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White CamasnounMWEplant of eastern and central North America having creamy white flowers tinged with brown or purpleverified
White CampionnounMWEbluish-green herb having sticky stems and clusters of large evening-opening white flowers with much-inflated calyxverified
White CedarnounMWEsmall evergreen of eastern North America having tiny scalelike leaves on flattened branchletsverified
White CinnamonnounMWEhighly aromatic inner bark of the Canella winterana used as a condiment and a tonicverified
White Cinnamon TreenounMWElarge evergreen shrub or small tree having white aromatic bark and leathery leaves and small purple to red flowers in terminal cymesverified
White ClovernounMWEcreeping European clover having white to pink flowers and bright green leavesverified
White CocklenounMWEbluish-green herb having sticky stems and clusters of large evening-opening white flowers with much-inflated calyxverified
White DipladenianounMWEshrubby climber having glossy leaves and white funnel-shaped flowers with yellow throatsverified
White Dogtooth VioletnounMWENorth American dogtooth having solitary white flowers with yellow centers and blue or pink exteriorsverified
White ElmnounMWElarge ornamental tree with graceful gradually spreading branches common in eastern North Americaverified
White Fairy LanternnounMWEglobe lily having open branched clusters of egg-shaped white flowersverified
White FirnounMWEmedium to tall fir of central to western United States having a narrow erect crown and soft woodverified
White FlagnounMWEflag consisting of a piece of white cloth that is hoisted to signal surrender or to ask for a truceverified
White Fringed OrchidnounMWEbog orchid of eastern North America with a spike of pure white fringed flowersverified
White Fringed OrchisnounMWEbog orchid of eastern North America with a spike of pure white fringed flowersverified
White FritillarynounMWECalifornia herb with white conic or bell-shaped flowers usually tinged with greenverified
White FungusnounMWEa fungus that attacks living fish and tadpoles and spawn causing white fungus disease: a coating of white hyphae on especially peripheral parts (as fins)verified
White GoodsnounMWElarge electrical home appliances, such as refrigerators or washing machines, that are typically finished in white enamelverified
White HeathernounMWEheath of mountains of western United States having bell-shaped white flowersverified
White HelleborenounMWENorth American plant having large leaves and yellowish green flowers growing in racemesverified
White HoneysucklenounMWEshrub growing in swamps throughout the eastern United States and having small white to pinkish flowers resembling honeysuckleverified
White HorehoundnounMWEEuropean aromatic herb with hairy leaves and numerous white flowers in axillary cymesverified
White Horse NettlenounMWEweedy nightshade with silvery foliage and violet or blue or white flowersverified
White Lead OrenounMWEa mineral consisting of lead carbonate that is an important source of leadverified
White LettucenounMWEherb of northeastern North America having drooping clusters of yellowish-white flowersverified
White LilynounMWElily of eastern Mediterranean and the Balkans with broad funnel-shaped white flowersverified
White LupinenounMWEwhite-flowered Eurasian herb widely cultivated for forage and erosion controlverified
White MallownounMWEEuropean perennial plant naturalized in United States having triangular ovate leaves and lilac-pink flowersverified
White Man's BurdennounMWEthe supposed responsibility of the white race to provide care for their non-white subjectsverified
White MangrovenounMWEshrub to moderately large tree that grows in brackish water along the seacoasts of western Africa and tropical Americaverified
White MatternounMWEwhitish nervous tissue of the CNS consisting of neurons and their myelin sheathsverified
White Mountain AshnounMWElarge tree with dark compact bark on lower trunk but smooth and white aboveverified
White NoisenounMWEa noise produced by a stimulus containing all of the audible frequencies of vibrationverified
White OaknounMWEany of numerous Old World and American oaks having 6 to 8 stamens in each floret, acorns that mature in one year and leaf veins that never extend beyond the margin of the leafverified
White PagesnounMWEa telephone directory or section of a directory (usually printed on white paper) where the names of people are listed alphabetically along with their telephone numbersverified
White PinenounMWEany of several five-needled pines with white wood and smooth usually light grey bark when youngverified
White Pine Blister RustnounMWEany of several diseases of pines caused by rust fungi of the genus Cronartium and marked by destructive invasion of bark and sapwood and producing blisters externallyverified
White PopinacnounMWElow scrubby tree of tropical and subtropical North America having white flowers tinged with yellow resembling mimosa and long flattened podsverified
White PotatonounMWEannual native to South America having underground stolons bearing edible starchy tubersverified
White Potato VinenounMWEannual native to South America having underground stolons bearing edible starchy tubersverified