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Use for: gutta-percha

• A tough plastic substance from the latex of several Malaysian trees (especially Palaquium gutta) of the sapodilla family that resembles rubber but contains more resin and is used especially as insulation and in dentistry as a permanent filling in root canals.

• any of a class (Gymnospermae) of vascular plants that produce seeds not enclosed in an ovary, possess separate male and female reproductive strobili, and include the conifers, cycadophytes, gnetophytes, and gingko

Use for: daylily, daylilies

• daylily, any plant of the genus Hemerocallis of the family Hemerocallidaceae, consisting of about 15 species of perennial herbs distributed from central Europe to eastern Asia. Members of the genus have long-stalked clusters of funnel- or bell-shaped flowers that range in colour from yellow to red and are each short-lived (hence “day” lily). Daylilies also have fleshy roots and narrow, sword-shaped leaves that are grouped at the base of the plant.
• The daylily fruit is a capsule. Some species of Hemerocallis are cultivated as ornamentals or for their edible flowers and buds.

Use for: herbariums

• Here are entered works on collections of dried plant specimens, usually mounted and arranged for botanical reference. Works on individual herbaria are entered under the name of the herbarium.

Use for: equine

• a large solid-hoofed herbivorous ungulate mammal (Equus caballus, family Equidae, the horse family) domesticated since prehistoric times and used as a beast of burden, a draft animal, or for riding

• a genus of Asiatic herbs with racemose trumpet-shaped flowers