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Wig TreenounMWEOld World shrub having large plumes of yellowish feathery flowers resembling puffs of smokeverified
Wild GeraniumnounMWEcommon wild geranium of eastern North America with deeply parted leaves and rose-purple flowersverified
Wild HollyhocknounMWEa rare mallow found only in Illinois resembling the common hollyhock and having pale rose-mauve flowersverified
Wild LeeknounMWEcoarse Old World perennial having a large bulb and tall stalk of greenish purple-tinged flowersverified
Wild LicoricenounMWENorth American plant similar to true licorice and having a root with similar propertiesverified
Wild Lily of the ValleynounMWENorth American evergreen with small pinkish bell-shaped flowers and oblong leaves used formerly for shinplastersverified
Wild LiquoricenounMWENorth American plant similar to true licorice and having a root with similar propertiesverified
Wild LupinenounMWEstout perennial of eastern and central North America having palmate leaves and showy racemose blue flowersverified
Wild MandrakenounMWENorth American herb with poisonous root stock and edible though insipid fruitverified
Wild Meadow LilynounMWEcommon lily of the eastern United States having nodding yellow or reddish flowers spotted with brownverified
Wild OnionnounMWEany of various plants of the genus Allium with edible bulbs found growing wildverified
Wild OrangenounMWEsmall fast-growing spiny deciduous Chinese orange tree bearing sweetly scented flowers and decorative but inedible fruit: used as a stock in grafting and for hedgesverified
Wild OxnounMWEany of various wild bovines especially of the genera Bos or closely related Bibosverified
Wild PansynounMWEa common and long cultivated European herb from which most common garden pansies are derivedverified
Wild ParsleynounMWEany of various uncultivated umbelliferous plants with foliage resembling that of carrots or parsleyverified
Wild ParsnipnounMWEbiennial weed in Europe and America having large pinnate leaves and yellow flowers and a bitter and somewhat poisonous rootverified
Wild PeanutnounMWEvine widely distributed in eastern North America producing racemes of purple to maroon flowers and abundant (usually subterranean) edible one-seeded pods resembling peanutsverified
Wild PinknounMWEperennial of eastern and central North America having short-stalked pink or white flowers in hairy clustersverified
Wild PitchnounMWEan errant pitch that the catcher cannot be expected to catch and that allows a base runner to advance a baseverified
Wild PotatonounMWEerect or spreading perennial of southwestern United States and Mexico bearing small pale brown to cream-colored tubers resembling potatoesverified
Wild Potato VinenounMWEtropical American prostrate or climbing herbaceous perennial having an enormous starchy rootverified
Wild PumpkinnounMWEperennial vine of dry parts of central and southwestern United States and Mexico having small hard mottled green inedible fruitverified
Wild RosemarynounMWEbog shrub of northern and central Europe and eastern Siberia to Korea and Japanverified
Wild SarsaparillanounMWEcommon perennial herb having aromatic roots used as a substitute for sarsaparillaverified
Wild SarsparillanounMWEcommon perennial herb having aromatic roots used as a substitute for sarsaparillaverified
Wild SpinachnounMWEleafy greens collected from the wild and used as a substitute for spinachverified
Wild Sweet PeanounMWEperennial subshrub of eastern North America having downy leaves yellowish and rose flowers andverified
Wild Sweet Potato VinenounMWEtropical American prostrate or climbing herbaceous perennial having an enormous starchy rootverified
Wild TamarindnounMWEcommon thorny tropical American tree having terminal racemes of yellow flowers followed by sickle-shaped or circinate edible pods and yielding good timber and a yellow dye and mucilaginous gumverified
Wild VanillanounMWEperennial of southeastern United States with leaves having the fragrance of vanillaverified
Wild WinterpeanounMWEa weak-stemmed winter annual native to Mediterranean region for long established in southern United Statesverified
Wild YamnounMWEhaving a rhizome formerly dried and used to treat rheumatism or liver disordersverified
Wild Yellow LilynounMWEcommon lily of the eastern United States having nodding yellow or reddish flowers spotted with brownverified
Wildcat StrikenounMWEa strike undertaken by workers without approval from the officials of their unionverified
Willow OaknounMWEmedium to large deciduous oak of the eastern United States having long lanceolate leaves and soft strong woodverified