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- centipede chiefly nocturnal predacious arthropod having a flattened body of 15 to 173 segments each with a pair of legs, the foremost pair being modified as prehensors
- periwinkle chiefly trailing poisonous plants with blue flowers
- manzanita chiefly evergreen shrubs of warm dry areas of western North America
- wrasse chiefly tropical marine fishes with fleshy lips and powerful teeth; usually brightly colored
- capsicum chiefly tropical perennial shrubby plants having many-seeded fruits: sweet and hot peppers
- family dipsacaceae chiefly southern European herbs with flowers usually in dense cymose heads
- dogbane family chiefly tropical trees or shrubs or herbs having milky juice and often showy flowers; many are sources of drugs
- gentian family chiefly herbaceous plants with showy flowers; some are cultivated as ornamentals
- sapindaceae chiefly tropical New and Old World deciduous and evergreen trees and shrubs bearing leathery drupes with yellow translucent flesh; most plants produce toxic saponins
- palm family chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines usually having a tall columnar trunk bearing a crown of very large leaves; coextensive with the order Palmales