tassel plant
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tassel flower — noun 1. young leaves widely used as leaf vegetables; seeds used as cereal • Syn: ↑love lies bleeding, ↑velvet flower, ↑Amaranthus caudatus • Hypernyms: ↑amaranth 2. tropical African annual having scarlet tassel shaped flower heads; sometimes… … Useful english dictionary
tassel — Teasel Tea sel, n. [OE. tesel, AS. t[=ae]sel, t[=ae]sl, the fuller s herb. See {Tease}.] [Written also {tassel}, {tazel}, {teasle}, {teazel}, and {teazle}.] 1. (Bot.) A plant of the genus {Dipsacus}, of which one species ({Dipsacus fullonum})… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
herbaceous plant — noun a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests • Syn: ↑herb • Derivationally related forms: ↑herbal (for: ↑herb) • Hypernyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
silk-tassel tree — noun also silk tassel : a plant of the genus Garrya; especially : an evergreen shrub or small tree (G. elliptica) of western Oregon and California with inconspicuous flowers in silky drooping racemes … Useful english dictionary
bay cedar — noun Etymology: bay (IX) 1. : a common Central American timber tree (Guazuma ulmifolia) with wood not unlike that of the American elm 2. : any of several plants of the genus Suriana (especially the tropical S. maritima) with alternate entire… … Useful english dictionary
Poaceae — ▪ plant family Introduction formerly called Gramineae grass family of monocotyledonous flowering plants, a division of the order Poales. The Poaceae are the world s single most important source of food. They rank among the top five… … Universalium
Garrya elliptica — Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked) … Wikipedia
Maize — This article is about the cereal grain, primarily known as corn in the United States. For other uses, see Maize (disambiguation). Corn redirects here. For other uses, see Corn (disambiguation). Maize Illustration depicting both male and female… … Wikipedia
Textile manufacturing terminology — The manufacture of textiles is one of the oldest of human technologies. In order to make textiles, the first requirement is a source of fibre from which a yarn can be made, primarily by spinning. (Both fibre and fiber are used in this article.)… … Wikipedia
Glossary of textile manufacturing — For terms specifically related to sewing, see Glossary of sewing terms. For terms specifically related to dyeing, see Glossary of dyeing terms. The manufacture of textiles is one of the oldest of human technologies. To make textiles, the first… … Wikipedia
