| ilex | an evergreen oak native to Europe. | |
| squirting cucumber | a Mediterranean plant, /Ecballium elaterium/, whose ripe fruit forcibly squirts seeds and juice. | |
| animated oat | a Mediterranean oat, /Avena sterilis/, whose spikelets twist on sudden exposure to moisture. | |
| neep | (Brit. dial.) a turnip. | |
| fimble | the male hemp plant. [ME /femaille/ |female|]. | |
| forb | an herb that is not a grass. | |
| scrog | (Scot.) a small bush or tree; /scrogs/ underbrush. | |
| dumb cane | a plant, /Dieffenbachia seguine/, of the West Indies, whose leaves cause temporary speechlessness when chewed. also |mother-in-law plant|. | |
| pepo | the fruit of a plant in the gourd family. | |
| pelargonium | a plant of the geranium genus. | |
| cauliflorous | (bot.) bearing fruit or flowers directly on the trunk or branches. [< /caulis/ stalk or stem] | |
| eddo | the taro's edible root. | |
| culm | a stalk, esp. of a grass. | |
| silique | (bot.) the seed vessel or pod of a cruciferous plant. | |
| encina | the live oak or California live oak. | |
| dionaea | Venus's flytrap. |