| Definition/Meaning | Word/Phrase |
| small fast-growing but short-lived fir of southern Alleghenies similar to balsam fir but with very short leaves |
Abies fraseri
,
Fraser fir
|
| larvae live in and feed on growing or stored beans |
Acanthoscelides obtectus
,
bean weevil
|
| growing with age |
accrescence
|
| root growing in an unusual location e.g. from a stem |
adventitious root
|
| plant growing on another plant for support but not nutrients |
aerophyte
,
air plant
,
epiphyte
|
| grass growing after mowing |
aftermath
,
rowen
|
| genus with one species that is a rapidly growing climbing vine with tuberous roots; grown in hot climates |
Agdestis
,
genus Agdestis
|
| organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age |
ageing
,
aging
,
senescence
|
| growing old |
aging
,
senescence
,
senescent
|
| class of people engaged in growing food |
agriculture
|
| deciduous rapidly growing tree of China with foliage like sumac and sweetish fetid flowers; widely planted in United States as a street tree because of its resistance to pollution |
Ailanthus altissima
,
tree of heaven
,
tree of the gods
|
| low-growing annual with yellow flowers dotted red; faintly aromatic of pine resin; Europe, British Isles and North Africa |
Ajuga chamaepitys
,
ground pine
,
yellow bugle
|
| growing white |
albescent
|
| low-growing creeping perennial of Central America having deeply fringed white flowers; sometimes placed in genus Episcia |
Alsobia dianthiflora
,
Episcia dianthiflora
,
lace-flower vine
|
| plant having basal grasslike leaves and a narrow open cluster of starlike yellowish-orange flowers atop a leafless stalk; southwestern United States; only species of Anthericum growing in North America |
amber lily
,
Anthericum torreyi
|
| open-growing shrub of eastern North America having pure white flowers and small waxy almost black fruits |
Amelanchier bartramiana
,
Bartram Juneberry
|
| North American plant having large leaves and yellowish green flowers growing in racemes; yields a toxic alkaloid used medicinally |
American hellebore
,
bugbane
,
Indian poke
,
Veratrum viride
,
white hellebore
|
| rock-inhabiting fern of northern North America growing in massive tufts and having fronds resembling parsley |
American parsley fern
,
American rock brake
,
Cryptogramma acrostichoides
|
| small slow-growing deciduous shrubby tree of dry sandy barrens of southeastern United States having leaves with bristle-tipped lobes resembling turkey's toes |
American turkey oak
,
Quercus laevis
,
turkey oak
|
| large slow-growing deciduous tree of the eastern United States having stout spreading branches and leaves with usually 7 rounded lobes; yields strong and durable hard wood |
American white oak
,
Quercus alba
|