Plant Kingdom Flashcards
A plant’s male organ
Stamen
Rye and wheat hybrid
Tritacale
“stinging plant”
stinging nettles
Term for how deciduous trees lose their leaves
Abscession
“Quaking” tree
Aspen
Largest hickory tree
Pecan tree
Madonna type of flower
Lily
Digitalis source
Foxglove
World’s most massive tree
Giant Sequoia
Kentucky hybrid lettuce pioneer
Bibb
Leaf openings
stomata
Vanilla-flavoring flower
Orchid
French “la prune” (fruit)
Plum
Tangerine and grapefruit hybrid
Tangelo
Tiny chinese orange
Kumquat
Red-stalked vegetable
Rhubarb
Chicory vegetable
Radish
“Shasta” flower
Daisy
Tree turpentine comes from
Pine
Adriatic fruit
fig
Jerusalem vegetable
Artichoke
Vichysoisse vegetables
Leeks and potatoes
Yellow pear shaped fruit
Guava
Greening fruit
Apple
Rose family fruit
Quince
Bowling pin wood
Maple
Rochester New York festival (flowers)
Lilac festival
Florida tree with stilt-like roots
Mangrove
Pomelo relative
Grapefruit
Star fruit
Carambola
French currant
Raisin
Black and English type tree
Walnut
Flowering plant
angiosperm
Plant that lives for many years
Perennial
Plant that tolerates salt
Halophyte
Purple flower of Scotland
Marigold
Chick peas - a.k.a.
Garbanzo beans
“Bald” everglades tree
Cypress
Fruit named for Moroccan city
Tangerine
An oak’s main root
Tap root
A plant’s female organ
Pistil
Pascal vegetable
Celery
Small golden fruit
Apricot
Cymbidium - the flower of Thailand
Orchid
Hubbard’s butternut or acorn vegetable
Squash
Plant that lives for one year
Annual
Long moss of American south
Spanish moss
Morello - marasca - maraschino
Cherries
Tropical fruit from which papain is obtained
Papaya
Vine that grows 4 inches per day
Kudzu
Seedless grape
Thompsons’
Kon Tiki raft material
Balsa
European aubergine
Eggplant
Baseball bat wood
Ash
Jelly grape
Concord
Oldest Living Tree
Bristle Cone Pine (5100yrs)
Clingstone and freestone fruit
Peach
Tree that the Bounty sought
Breadfruit tree
Chutney relish fruit - “the peach of the tropics”
Mango
Largest single family of succulents
Cacti
Carnation family
Pink
Common name for the Helianthus
Sunflower
Rope fiber plant
Hemp
Algae and fungus living as a single unit
Lichen
Tall flower grown for seeds
Sunflower
Silk coton tree
Kapok
Tree with many supporting roots and trunks
Banyan tree
Alligator pear
Avocado
Chicken Divan Vegetable
Broccoli
A plant’s fertilized ovule
Seed
Common name for the yellow daisy
Black-eyed Susan
Savoy or collard vegetable
Cabbage
Banyan tree fruit
Fig
Mexican potato
Jicama
Fruit used in peach Melba sauce
Raspberry
Lisbon fruit
Lemon
Crocus and gladiola family
Iris
Evaporation of water from leaves
Transpiration
Linzer tort fruit
Raspberry
Hawaiian root crop
Taro
World’s tallest tree
California Redwood
French “la raison” (fruit)
Grape
Tree on Lebanon’s flag
Cedar
Russian thistle
Tumbleweed
Sword lily type
Gladiola
King Alfred Narcissus type of flower
Daffodil
non-flowering plant
Gymnosperm
Trees that do not shed leaves
Coniferous
Plant that lives for two years
Biennial
Tallest cactus
Saguaro
Damson or greengage fruit
Plum
Cooking banana
Plantain
Lens shaped vegetable - highest in protein
lentil
“A la florentine” vegetable
Spinach
Violet dye plant
Indigo
Red dye plant
Henna
Tropical fruit with five-pound seeds
Mango
Heading vegetable
Broccoli
Sacred flower of Buddhism
Lotus
Flower used in codeine and morphine
Poppy
Miniature cabbage from Belgium
Brussles sprouts
Yellow turnip
Rutabaga
Pollen producer at the end of the stamen
Anther
Man who developed dozens of uses for peanuts
George Washington Carver
Japanese flower
Chrysanthemum
Botanist who developed the spineless cactus
Luther Burbank
Cactus fruit
Prickly pear
Traditional mother’s day flower
Carnation
Tree that sheds its leaves annually
Deciduous
Winesap - Baldwin and Northern Spy
Apples
Linseed oil is from this plant
Flax
Chinese fruite related to longan
Lichi nut
Blue gum tree
Eucalyptus
“Fuzzy” New Zealand fruit
Kiwi
Bigarade fruit
Orange
Gumbo vegetable
Okra
Chinese cabbage
Bok Choy
Man who planted apple trees throught the Ohio valley
Johhny Appleseed
Canoe wood
Birch
White carrot
Parsnip
Yukon gold vegetable
Potato
Fertility symbol (fruit)
Pomegranate
Fastest growing grass
Bamboo
Raspberry and Blackberry hybrid
Loganberry
Tropical pumpkin shaped melon
Casaba
Fruit measured in hands
Banana