Plants & Trees — Lesson 8

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beet

biːt

biennial Eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible root; widely cultivated as a food crop

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beets

biːts

biennial Eurasian plant usually having a swollen edible root; widely cultivated as a food crop

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begonia

bɪˈɡoʊniə

any of numerous plants of the genus Begonia grown for their attractive glossy asymmetrical leaves and colorful flowers in usually terminal cymes or racemes

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begonias

bɪˈɡoʊniəz

any of numerous plants of the genus Begonia grown for their attractive glossy asymmetrical leaves and colorful flowers in usually terminal cymes or racemes

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belladonna

ˌbeləˈdɑːnə

perennial Eurasian herb with reddish bell-shaped flowers and shining black berries; extensively grown in United States; roots and leaves yield atropine

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betel

ˈbiːtəl

Asian pepper plant whose dried leaves are chewed with betel nut (seed of the betel palm) by southeast Asians

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bilberry

ˈbɪlˌbɛri

erect European blueberry having solitary flowers and blue-black berries

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birch

bɜːrtʃ

hard close-grained wood of any of various birch trees; used especially in furniture and interior finishes and plywood

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bittersweet

ˈbɪtərˌswiːt

poisonous perennial Old World vine having violet flowers and oval coral-red berries; widespread weed in North America

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blackjack

ˈblæk.dʒæk

a common scrubby deciduous tree of central and southeastern United States having dark bark and broad three-lobed (club-shaped) leaves; tends to form dense thickets

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blades

bleɪdz

especially a leaf of grass or the broad portion of a leaf as distinct from the petiole

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blinks

blɪŋks

small Indian lettuce of northern regions