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81flowering moss — pyxie. [1855 60] * * * …
82flowering quince — any shrub belonging to the genus Chaenomeles, of the rose family, native to eastern Asia, having showy, waxy flowers and a quincelike fruit, grown widely as an ornamental. * * * ▪ plant any shrub of the genus Chaenomeles within the rose family… …
83flowering raspberry — a shrub, Rubus ordoratus, of eastern North America, having loose clusters of showy purplish or rose purple flowers and inedible, dry, red fruit. [1805 15] * * * …
84flowering tobacco — any plant belonging to the genus Nicotiana, of the nightshade family, as N. alata and N. sylvestris, having clusters of fragrant flowers that usually bloom at night, grown as an ornamental. * * * …
85flowering wintergreen. — See fringed polygala. [1810 20, Amer.] * * * …
86flowering rush — ▪ plant perennial freshwater plant native to Eurasia, now common throughout the north temperate zone. B. umbellatus is the only species of the family Butomaceae. Long, tapering leaves extend the full height of about 1 metre (about 40… …
87flowering plant — noun Any plant that produces flowers and fruit; an angiosperm …
88flowering plant — noun an angiosperm …
89flowering dogwood — flow′ering dog′wood n. pln the North American dogwood, Cornus florida, having tiny green flowers surrounded by large white or pink petallike bracts • Etymology: 1835–45 …
90flowering maple — flow′ering ma′ple n. pln any shrub of the genus Abutilon, of the mallow family, having large, bright colored flowers Also called abutilon …
