| Definition/Meaning | Word/Phrase |
|---|
| bay on the Mediterranean Sea in northern Egypt |
Abukir
,
Abukir Bay
|
| any plant of the genus Acanthus having large spiny leaves and spikes or white or purplish flowers; native to Mediterranean region but widely cultivated |
acanthus
|
| town and port in northwestern Israel in the eastern Mediterranean |
Accho
,
Acre
,
Akka
,
Akko
|
| arm of the Mediterranean between Slovenia and Croatia and Montenegro and Albania on the east and Italy on the west |
Adriatic
,
Adriatic Sea
|
| group of islands off the west coast of Sicily in the Mediterranean |
Aegadean Islands
,
Aegadean Isles
,
Aegates
,
Egadi Islands
,
Isole Egadi
|
| arm of the Mediterranean between Greece and Turkey; a main trade route for the ancient civilizations of Crete and Greece and Rome and Persia |
Aegean
,
Aegean Sea
|
| shrub of southwestern Mediterranean region having yellow daisylike flowers |
African daisy
,
Lonas annua
,
Lonas inodora
,
yellow ageratum
|
| chief port of Egypt; located on the western edge of the Nile delta on the Mediterranean Sea; founded by Alexander the Great; the capital of ancient Egypt |
Alexandria
,
El Iskandriyah
|
| evergreen Mediterranean tree with edible pods; the biblical carob |
algarroba
,
carob
,
carob bean tree
,
carob tree
,
Ceratonia siliqua
|
| republic in northwestern Africa on the Mediterranean Sea with a population that is predominantly Sunni Muslim; colonized by France in the 19th century but gained autonomy in the early 1960s |
Algeria
,
Algerie
,
Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria
|
| ancient port on the Mediterranean; the capital and largest city of Algeria |
Algerian capital
,
Algiers
|
| very short-stemmed plant with thick leaves with soothing mucilaginous juice; leaves develop spiny margins with maturity; native to Mediterranean region; grown widely in tropics and as houseplants |
Aloe vera
,
burn plant
|
| herbs of Mediterranean to central Asia cultivated for their flowers |
Amberboa
,
genus Amberboa
|
| small Mediterranean plant containing a volatile oil once used to relieve toothache |
Anacyclus pyrethrum
,
pellitory
,
pellitory-of-Spain
|
| region in southern Spain on the Atlantic and the Mediterranean; formerly a center of Moorish civilization |
Andalucia
,
Andalusia
|
| Mediterranean oat held to be progenitor of modern cultivated oat |
animated oat
,
Avene sterilis
,
wild red oat
|
| lily of eastern Mediterranean and the Balkans with broad funnel-shaped white flowers |
Annunciation lily
,
Lent lily
,
Lilium candidum
,
Madonna lily
,
white lily
|
| genus of Mediterranean herbs and shrubs |
Anthyllis
,
genus Anthyllis
|
| perennial native to the Mediterranean but widely cultivated for its purple or pink flowers |
Antirrhinum majus
,
Mediterranean snapdragon
|
| tuberous perennial having a cowl-shaped maroon or violet-black spathe; Mediterranean; Canaries; Azores |
Arisarum vulgare
,
friar's-cowl
|
