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Plants & Nature Vocabulary

Here is a list of plants and nature vocabulary that I have found very useful in my design purposes for naming places or things.

Atoll - A circular coral reef or string of coral islands that surround a lagoon.

Chinese parsley (coriander) - An herb used by the ancient Chinese for medicinal purposes. It was eaten to relieve indigestion and made into lotion to bathe patients with measels.

Garlic - An herb used by the ancient Chinese to treat colds, whooping cough, and other illnesses.

Fodder - The feed grown for livestock.

Hemp - A plant with tough fibers tha can be woven into fabric and rope.

Monsoon winds - WInds that change direction with the season.

Resin - A thick, waterproof, sticky substance obtained from some plants and trees.

Saguaro - A giant desert cactus with a sweet red fruit.

Tundra - A treeless area with permanently frozen subsoil that lies between the ice of the Arctic and the timber line of North America and Eurasia.

Yucca - An indigenous plant used by Native Americans. The chewed stem made an excellent paintbrush.