| Definition/Meaning | Word/Phrase |
|---|
| poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States; has white bark and leaves with whitish undersurfaces |
abele
,
aspen poplar
,
Populus alba
,
silver-leaved poplar
,
white aspen
,
white poplar
|
| any of various deciduous or evergreen ornamental shrubs of the genus Abelia having opposite simple leaves and cymes of small white or pink or purplish flowers; Asia and Mexico |
abelia
|
| plant having heads of fragrant white trumpet-shaped flowers; grows in sandy arid regions |
Abronia elliptica
,
snowball
,
sweet sand verbena
|
| dark band in the spectrum of white light that has been transmitted through a substance that exhibits absorption at selective wavelengths |
absorption band
|
| evergreen Australasian tree having white or silvery bark and young leaves and yellow flowers |
Acacia dealbata
,
mimosa
,
silver wattle
|
| mostly trailing cacti having nocturnal white flowers; tropical America and Caribbean region |
Acanthocereus
,
genus Acanthocereus
|
| 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
|
| maple of the Pacific coast of the United States; fruits are white when mature |
Acer negundo Californicum
,
California box elder
|
| common North American maple tree; five-lobed leaves are light green above and silvery white beneath; source of hard close-grained but brittle light-brown wood |
Acer saccharinum
,
silver maple
|
| any of several plants of the genus Achillea native to Europe and having small white flowers in flat-topped flower heads |
achillea
|
| Eurasian herb having loose heads of button-shaped white flowers and long grey-green leaves that cause sneezing when powdered |
Achillea ptarmica
,
sneezeweed yarrow
,
sneezewort
|
| black and white |
achromatic
|
| color lacking hue; white or grey or black |
achromatic color
,
achromatic colour
|
| black or white or neutral |
achromatic
,
monochrome
|
| fragrant European mint having clusters of small violet-and-white flowers; naturalized especially in eastern North America |
Acinos arvensis
,
basil balm
,
basil thyme
,
mother of thyme
,
Satureja acinos
|
| medium-sized shrubby tree of South Africa having thick leathery evergreen leaves and white or pink flowers and globose usually two-seeded purplish black fruits |
Acocanthera oblongifolia
,
Acocanthera spectabilis
,
poison arrow plant
,
winter sweet
|
| any of various usually poisonous plants of the genus Aconitum having tuberous roots and palmately lobed leaves and blue or white flowers |
aconite
|
| North American herb with white poisonous berries |
Actaea alba
,
doll's eyes
,
white baneberry
,
white bead
,
white cohosh
|
| North American perennial herb with alternately compound leaves and racemes of small white flowers followed by bright red oval poisonous berries |
Actaea rubra
,
red-berry
,
red baneberry
,
redberry
,
snakeberry
|
| 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
|
