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Plants & Trees — Lesson 12

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carnations
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carnations

kɑːrˈneɪʃənz
Eurasian plant with pink to purple-red spice-scented usually double flowers; widely cultivated in many varieties and many colors
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carrots
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carrots

deep orange edible root of the cultivated carrot plant
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cashew
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cashew

kəˈʃuː
tropical American evergreen tree bearing kidney-shaped nuts that are edible only when roasted
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catgut
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catgut

ˈkætɡʌt
perennial subshrub of eastern North America having downy leaves yellowish and rose flowers and; source of rotenone
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catkin
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catkin

a cylindrical spikelike inflorescence
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cauliflower
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cauliflower

ˈkɑːl.ɪ.flaʊr
a plant having a large edible head of crowded white flower buds
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cayenne
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cayenne

kaɪˈjɛn
plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers; usually red
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cedars
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cedars

ˈsiːdərz
any of numerous trees of the family Cupressaceae that resemble cedars
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cereal
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cereal

grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat; rice; rye; oats; maize; buckwheat; millet
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cereals
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cereals

ˈsɪriəlz
grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat; rice; rye; oats; maize; buckwheat; millet
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chamomile
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chamomile

ˈkæməˌmaɪl
Eurasian plant with apple-scented foliage and white-rayed flowers and feathery leaves used medicinally; in some classification systems placed in genus Anthemis
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cheats
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cheats

tʃiːts
weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous
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