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The seed of this tree used as a colouring or in Latin American cooking.
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(dialectal, now chiefly Caribbean and Southern US, especially Louisiana) An avocado.
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A vine of the genus Ampelopsis
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Solanum tuberosum andigena
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Withania somnifera, a stout shrub that produces red berry-like fruit, native to India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
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(Hawaii) Zingiber zerumbet, a plant in the ginger family.
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The cabbage palmetto (Sabal palmetto), a palm of the southeastern US coasts and nearby islands.
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The tropical vine Entada rheedei, which bears the cacoon.
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A container made from the mature, dried shell of the fruit of one of the above plants; also, a similarly shaped container made from some other material.
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Lagenaria siceraria, of African origin, long widely cultivated for its fruit, used as containers.
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The edible fruit of this plant.
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Any of various plants taken from ancient Polynesia and transplanted to other Pacific islands.
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Cebu maguey; a fiber from the leaves of Agave cantala.
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Alternative form of caper bush [The bush (of genus Capparis) on which capers grow.]
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(herbs) Any other geranium species that has a similar smell
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Dioscorea villosa (Chinaroot, wild yam)
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(obsolete) Colocynth, a viny plant bearing extremely bitter fruit.
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Alternative form of copaiba [Any of several South American trees of the genus Copaifera]
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Kaempferia galanga, a plant resembling ginger.
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Angelica sinensis, a herb native to China, used in traditional Chinese medicine.
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A plant related to ginger, Boesenbergia rotunda, with finger-like roots used as a spice.
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The large seed of Entada scandens.
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(South Africa) A plant formerly used to provide alkaline ashes for soap-making, Salsola aphylla.
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A small medicinal verbenaceous shrub of the West Indies, etc.
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The plant that produces this rhizome.
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Ginkgo biloba, a tree native to China with small, fan-shaped leaves and edible seeds.
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The root of such a plant, or an extract of these roots.
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Any of several species of passion flowers of tropical America.
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(South Africa) A shrub, Euclea divinorum; its fruit can be fermented to produce vinegar.
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Commiphora wightii, a flowering plant most common in northern India, with thin papery bark and thorny branches; resin extracted from the plant, used in traditional medicine.
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A tropical American agave, Agave fourcroydes, whose thick, sword-shaped leaves yield a coarse reddish fibre used in making rope etc.
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A Central American plant with sweet-scented leaves used to flavor food, Piper auritum
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Podophyllum peltatum (mayapple), a toxic, herbaceous perennial plant with edible fruit.
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Apios americana (American potato-bean), a terrestrial plant native to eastern North America;
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Humulus japonicus, a vine, native to East Asia, considered invasive in other areas where it can overgrow plants including small trees.
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The palm tree Butia capitata.
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Abrus precatorius, a legume native to Indonesia with long, pinnate-leafleted leaves, whose toxic seeds ("jequirity bean") may be used as beads or in percussion instruments.
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An annual herb (Corchorus olitorius) cultivated in Syria and Egypt as a potherb, and in India for its fiber; jute mallow.
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The dried seeds of this plant, used as a purgative or anthelmintic.
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A South African plant of the dogbane family, Fockea edulis, with edible roots.
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Hibiscus cannabinus, an annual or biennial herbaceous plant found mainly in Asia.
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The Japanese bellflower Platycodon grandiflorum
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An Australian plant, Solanum centrale, with pungent edible fruits that resemble raisins when dried.
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(proscribed) A related plant with similar uses and flavor, Boesenbergia rotunda.
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Ipomoea lobata, a Brazilian vine related to morning glory.
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A sweet-tasting protein extracted from the seed of mabinlang, a Chinese plant.
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A plant of the genus Xanthosoma, yielding edible tubers.
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(Australia) The pencil yam, Vigna lanceolata.
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(Caribbean) The plant Ruellia tuberosa.
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Any of several deciduous trees of the genus Prosopis found in North America, and used as forage, which have long, beige seed/bean pods which may be dried and ground into a sweet, nutty flour.
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A Mexican shrub, Lippia graveolens, unrelated to true oregano, but with leaves that smell and taste like like it.
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Pithecellobium dulce (blackbead)
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A species of shrub, Corchorus olitorius, used for fiber and as a food.
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Abelmoschus moschatus, abelmosk, native to India.
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Alternative form of myrobalan [A plum-like fruit from various trees of the genus Terminalia, formerly used in medicine and now in the dyeing industry; also, the tree itself.]
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nipa, mangrove palm (Nypa fruticans)
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Solanum mammosum, an inedible tropical fruit native to South America.
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especially Atriplex hortensis
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The castor oil plant, Ricinus communis.
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A narcotic snuff prepared from the seeds of Anadenanthera peregrina, a South American tree.
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(obsolete) A passion flower cultivated for its fruit.
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Trichosanthes cucumerina (Sinhalese usage).
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The astringent pods of Caesalpinia paipai, a Brazilian plant used in tanning.
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Eggcorn of plantar wart.
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A tropical Brazilian plant related to arrowroot, Maranta leuconeura, grown as a houseplant for its attractive foliage.
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Hibiscus sabdariffa, the roselle, a Hibiscus species native to the Old World tropics.
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A Brazilian tree, the monkey pot (any of several species in the genus Lecythis).
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A tropical climbing plant (Ipomoea tuberosa) related to the morning glory.
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(East Africa) A traditional green vegetable in the genus Solanum, specifically Solanum nigrum, and sometimes Solanum macrocarpon, Solanum scabrum, and Solanum villosum.
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The crop pulaka (Cyrtosperma merkusii).
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A velvet tamarind (Dialium spp.).
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The seed of ramtill (Guizotia abyssinica).
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A Southeast Asian tropical plant related to ginger, Etlingera elatior, with pink buds used as a seasoning and spectacular red flowers.
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Synonym of traveller's palm
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A Malayan plant whose roots are a significant source of rotenone, Derris malaccensis.
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Any edible root of a plant used by Native Americans of colonial-era Virginia.
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A Southeast Asian herb used in food for its lemon flavor, especially in Vietnamese cuisine, Elsholtzia ciliata
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A species of palm tree, Socratea exorrhiza, which is said to use its complex root system to "walk" across the rainforest floor.
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Brabejum stellatifolium, native to South Africa
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Any of several species of Asarum, especially Asarum caudatum and Asarum canadense.
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Any climbing vine of the genus Dioscorea in the Eastern and Western hemispheres, usually cultivated.
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Hoja santa, a Central American plant with sweet-scented leaves used to flavor food, Piper auritum.
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