| adaptation |
a particular change in the body of a living thing that helps the animal or plant to survive under new conditions. An adaptation happens over a very long time. [1/4 definitions] |
| adult |
an animal or plant that is fully grown and mature. [1/4 definitions] |
| alfalfa |
a plant with purple flowers that is grown as food for cattle and horses. Alfalfa is a member of the legume family of plants. |
| anatomical |
of or relating to the structure of a plant or animal. |
| anemone |
a type of plant related to the buttercup that has large white, blue, purple, or red flowers. |
| annual |
a plant that grows for only one year or one season. [1/3 definitions] |
| artichoke |
a plant like a tall thistle with a flower head made up of thick leaves. The head of the artichoke is eaten as a vegetable. |
| asparagus |
a plant related to the lily, whose young shoots are cooked and eaten as a vegetable. The shoots are shaped like spears with scaly leaves at the tip. |
| aster |
a plant with white, pink, blue, or purple flowers. The flowers are made up of many narrow petals around a yellow center. |
| aubergine |
the British word for eggplant, a plant grown for its dark purple, oval fruit. Aubergine is eaten as a vegetable. |
| bamboo |
a tropical grass plant that has hard, woody, hollow stalks. Bamboo stalks grow straight and tall, and very quickly. Many kinds of bamboo grow as high as a tree. [2 definitions] |
| banana |
a long, curved fruit that has a thick yellow skin. It grows in bunches on a tall tropical plant. |
| barley |
a plant that is like grass and whose grains are used to make food. [2 definitions] |
| bean |
any plant which grows beans. [1/4 definitions] |
| beet |
a plant whose leaves and fleshy dark red root can be eaten. |
| begonia |
a tropical plant with bright flowers in many colors. The leaves are often streaked or spotted. |
| biennial |
a plant with a life cycle of two years. [1/5 definitions] |
| blade |
a plant leaf. [1/4 definitions] |
| blight |
a plant disease that destroys parts or all of a plant. [1/3 definitions] |
| blossom |
the flower of a plant which forms a seed or fruit. [1/4 definitions] |
| boll weevil |
a small beetle with a gray body and a long snout. It lays eggs in the seed pods of the cotton plant where they hatch and cause much damage to crops. |