| Definition/Meaning | Word/Phrase |
|---|
| ancient Greek colony on the Asiatic side of the Dardanelles; scene of the legend of Hero and Leander |
Abydos
|
| climbing Asiatic vine having long finely serrate leaves and racemes of white flowers followed by greenish-yellow edible fruit |
Actinidia arguta
,
bower actinidia
,
tara vine
|
| small Asiatic woody vine bearing many-seeded fruit |
Actinidia
,
genus Actinidia
|
| African or Asiatic herbs with daisylike flowers |
African daisy
|
| Asiatic epithet for Rhea or Cybele |
Agdistis
|
| Asiatic grass introduced into United States rangelands for pasture and fodder |
Agropyron intermedium
,
Elymus hispidus
,
intermediate wheatgrass
|
| showy crested Asiatic duck; often domesticated |
Aix galericulata
,
mandarin duck
|
| attractive domed or flat-topped Asiatic tree having bipinnate leaves and flowers with long silky stamens |
Albizia julibrissin
,
Albizzia julibrissin
,
silk tree
|
| Asiatic onion with slender bulbs; used as early green onions |
Allium fistulosum
,
Japanese leek
,
Welsh onion
|
| small grey Asiatic desert plant bearing minute white flowers that rolls up when dry and expands when moist |
Anastatica hierochuntica
,
resurrection plant
,
rose of Jericho
|
| large Asiatic tree having hard marbled zebrawood |
Andaman marble
,
Diospyros kurzii
,
marble-wood
,
marblewood
|
| broad-leaved evergreen Asiatic shrub with glossy leaves and drooping clusters of white flowers |
andromeda
,
Japanese andromeda
,
lily-of-the-valley tree
,
Pieris japonica
|
| genus of delicate Asiatic orchids |
Anoectochilus
,
genus Anoectochilus
|
| evergreen Asiatic trees now grown through the tropics: breadfruit; jackfruit |
Artocarpus
,
genus Artocarpus
|
| genus of Asiatic wild oxen |
Asian wild ox
|
| mat-forming evergreen Asiatic plant with finely cut leaves and small pink to burgundy flowers; grown as ground cover |
Astilbe chinensis pumila
,
dwarf astilbe
|
| Asiatic plant resembling spinach often used as a potherb; naturalized in Europe and North America |
Atriplex hortensis
,
garden orache
,
mountain spinach
|
| small genus of chiefly east Asiatic hardy terrestrial orchids similar to genus Bletia |
Bletilla
,
genus Bletilla
|
| Asiatic plant grown for its cluster of edible white stalks with dark green leaves |
bok choi
,
bok choy
,
Brassica rapa chinensis
,
Chinese white cabbage
,
pakchoi
,
pak choi
|
| moderate-sized Asiatic moth whose larvae feed on mulberry leaves and produce silk |
bombycid
,
bombycid moth
,
silkworm moth
|
