Zhilikam t'Svailar t'Terra

Below you will find terminology you might find associated with Terran cultivated flowers, wildflowers and other flowering plants. We have included alternate foreign names for some items. (We have a separate page on Terran trees, so most of the trees will not be repeated here.)


Acidic soil -- sash-solek
Acidophilic (adj.) -- sash-ashauk
Adaptation -- rubilaya
Africa -- Ahfrikuh
African daisy -- deizi t'Ahfrikuh
African violet -- vai'o'luht t'Ahfrikuh
Alkaline soil -- sovash-solek
Allergy -- tehn-folaya
Alpine buttercup -- pid-kunel-buhtuhr'kuhp
Alpine columbine -- pid-kunel-kaluhm'bain
Alpine zone -- pid-kunel-shal
Alstroemeria (Peruvian lily) -- Alstro'imeriuh
Amaranthus -- ahmuhrahnthuhs
Amaryllis -- ahmuhrihlihs
Amazon Jungle -- Nu'ri-Masu-Laptra t'Amazonas
Anemone -- uh'nemuhni
American beautyberry (French mulberry) -- vaksur-nei-savas t'Uhmerikuh
American bladdernut -- sa'haf-kov-savas t'Uhmerikuh
Angiosperm -- wein-nei-kastik
Anther -- lesh-patam t'kas-sa-nei
Anthurium (tailflower, flamingo flower, laceleaf) -- ahn'thuhriuhm
Aperture -- sharu
Apex -- um
Aplanate (adj.) -- pa'ashtrupik
Apple blossom -- ahpuhl-svai
Applegate's paintbrush -- kras-achut t'Ahpuhl'geit
Aquatic (adj.) -- masu-hatik
Arabian jasmine (pikake, sampaguita, melati putih) -- dzahz'mihn t'Arabiuh
Arrowleaf balsamroot -- kliton-moralik balsuhm-gir
Arrowleaf groundsel -- kliton-moral-graund'zuhl
Asia -- Eizhuh
Asiatic dayflower (mouse ears, dew herb) -- gad-svai t'Eizhuh
Aster -- ahstuhr
Australia -- Astreilyuh

Baby blue eyes -- pla-kur-bezhular t'kan-bu
Baby's breath (Gypsophila) -- esh t'kan-bu
Bark -- lap-wadi
Barrel cactus -- subok-kahktuhs
Basophilic (adj.) -- sovash-ashauk
Bead-lily -- zaab-lihli
Beardtongue -- hisahk-lahv
Bells of Ireland -- kus-vakhlar t'Eruh
Bipinnate -- dah-patik
Bird of paradise -- kushel t'khra-lork
Bird's eyes -- kushel-bezhunlar
Black cohosh (black bugbane, black baneberry, black snakeroot, fairy candle) -- nesh-kur ko'hash
Black currant -- nesh-kur-kuhruhnt
Black-eyed Susan -- nesh-kur-bezhunalik Suzuhn
Bladder (botany) -- sa'haf
Blanket flower -- yuk-sai-svai
Blight -- luk-has
Bloodroot (red Indian paint, red puccoon) -- khaf-gir
Bloom -- svai (n.), svai-tor (v.)
Blooming (n.) -- svai-tu'ashya
Blue cohosh -- pla-kur ko'hash
Blue-eyed Mary (Spring blue-eyed Mary, Eastern blue-eyed Mary, innocence, Lady-by-the-Lake) -- pla-kur-bezhunalik Meri
Blue huckleberry -- pla-kur huhkuhl-nei-savas
Bluebell bellflower (bluebell, harebell, Bluebell-of-Scotland, blue rain flower, heathbells, witch's thimbles) -- pla-kur kus-vakh-svai
Bluebonnet -- pla-kur ko-patam-wein
Bluehearts (American bluehearts, prairie bluehearts, plains bluehearts) -- pla-kur khaf-spollar
Bougainvillea -- buguhn'vihliuh
Bouquet -- tremuhral-svaitra
Bract -- svai-mor
Bracteate -- svai-mor-mayik
Branch -- gel (general), kas-gel (bush); lap-gel (tree)
Brewer's lupine -- lu'pain t'Bruwuhr
Bride's bouquet -- tremuhral-svaitra t'ko-tel-vansu
Brown-eyed Susan (thin-leaf coneflower, three-lobed coneflower) -- khav-kur-bezhunalik Suzuhn
Bud -- svai-mur (flower only), krus-mur (leaf, stem, etc.)
Bulb -- kas-mur
Bulbous buttercup -- samural-buhtuhr'kuhp
Bunchberry (bunchberry dogwood, dwarf dogwood, Canadian bunchberry, dwarf cornel, creeping dogwood) -- detra-nei-savas
Bupleurum -- bu'pluhruhm
Buttercup -- buhtuhr'kuhp
Butterfly weed -- buhtuhr'flai-vedik

California poppy -- papi t'Kahlih'fornyuh
Calla (lily) -- kahluh|-lihli|
Calypso orchid (fairy slipper, Venus slipper, angel slipper) -- orkihd t'Kuh'lihpso
Canopy -- lap-wein-tin
Carnation (œillet, incarnat, anjer, Nelke, garofano, clavel, γαρύφαλλο, гвоздика, karanfil) -- kar'neishuhn
Carolina elephant's foot (leafy elephantfoot) -- eluh'fuhnt-ash'ya t'Kero'lainuh
Carolina geranium (Carolina cranesbill) -- dzhuhreiniuhm t'Kero'lainuh
Carpel -- kas-ko-krus
Castilleja (Indian paintbrush, harsh paintbrush, cliff paintbrush, prairie-fire, figwort) -- kasti'yei'ha
Catchfly -- kahch'flai |kum-flai|
Cell -- nala
Cherry blossom -- tcheri-svai
Chicory -- tchihkuhri
Chinese lantern (ground cherry, tomatillo) -- yonet t'Tchainuh
Chlorophyll -- kas-yar-kurek
Chocolate cosmos -- tchakluht-kaz'mos
Cholla -- tcholuh, tchoya
Christmas lily -- lihli t'Krihst'muhs
Christmasberry (Carolina wolfberry, Carolina desert-thorn, creeping wolfberry, toyon, California holly) -- nei-savas t'Krihst'muhs
Chromosome -- toltra
Chrysanthemum (mum, chrysanthème, chrysant, Winteraster, crisantemo, χρυσάνθεμο, хризантема, kasımpatı, 菊, 菊花) -- krih'sahnthuh'muhm
Closed canopy -- ikap-lap-wein
Cloud forest -- wan-vok-laptra
Clover -- klovuhr
Coast -- gef
Coast strawberry -- gef-stra'beri |solektra-nei-savas t'gef|
Coastal plant -- gef-kastik
Columbine -- kaluhm'bain
Common arrowhead (arrowleaf, burhead, wapato, duck-potato, broadleaf arrowhead) -- tsuk-kliton-sfek
Common barberry -- tsuk-bar'beri |tsuk mofek-nei-savas|
Common daylily (tawny daylily, orange daylily) -- tsuk-gad-lihli
Common evening primrose (evening star, sun drop, sundrop) -- tsuk-khru-prihm'roz
Common heather (ling) -- tsuk-heðuhr
Competition -- kuhlaya
Coneflower -- ikun-svai
Corn poppy (Shirley poppy) -- korn-papi
Cornflower (bachelor's buttons) -- korn-svai
Coxcomb -- kak-sazasfek
Coyote melon (wild gourd) -- kai'oti-meluhn
Creek dogwood -- pi'pilash-dag'wuuhd |pi'pilash-dag-lapan|
Creeping bluet (mountain bluet, thymeleaf bluet, Appalachian bluet, Michaux’s bluet) -- klissaun-blu'et
Crimson bee balm (scarlet bergamot, scarlet beebalm, Oswego tea) -- hirat-kur bi-balm
Crimson clover (Italian clover) -- hirat-kur klovuhr
Crimson columbine -- hirat-kur kaluhm'bain
Crowberry -- kro'beri |kro-nei-savas|
Cultivation -- sokasitaya
Cutleaf geranium (cut-leaved cranesbill) -- nesh-mor-dzhuhreiniuhm
Cutleaf toothwort -- nesh-mor-tuth'wort |nesh-moralik zud-wort|

Daffodil (affodille, affodil, gele narcis, Narzisse, giunchiglia, narciso, ασφόδελος, бледно-желтый нарцис) -- dahfo'dihl, dahfuh'dihl
Dahlia -- dahliuh, daliuh
Daisy -- deizi
Dandelion -- dahndi'lai'uhn
Deciduous (adj.) -- set-morik
Deformity -- riyeht-shid'es
Delphinium -- del'fihniuhm
Dense blazing star (marsh gayfeather, spike gayfeather) -- ihn-yonan-yel
Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) -- sash t'dah-ha-svitan |SDH|
Desert (n.) -- eshikh
Devil's club -- muhd t'Devuhl
Dispersal -- saganaya
Dog rose -- dag-roz
Dogwood -- dag'wuuhd |dag-lapan|
Drummond phlox -- flaks t'Druhmuhnd
Drupe -- kahm-savas
Drupelet -- pi'kahm-savas
Dwarf cinquefoil -- kobsu-sahnk'foi'uhl

East Africa -- She'rak-Ahfrikuh
Easter lily -- lihli t'Ovakeshtan
Eastern daisy fleabane -- she'rak deizi-fli-bein |she'rak deizi-samm-nemtruk|
Eastern red columbine (wild columbine) -- she'rak yon-kur kaluhm'bain
Ebracteate -- rik'svai-morlar
Ecological niche -- ha-sha'ti
Ecology (study) -- malat-tal
Ecosphere -- ha-ek'shal
Ecosystem -- ha-ek'torektra
Ecotype -- shal-ha-ves
Edelweiss -- eiduhl'vais
Elderberry -- elduhr'beri |elduhr-nei-savas|
Environment -- ek'sitra
Epiphyte -- fi-vath-kastik
Equatorial Africa -- Dahs-Da-Kuvik Ahfrikuh
Equatorial America -- Dahs-Da-Kuvik Uhmerikuh
Europe -- Yuropuh
Evergreen -- kwon-morik (adj.); kwon-mor-kastik, kwon-mor-lap (n.)
Evergreen forest -- kwon-mor-laptra
Evolution -- wakrubaya
Exotic (adj.) -- akan|-| (not native); ritsuri|-| (unusual)
Extinct (adj.) -- ek'tevik

Fairy wand (devil's bit, false unicorn root, blazing star, grubroot, squirrel tail, rattlesnake-root) -- pu'a-zaipos-fek
False garlic (crowpoison) -- riyeht-gar'lihk
Filament -- pi'elakh, pelakh
Fire pink (scarlet catchfly) -- yon-faf-kur
Firethorn -- yon-kaslisfek
Fireweed (narrow-leaf fireweed, willow herb, rosebay willow herb, blooming Sally) -- yon-vedik
Flora -- kastra
Floret -- wuh-svai-krus
Flower -- svai (n.); svai-tor (v.)
Flowering cherry -- svayan-tcheri-lap
Flowering dogwood -- svayan-dag'wuuhd |svayan-dag-lapan|
Flowering plant -- svayan-kastik
Flowering plum -- svayan-pluhm-lap
Forest -- laptra
Forest barberry -- laptra-bar'beri |mofek-nei-savas t'laptra|
Foxglove (Digitalis) -- faks'gluhv |faks-el'rukhut|
Fraser's sedge (Fraser's cymophyllus) -- sedzh t'Freizhuhr
Freesia -- frizhuh, friziuh
Fructification -- savasaya
Fructify -- savasau
Fructose -- savas-slor-tukh
Fruit -- savas (n.); savasau (v.)
Fuchsia -- fyushuh
Fungus -- luk

Garden (n.) -- bah-ker
Garden rose -- bah-ker-roz
Gardenia -- gar'dinyuh, gar'diniuh
Gene -- tol
Genome -- tol-var
Genotype -- tol-ves
Genus -- komak
Geophyte -- ne-lesh-kastik
Geranium -- dzhuhreiniuhm
Gerbera -- guhrbuhruh
Giant red paintbrush -- masuk yon-kur kras-achut
Gladiolus (glaïeul, zwaardlelie, Gladiole, Schwertlilie, gladiolo, γλαδιόλα, гладиолус, glayöl) -- glahdi'oluhs
Glume -- nen-svai-mor
Gold yarrow -- kin-kur-yero
Goldenrod -- golduhn'rad |kin-kur-fek|
Goldenseal (orangeroot) -- golduhn'siuhl |kin-kur-fenul|
Gooseberry -- gus'beri |gus-nei-savas|
Gorse (common gorse, furze, whin) -- gors
Grassland(s) -- yartra
Gray's lupine -- lu'pain t'Grei
Green-headed coneflower (cutleaf coneflower) -- yar-kur-patamalik ikun-svai
Grooveburr -- gruv'buhr
Ground (n.) -- solektra
Ground rose -- solektra-roz
Groundnut (potato bean, Indian potato, Virginia potato, wild bean, wild sweet potato) -- solektra-kov-savas
Grove -- pi'laptra
Growing season -- to'ovau-tevun-yonuk
Growth -- to'ovaya
Gymnosperm -- riwein-nei-kastik
Gynoecium -- ko-svai-krus

Hairy bittercress (hoary bittercress) -- isachyal-sfith-kres
Hairy cat's ear (false dandelion) -- isachyal-kaht-kaluk
Halophilic -- alem-ashauk
Halophyte -- alem-solektra-kastik
Harlequin lupine -- klaun-lu'pain
Heather -- heðuhr
Hekistotherm -- pid-samek-kastik
Heliconia -- helih'koniuh
Heliophyte -- ek'ha'gel-kastik
Helophyte -- ulef-masu-kastik
Henderson's shooting star -- hashan-yel t'Henduhr'suhn
Herb -- bar-got
High desert plant -- kastik t'pid-eshikh
High-elevation forest -- pid-pidek-laptra
Honeysuckle -- huhni'suhkuhl
Hot-rock penstemon (scabland penstemon, hot-rock beardtongue) -- fal-kov-pen'steman
Humidity -- sov-masu'es
Humus -- ha-solek
Hyacinth (jacinthe, hyacint, Hyazinthe, giacinto, jacinto, υάκινθος, гиацинт, sümbül) -- hai'uh'sihnth
Hybrid (n.) -- rish-ha-vel
Hydrangea -- hai'dreindzhuh
Hydrophyte -- pid-masu'es-kastik
Hygrophilous (adj.) -- masu-shal-ashauk
Hypericum -- hai'perihkuhm

Iceland poppy -- papi t'Is'land
Indian blanket (Indian blanketflower, firewheel) -- yuk-sai t'salat-uhmerikasular
Indigenous (adj.) -- salatik
Inflorescence -- wek-svai-velek
Infructescence -- wek-savas-velek
Iris (lis, regenboogvlies, Regenbogenhaut, giaggiolo, lirio, ίρις, ирис, süsen) -- airihs

Jasmine -- dzahz'mihn
Jeffrey shooting star -- hashan-yel t'Dzhefri
Jungle -- nu'ri-masu-laptra

Kangaroo paw -- kahnguh'ru-ash'ya

Laminate (adj.) -- tinik
Lanceolate (adj.) -- li-wun-shidik
Large-flowered bellwort -- suk-svayalik kus-vakh-wort
Larkspur -- larkspuhr
Laurel -- loruhl
Laurel sumac -- loruhl-su'mahk
Leaf -- mor
Leaflet -- wuh-mor-krus
Legume -- sazh
Lemma -- nuk-svai-mor
Leptospermum -- lepto'spuhrmuhm
Lewis' monkeyflower -- muhnki-svai t'Luwihs
Liatris -- li'ahtrihs
Light (n.) -- ha'gel
Lighting -- ha'gelan
Lilac -- lai'lahk
Lily (lis, lelie, Lilie, giglio, lirio, κρίνος, лилия, zambak, ユリ, 百合) -- lihli
Lily of the valley (lily-of-the-valley, muguet, lelietje-van-dalen, Maiglöckchen, mughetto, lirio de los valles, κρίνος της κοιλάδας, ландыш) -- lihli t'ku-li
Limonium -- li'moniuhm
Lisianthus -- lihsi'ahnthuhs
Little elephant's head -- pi'eleh'fuhnt-patam
Long-day plant -- wu-gad-kastik
Longevity -- wu'nil'es
Lotus -- lotuhs
Low desert plant -- kastik t'nuk-eshikh
Low-elevation forest -- nuk-pidek-laptra
Lupine -- lu'pain, lu'pihn

Macroclimate -- suk'shal-ek'nosh
Mangrove forest -- alem-flash-laptra
Mangrove swamp -- alem-flash
Manzanita -- mahnzuh'nituh
Marigold (souci, goudsbloem, Ringelblume, calendula, κατιφές, ноготки, kadife çiçeği) -- merih'gold
Marsh -- masu-kastra
Marsh marigold -- masu-kastra-merih'gold
Maryland golden aster -- kin-kur ahstuhr t'Merih'luhnd
Maturation -- vin
Mature (adj.) -- vinik
Meadow -- ne-yartra
Meadow penstemon -- ne-yartra-pen'steman
Meiosis -- ulef-nala-dahsaya
Mesic (adj.) -- svi-masu'es-kasik
Mesophyte -- svi-masu'es-kastik
Metabolism -- di'kish-torek
Mexican hat -- taik t'Me'hiko
Microtubule -- numo-pi'mev
Mineral soil -- ek'tukh-solek
Missouri primrose -- prihm'roz t'Mih'zuhri
Mitosis -- ek'nala-dahsaya
Mixed woodland -- rish-lap-shal
Moisture -- masu'es
Monoecious -- ka-kasik
Mossy forest -- yekuhl-laptra
Mountain angelica (filmy angelica) -- suk'kunel-ahn'dzhelihkuh
Mountain bush honeysuckle (hairy bush honeysuckle, riverbank bush honeysuckle) -- suk'kunel-lab'pi-huhni'suhkuhl
Mountain dogwood (Pacific dogwood) -- suk'kunel-dag'wuuhd |suk'kunel-dag-lapan|
Mountain monkeyflower -- suk'kunel-muhnki-svai
Mountain pride -- suk'kunel-yau
Mountain strawberry -- suk'kunel-stra'beri |solektra-nei-savas t'suk'kunel|
Mutation -- tselaya

Narcisus (narcisse, narcis, Narzisse, narciso, νάρκισσος, нарцисс, nergis) -- nar'sihsuhs
Native (adj.) -- salat-, salatik
Nature -- malat
New England aster (Michaelmas-daisy) -- ahstuhr t'Nu Ingluhnd
New Jersey tea (wild snowball, mountain sweet, redroot) -- tchai t'Nu Dzhuhrzi
New Zealand -- Nu Ziluhnd
Niche -- sha'ti
North Africa -- Desh'rak-Ahfrikuh
North America -- Desh'rak-Uhmerikuh
Northern dewberry (common dewberry) -- desh'rak nei-savas t'asal-masu
Nut -- kov-savas
Nutrient -- yem-tanek

Omithoalum -- o'mihtho'aluhm
Opium poppy -- opiuhm-papi
Orange blossom -- orihndzh-svai
Orange coneflower -- zhar-kur ikun-svai
Orchard -- lap-bah-ker
Orchid (orchidée, orchidea, orquídea, ορχιδέα, орхидея, orkide, 蘭) -- orkihd
Oregon grape (creeping Oregon grape, creeping barberry) -- greip t'Ori'guhn
Organic soil -- hatan-solek
Osmosis -- k'fai-sanek
Ovary -- kas-yukal
Ox-eyed daisy (oxeye, oxeye daisy) -- aks-bezhunal-deizi

Pale evening primrose (white evening primrose, pale-stemmed evening primrose) -- spoh-khru-prihm'roz
Palea -- abu-svai-mor
Palmate (adj.) -- sau-krusik
Panicle -- wehkon-svai-teluk
Pansy (pensée, tapette, viooltje, Stiefmütterchen, viola del pensiero, pensamiento, πανσές, hercai menekşe) -- pahnzi
Papyrus -- puh'pairuhs
Parallel evolution -- vlavla-wakrubaya
Peach blossom -- pich-svai
Pear blossom -- per-svai
Peony -- piuhni, pi'oni
Petal -- kur-mor
Petiole -- mor-pi'fek
Philadelphia fleabane -- fli-bein t'Fihluh'delfiuh |samm-nemtruk t'Fihluh'delfiuh|
Photoperiod -- ha'gel-wak-krus
Photosynthesis -- ha'gel-fereikan
Phylum -- ha-ves
Pickerel weed -- pihkuhruhl-vedik
Pink ladies (showy evening primrose, pink primrose) -- faf-kur kosular
Piper's anemone (windflower) -- uh'nemuhni t'Paipuhr
Pistil -- kas-ko-krus
Pitcher plant -- masusek-kastik
Plant -- kastik
Playa -- eshikh-eiktra
Plumeria -- plu'meriuh
Pod -- tvi'haf
Poinsettia (Weihnachtsstern, αλεξανδριανό, пуансеттия, ポインセチア) -- poin'setiuh
Pokeweed (pokeberry) -- pok'wid |kwozh-vedik|
Pollen -- kas-sa-nei
Poppy -- papi
Potato dandelion (potato dwarf dandelion, colonial dwarf-dandelion) -- puh'teito-dahndi'lai'uhn
Prairie -- pseth-yar-eiktra
Prairie fleabane (lesser daisy fleabane) -- fli-bein t'pseth-yar-eiktra |samm-nemtruk t'pseth-yar-eiktra|
Prairie mimosa (Illinois bundleflower, prickleweed, Illinois desmanthus) -- mih'mosuh t'pseth-yar-eiktra
Prickly pear (nopal) -- lisfekal-per
Primitive flower -- os-shidik svai
Primrose -- prihm'roz
Protea -- protiuh, pro'tei'uh
Purple deadnettle (red deadnettle, purple archangel) -- gahv-kur tevik netuhl
Purple prairie clover -- gahv-kur klovuhr t'pseth-yar-eiktra
Purple-flowering raspberry (thimbleberry) -- gahv-kur-svayanik shethesh-nei-savas
Purple tansy (lacy phacelia) -- gahv-kur tahnzi
Pyrophyte -- yon-kastik

Quantum evolution -- sposhan-wakrubaya
Queen Anne's lace -- tu'ash-og-vel t'Ko-Te'kor Ahn

Raceme -- svai-teluk
Rain -- sov-masu (n.), sov-mashau (v.)
Rain forest -- sov-masu-laptra
Rainfall -- sov-masu-tev
Rainy season -- tevun-yonuk t'sov-masu
Ranunculus -- rahnuhnkyuluhs
Red clover (cowgrass) -- yon-kur klovuhr
Red corn poppy (Flanders poppy) -- yon-kur korn-papi
Red currant -- yon-kur-kuhruhnt
Red huckleberry -- yon-kur huhkuhl-nei-savas
Red-osier dogwood (redosier dogwood, western dogwood, American dogwood) -- yon-kur-osihr dag'wuuhd
Reproduce -- kanashivau
Reproduction -- kanashivaya
Rhizome -- ne-solektra-pi'fek
Rhizosphere -- gir-shal
Ribonucleic acid (RNA) -- sash t'wuh-ha-svitan |SWS|
Ripe (adj.) -- piyah|-|
Ripening (n.) -- piyahtaya
Rocket larkspur -- yon-hashek-larkspuhr
Root -- gir
Root pressure -- gir-vihish
Rose (roos, rosa, τριαντάφυλλο, ρόζα, роза, gül) -- roz
Rose angel -- roz-eindzhuhl
Rose mallow -- roz-mahlo
Roundleaf catchfly -- pauk-mor-kahch'flai |pauk-moralik kum-flai|
Royal catchfly -- te'krul-kahch'flai |te'krul-kum-flai|
Runner -- sak-fek

Saline soil -- alem-solek
Salmonberry -- sahmuhn'beri |sahmuhn-nei-savas|
Salt marsh -- alem-masu-kastra
Sap -- kas-khaf
Sapling -- kan-lap
Sawtooth blackberry (southern blackberry, highbush blackberry) -- neshek-zudalik nesh-kur nei-savas
Scarlet flax -- ug'yon-kur flahks
Scarlet monkeyflower -- ug'yon-kur muhnki-svai
Scarlet sage -- ug'yon-kur seidzh
Sciophyte -- duvek-kastik
Seed (n.) -- nei
Self-pollination -- shai-kas-vikantaya
Sepal -- svai-mor
Serrated (adj.) -- zudlar-shidik
Sexual reproduction -- guv-kanashivaya
Shasta daisy -- deizi t'Okunel Shahstuh
Shepherd's needles (Spanish needles, romerillo, common beggar's-tick, hairy beggarticks, cobbler's pegs) -- og-lumlar t'ship-fulagsu
Short-day plant -- pen-gad-kastik
Shrub -- labah
Shrub yellowroot -- labah kin-kur-gir
Sierra butterweed -- buhtuhr-vedik t'Si'eruh Suk'kunellar
Sierra lessingia -- lesihndzhiuh t'Si'eruh Suk'kunellar
Sierra penstemon -- pen'steman t'Si'eruh Suk'kunellar
Single-stemmed groundsel -- wuh-kas-fekalik graund'zuhl
Slender Gerardia (slenderleaf false foxglove) -- wonil-Dzhuhrardiuh
Slender toothwort -- wonil-tuth'wort |wonil-zud-wort|
Slenderstalk beeblossom (slender gaura) -- wonil-fekalik bi-svai
Small camas (quamash) -- pi-kahmuhs
Snapdragon -- snahp'drahguhn
Snow plant -- izh-kastik
Snowberry -- sno'beri |izh-nei-savas|
Soil -- solek
South Africa -- Khu'rak-Ahfrikuh
South America -- Khu'rak-Uhmerikuh
Southern harebell (small bonny bellflower, southern bellflower, southern bluebell) -- khu'rak her-kus-vakh
Species -- koshtri
Spike (n.) -- lisfek
Spikelet -- pi'lisfek
Spikenard (elk clover) -- spaik'nard
Stamen -- kas-sa-krus
Starch (n.) -- slok
Statice -- stahtihs
Stellate (adj.) -- yel-shidik
Stem (n.) -- kas-fek
Stephanotis -- stefuhnotihs
Stipule -- mor-nen-vel
Stock (n.) -- fek
Stolon -- sak-fek
Stoma -- kas-sharu
Structure (n.) -- velek
Subalpine paintbrush -- ne-pid-kunelik kras-achut
Subalpine zone -- ne-pid-kunelik shal
Subclimax tropical rain forest -- nu'ri-masu-laptra
Subshrub -- ne-labah
Subspecies -- ne-koshtri
Sucrose -- potau-slor-tukh
Sulfur cinquefoil (roughfruit cinquefoil) -- vlau-tukh-kur sahnk'foi'uhl
Sunflower (helianthus, tournesol, zonnebloem, Sonnenblume, girasole, girasol, ηλιοτρόπιο, подсолнечник, ayçiçeği) -- ug'yel-svai
Swamp (n.) -- flash
Sweet alyssum -- slor-uh'lihsuhm
Sweet briar -- slor-brai'uhr
Sweet William -- slor-Wihl'yuhm

Tahoka daisy (prairie aster) -- Ta'hoka-deizi
Taiga -- samek-laptra
Tall bellflower (American bellflower) -- ha-vol kus-vakh-svai
Tannin -- kas-khav-kurek
Tassel rue (false bugbane, Carolina bugbane) -- geldaun-vel-ru
Tea rose -- tchai-roz
Testa -- nei-wein
Texas bluebonnet -- pla-kur ko-patam-wein t'Teksuhs
Texas paintbrush -- kras-achut t'Teksuhs
Texture -- lef'es
Thallophyte -- rinatilau-kastik
Thimbleberry (Western thimbleberry, salmonberry, mountain sorrel, white-flowering raspberry, Western thimble raspberry) -- thihmbuhl'beri |kaur-ozh-paklashik nei-savas|
Thimbleweed (tall anemone) -- thihmbuhl'wid |kaur-ozh-paklashik vedik|
Thorn -- kaslisfek
Tiny bluet (small bluet, least bluet) -- mapi-blu'et
Tissue -- nalatra
Toadflax (spurred snapdragon) -- tod-flahks
Topsoil -- skonn-solek
Transpiration -- kas-samasu-eshan
Tree -- lap
Trout lily (yellow dogtooth violet, yellow adder's tongue, yellow trout-lily) -- traut-lihli
Tropical montane forest -- falu-suk'kunel-laptra
Tropical rain forest -- falu-masu-laptra
Tropical seasonal forest -- falu-yonuk-laptra
Trunk -- lap-fek
Tuber -- ne-solektra-korsayek
Tuberose -- tub'roz |mev-roz|
Tulip (tulipe, tulp, Tulpe, tulipano, tulipán, τουλίπα, тюльпан, lâle) -- tu'lihp
Twig -- pi'gel
Twinberry -- twihn'beri |dah-nei-savas|
Two-flower Cynthia (two-flower dwarf dandelion) -- dah-svai-Sihnthiuh
Twoleaf anemone -- dah-mor-uh'nemuhni

Vegetable -- plom
Vegetation -- kastra
Vein (bot.) -- kastik-pi'mev, lap-pi'mev
Venation -- mor-mevaya
Venus' pride (large bluet, large houstonia, Summer bluet, purple bluet) -- yau t'Vinuhs
Viburnum -- vai'buhrhuhm
Vine -- kas-elakh
Violet -- vai'o'luht, vai'i'let
Virginia dayflower -- gad-svai t'Vuhr'dzhihnyuh

Wallflower -- temok-svai
Water hyacinth -- masu-hai'uh'sihnth
Water lily -- masu-lihli
Water snowflake -- masu-izh-wef
Waxflower -- fnath-svai
Weed (n.) -- vedik
West Africa -- Tev'rak-Ahfrikuh
White baneberry (doll's eyes) -- wan-kur bein'beri |wan-kur nemtruk-nei-savas|
White bergamot (basil bee balm) -- wan-kur buhrguh'mat
White clover -- wan-kur klovuhr
White crownbeard (frostweed, iceplant, Virginia crownbeard) -- wan-kur tarkiv-hisahk
White heath aster -- wan-kur hith-ahstuhr
Whorled wood aster (whorled aster, mountain aster, sharp-leaved aster) -- kurkuval-laptra-ahstuhr
Wild bergamot -- kwai-buhrguh'mat
Wild blue flax (Lewis flax, prairie flax) -- kwai pla-kur flahks
Wild geranium -- kwai-dzhuhreiniuhm
Wild grape -- kwai-greip
Wild hyacinth (Atlantic camas) -- kwai-hai'uh'sihnth
Wild lilac (buckthorn, deerbrush) -- kwai-lai'lahk
Wild mint -- kwai-mihnt
Wild rose -- kwai-roz
Wildflower -- kwai-svai
Wilderness (n.) -- shi'kwai
Wingstem (yellow ironweed) -- rala-kas-fek
Wood rose -- lapan-roz
Woodland(s) -- lap-shal
Woodland strawberry (California strawberry) -- lap-shal-stra'beri |solektra-nei-savas t'lap-shal|

Xanthophyll -- kas-kin-kurek
Xerophyte -- nuk-masu'es-kastik
Xylem -- tvi-tin t'lap-vukhut
Xylose -- lapan-slor-tukh

Yarrow -- yero
Yellow avalanche lily (glacier lily) -- kin-kur izh-skish-lihli
Yellow cosmos -- kin-kur kaz'mos
Yellow crownbeard -- kin-kur tarkiv-hisahk
Yellow fairybells (yellow mandarin) -- kin-kur pu'a-kus-vakhlar
Yellowbells (yellow fritillary, yellow missionbells, gold bell) -- kin-kur kus-vakhlar

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