orange to scarlet or crimson flowers; Florida and West Indies to Mexico and Brazil, Syn. coloradillo, scarlet hamelia, Hamelia patens, Hamelia erecta |
| southern buckthorn | (n) shrubby thorny deciduous tree of southeastern United States with white flowers and small black drupaceous fruit, Syn. shittimwood, mock orange, Bumelia lycioides, shittim |
| Bromeliaceous | a. [ Named after Olaf Bromel, a Swedish botanist. ] (Bot.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a family of endogenous and mostly epiphytic or saxicolous plants of which the genera Tillandsia and Billbergia are examples. The pineapple, though terrestrial, is also of this family. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| camelia | n. any of several shrubs or small evergreen trees having solitary white or pink or reddish flowers; the camellia.
Syn. -- camellia. [ WordNet 1.5 ] |
| Cimeliarch | n. [ L. cimeliarcha, Gr. &unr_;, treasurer. ] A superintendent or keeper of a church's valuables; a churchwarden. [ Obs. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Meliaceous | a. (Bot.) Pertaining to a natural order (Meliacae) of plants of which the genus Melia is the type. It includes the mahogany and the Spanish cedar. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Parmelia | prop. n. The type genus of the Parmeliaceae; a large genus of chiefly alpine foliaceous lichens.
Syn. -- genus Parmelia. [ WordNet 1.5 ] |
| パイナップル科 | [パイナップルか, painappuru ka] (n) Bromeliaceae (the bromeliad family of plants) [Add to Longdo] |
| 花車椿 | [はなぐるまつばき, hanagurumatsubaki] (n) hanakuruma camelia; Camellia japonica var. [Add to Longdo] |
| 海豹肢症 | [あざらしししょう, azarashishishou] (n) phocomelia [Add to Longdo] |
| 神楽獅子 | [かぐらじし, kagurajishi] (n) kagurajishi camelia; Camellia japonica var. [Add to Longdo] |
| 栴檀;楝 | [せんだん, sendan] (n) (1) (uk) chinaberry; Japanese bead tree (Melia azedarach L.); (2) Indian sandalwood (Santalum album) [Add to Longdo] |
| 肥後椿 | [ひごつばき, higotsubaki] (n) higo camelia; Camellia japonica var. [Add to Longdo] |
| 蓮見白 | [はすみじろ;はすみしろ, hasumijiro ; hasumishiro] (n) hasumijiro camelia; hasumishiro camelia; Camellia japonica var. [Add to Longdo] |
