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babaco..........Carica pentagona
babaco..........Carica quercifolia
babacu..........Orbignya phalerata
babassu palm..........Orbignya phalerata
babool-bark..........Acacia nilotica
baboon root..........Babiana plicata
babosa..........Acrocomia mexicana
babsi..........Agave angustifolia
babul..........Acacia nilotica
babul..........Acacia nilotica
bacaba..........Oenocarpus bacaba
bacaba wine palm..........Oenocarpus distichus
baccaurea..........Baccaurea spp
bachang mango..........Mangifera foetida
bache..........Mauritia flexuosa
bacuri..........Moronobea grandiflora
bacuri..........Platonia esculenta
bacuri do parana..........Platonia esculenta
bacuru pary..........Rheedia macrophylla
bacury..........Platonia esculenta
badam..........Terminalia catappa
badan..........Saxifraga crassifolia
badderlock..........Laminaria esculenta
badea..........Passiflora quadrangularis
badiane..........Illicium verum
bagberi..........Saccharum spontaneum
bagoe..........Gnetum gnemon
bahama grass..........Cynodon dactylon
bahan..........Populus euphratica
bahia grass..........Paspalum notatum
bahia piassava..........Attalea funifera
bajra (India)..........Pennisetum americanum
bakeapple..........Rubus chamaemorus
bakupari..........Rheedia brasiliensis
balata..........Manilkara bidentata
balck pine..........Podocarpus spicata
balemo..........Ficus aspera
baleric myrobalan..........Terminalia bellerica
bali fig..........Ficus rumphii
ball tree..........Aegle marmelos
ballhead onion..........Allium sphaerocephalum
balloon vine..........Cardiospermum halicacabum
balm of heaven..........Umbellularia californica
balonja..........Calligonum polygonoides
balsam apple..........Momordica balsamina
balsam of peru..........Myroxylon balsamum var pereirae
balsam pear..........Momordica charantia
balsam spurge..........Euphorbia balsamifera
balsamino..........Momordica charantia
balsamo blanco..........Myroxylon balsamum var pereirae
balsamo de tolu..........Myroxylon balsamum var balsamum
balsamroot..........Balsamorhiza hookeri
balsamroot..........Balsamorhiza sagittata
balsamroots..........Balsamorhiza detoidea
baltracan..........Siler trilobum
bambar(r)a groundnut..........Voandzeia subterranea
bamboo..........Dendrocalamus strictus
bamboo..........Bambusa arundinacea
bamboo..........Bambusa tulda
bamboo..........Gigantochloa apus
bamboo..........Gigantochloa ater
bamboo..........Gigantochloa robusta
bamboo..........Gigantochloa verticillata
bamboo betong..........Dendrocalamus asper
bamboo palm..........Raphia vinifera
bambu comun..........Bambusa vulgaris
bambuk..........Butyrospermum parkii
bamiyahi..........Abelmoschus esculentus
banana..........Musa maculata
banana..........Musa rosacea
banana-passionfruit..........Passiflora mollissima
banarsi rai..........Brassica nigra
bancana..........Garcinia bancana
banda..........Albizzia falcataria
banewort..........Atropa belladonna
bank cress..........Sisymbrium officinale
banket melon..........Cucumis melo var flexuosus
banor..........Vigna unguiculata var sesquipedalis
bans..........Dendrocalamus strictus
banyah..........Abelmoschus esculentus
banyan..........Ficus benghalensis
baobab..........Adansonia digitata
baquil-blianca..........Boquila trifoliata
bara nimbu (India)..........Citrus medica
barbacoa..........Diospyros ebenaster
barbadine..........Passiflora quadrangularis
barbadino..........Desmodium barbatum
barbadoes cedar..........Cedrela odorata
barbadoes pride..........Adenanthera pavonia
Barbados aloe..........Aloe vera
Barbados cherry..........Malpighia glabra
Barbados gooseberry..........Pereskia aculeata
Barbados gooseberry..........Physalis peruviana
barbary gum..........Acacia gummifera
barbasco..........Lonchocarpus utilis
barbassu..........Orbignya phalerata
barbe de capuchin..........Cichorium intybus
barberry..........Berberis angulosa
barberry..........Berberis vulgaris
barberry fig..........Opuntia vulgaris
bard vetch..........Vicia monanthos
barnyard millet..........Echinochloa utilis
barrel clover..........Medicago truncatula
barrel medic..........Medicago truncatula
basilic commun..........Ocimum basilicum
basilic en arbre..........Ocimum gratissimum
basourinha..........Scoparia dulcis
bassu..........Manicaria saccifera
bassu..........Orbignya phalerata
basswood..........Tilia spp
bastard cardamom..........Amomum xanthioides
bastard cedar..........Guazuma tomentosa
bastard cedar..........Guazuma ulmifolia
bastard cherry..........Ehretia tinifolia
bastard fig..........Opuntia camanchica
bastard jute..........Hibiscus cannabinus
bastard mahogany..........Andira inermis
bastard millet..........Paspalum scrobiculatum
bastard mustard..........Gynandropsis gynandra
bastard parsley..........Caucalis daucoides
bastard siamese cardamom..........Amomum xanthioides
bataki..........Kaemferia galanga
batana..........Jessenia bataua
batata..........Ipomoea fastigiata
batata..........Ipomoea batatas
batata de aire..........Dioscorea bulbifera
batata-doce..........Ipomoea batatas
batate..........Ipomoea batatas
batate-douce..........Ipomoea batatas
batava palm..........Jessenia bataua
batavia cinnamon..........Cinnamomum burmannii
batavian dammer..........Shorea wiesneri
bateifun..........Scirpus tuberosus
batjan gum..........Agathis dammara
battledore barley..........Hordeum zeocriton
batu gum..........Agathis dammara
baume de copahu..........Copaifera officinalis
baume des champs..........Mentha arvensis
baumtomate..........Cyphomandra betacea
bay oil..........Pimenta racemosa
bay rum tree..........Pimenta racemosa
bayberry..........Myrica cerifera
beach morning-glory..........Ipomoea pes-caprae
beach plum..........Prunus maritima
beaked hazelnut..........Corylus rostrata
bean caper..........Zygophyllum fabago
bean tree..........Melia azadirachta
bean vine or wild bean..........Phaseolus polytachyus
bear huckleberry..........Gaylusacia ursina
bear plum..........Prunus ursina
bearberry..........Rhamnus purshiana
bearberry..........Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
bear's garlic..........Allium ursinum
bear's grape..........Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
beaverbread scurfpea..........Psoralea castorea
beaverwood..........Celtis occidentalis
bedstraw..........Galium aparine
bee balm..........Monarda didyma
beef-wood..........Ardisia coriacea
beggarlice..........Desmodium intortum
beggar's buttons..........Arctium majus
begonia..........Begonia barbata
begonia..........Begonia cucullata
begonia..........Begonia malabarica
begonia..........Begonia picta
bejetlan..........Lansium domesticum
bel..........Aegle marmelos
bela tree..........Aegle marmelos
belangera cimarrona..........Solanum torvum
belembe..........Xanthosoma brasiliense
belembe..........Xanthosoma sagittifolium
beleno..........Hyoscyamus niger
bell apple..........Passiflora laurifolia
bell isle cress..........Barbarea praecox
bell pepper..........Capsicum annuum
belladonna..........Atropa belladonna
bellerica terminalia..........Terminalia bellerica
bellflower..........Campanula edulis
bellwort..........Uvularia sessilifolia
belwort..........Uvularia perfiolata
ben aile..........Moringa oleifera
benda..........Artocarpus elasticus
Bengal bean..........Mucuna pruriens
Bengal cardamon..........Amomum aromaticum
Bengal chestnut..........Melocalamos compactiflorus
Bengal gamboge..........Garcinia venulosa
Bengal gram..........Cicer arietinum
Bengal grass..........Setaria italica
Bengal indigo..........Indigofera arrecta
Bengal quince..........Aegle marmelos
Bengal sage..........Meriandra benghalensis
benjamin bush..........Lindera benzoin
benjamin gum..........Styrax benzoin
bennels..........Phragmites australia
bent..........Calamus rotang
bentham's bancana..........Garcinia benthami
ber..........Zizyphus mauritiana
ber (India)..........Zizyphus mauritiana
berak laut..........Enhalus koenigii
berangan..........Castanopsis sumatrana
berenjena..........Solanum melongena
bergamont..........Citrus aurantium
bergamot..........Citrus aurantium subsp bergamia
bergamot..........Citrus bergamia
bermuda cedar..........Juniperus bermudiana
bermuda grass..........Cynodon dactylon
berro..........Nasturtium officinale
berseem clover..........Trifolium alexandrinum
bersim..........Trifolium alexandrinum
bet..........Calamus rotang
betel nut..........Areca catechu
betel palm..........Areca catechu
betel pepper..........Piper betle
betelvine..........Piper betle
bethu sag (India)..........Chenopodium album
beyrich's brier..........Smilax beyrichii
bhadlee..........Panicum pilosum
bhanbhendi..........Malachra capitata
bhotan pine..........Pinus excelsa
bibacier..........Eriobotrya japonica
biblical hyssop..........Origanum syriacum
bidens..........Bidens bigelovii
big bud hickory..........Carya tomentosa
big shellbark..........Carya sulcata
big shellbark hickory..........Carya lacinosa
bigarade..........Citrus aurantium
bignai..........Antidesma bunius
bigsting..........Urtica dioica
bija..........Bixa orellana
bijao (kuna)..........Calathea allouia
bilberry..........Vaccinium myrtillis
bilimbi..........Averrhoa bilimbi
billberry..........Vaccinium meridionale
billion dollar grass..........Echinochloa utilis
bindi..........Macrotyloma geocarpum
bindweed..........Calystegia sepium
bine..........Humulus lupulus
binjai mango..........Mangifera caesia
binucao..........Garcinia binucao
birch-leaved pear..........Pyrus betulaefolia
birch-rind yam..........Dioscorea aculeata
bird cherry..........Prunus padus
bird cherry..........Prunus pennsylvanica
bird chery..........Prunus avium
bird of paradise flower..........Strelitzia reginae
bird pepper..........Capsicum baccatum
bird pepper..........Capsicum frutescens
bird's foot trefoil..........Lotus corniculatis
bird's-eye pepper..........Capsicum baccatum
bird's-foot trefoil..........Lotus edulis
biriba..........Annona mucosa
biriba..........Rollinia deliciosa
biscuit grass..........Paspalum vaginatum
biscuitroot..........Peucedanum ambiguum
bishop's elder..........Aegopodum podagraria
bishop's leaves..........Scrophularia aquatica
bishop's weed..........Ammi visnaga
bishop's weed..........Trachyspermum ammi
bishop's weed..........Aegopodum podagraria
bistort..........Polygonum bistorta
bitter apple..........Citrullus colocynthis
bitter ash..........Picraena excelsa
bitter cassava..........Manihot esculenta
bitter cress..........Barbarea arcuata
bitter cress..........Cardamine amara
bitter gourd..........Citrullus colocynthis
bitter gourd..........Momordica charantia
bitter melon..........Momordica charantia
bitter orange..........Citrus aurantium
bitter root..........Lewisia rediviva
bitter sweet..........Celastrus scandens
bitter vetch..........Lathyrus montanus
bitter wood..........Quassia amara
bitterleaf..........Vernonia amygdalina
bitterwood..........Xylopia glabra
blach huckleberry..........Gaylusacia baccata
black alder..........Ilex verticillata
black apricot..........Prunus dasycarpa
black beniseed..........Polygala butyracea
black birch..........Betula lenta
black bryony..........Tamus communis
black cap..........Rubus occidentalis
black caraway..........Nigella sativa
black carroway..........Pimpinella saxifraga
black cumin..........Nigella sativa
black cumin seed..........Nigella damascena
black currant..........Ribes americanum
black currant..........Ribes nigrum
black cutch..........Acacia catechu
black elder..........Sambucus nigra
black fonio..........Digitaria iburua
black gamboge..........Garcinia nigro-lineata
black grama..........Bouteloua eriopoda
black gum..........Nyssa multiflora
black haw..........Viburnum prunifolium
black haws..........Crataegus douglasii
black henbane..........Hyoscyamus niger
black hickorynut..........Carya texana
black huckleberry..........Gaylussacia resinosa
black medic..........Medicago lupulina
black mulberry..........Morus nigra
black mustard..........Brassica nigra
black myrobalan..........Terminalia chebula
black nightshade..........Solanum nigrum
black oak..........Quercus robur
black oyster plant..........Scorzonera hispanica
black parica..........Piptadenia peregrina
black pepper..........Piper nigrum
black persimmon..........Diospyros texana
black plum..........Eugenia jambolana
black psyllium..........Plantago arenaria
black radish..........Raphanus maritimus_
black raspberry..........Rubus occidentalis
black salsify..........Scorzonera hispanica
black sapote..........Diospyros ebenaster
black saxoul..........Haloxylon aphyllum
black sloe..........Prunus umbellata
black sorgho..........Sorghum x almum
black spruce..........Picea nigra
black walnut..........Juglans nigra
black wattle..........Acacia decurrens
black zapote..........Diospyros ebenaster
black zira..........Bunium bulbocastanum
blackberry..........Rubus fruticosus
blackberry..........Rubus villosus
blackboy..........Xanthorrhoea hastilis
blackeye pea..........Vigna catjang
black-eyed pea..........Dolichos sphearospermus
black-stemmed tree-fern..........Cyathea medullaris
blackthorn..........Prunus spinosa
blackwood..........Acacia penninervis
bladder campion..........Silene cucubalus
bladder dock..........Rumex vesicarius
bladder seed..........Levisticum officinale
blaeberry..........Vaccinium myrtillis
blanchette..........Valerianella locusta
blanco..........Citrus mitis
bledo..........Amaranthus hypochondriacus
blenoir..........Fagopyrum esculentum
bleo..........Pereskia bleo
blimbing..........Averrhoa carambola
blimbing..........Averrhoa bilimbi
blite..........Chenopodium capitatum
blonde psyllium..........Plantago ovata
blood plum..........Haematostaphis barteri
bloodwort..........Rumex sanguineus
bloody-veined dock..........Rumex sanguineus
blue barberry..........Berberis pinnata
blue grape..........Vitis bicolor
blue lupin..........Lupinus angustifolius
blue lupine..........Lupinus hirsutus
blue panic..........Panicum antidotale
blue passion flower..........Passiflora caerulea
blue spiderwort..........Commelina coelestis
blue tangle..........Gaylusacia frondosa
blueberry..........Vaccinium nitidum
blue-leaved wattle..........Acacia saligna
blue-wood..........Condalia obovata
bluewood condalia..........Condalia obovata
bobbins..........Arum maculatum
bodi bean..........Vigna unguiculata var sesquipedalis
bodmon sok..........Phlomus tuberosa
bog billberry..........Vaccinium uligonosum
boga medeloa..........Tephrosia candida
bois bay-rum..........Pimenta racemosa
bois de campeche..........Haematoxylon campechianum
bois de rose..........Dicypellum caryophyllatum
bois de vie..........Guajacum officinale
bojeri..........Mimusops bojeri
bokhara clover..........Melilotus alba
bolbonac..........Lunaria annua
boldu..........Peumus boldus
Bolivian black walnut..........Juglans boliviana
bologi..........Crassocephalum biafrae
bonavist bean..........Lablab purpureus
boneset..........Symphytum officinale
bonnet gourd..........Luffa cylindrica
bonnet pepper..........Capsicum tetragonum
bor..........Zizyphus mauritiana
borage..........Borago officinalis
borbonia..........Persea borbonia
borecole..........Brassica oleracea var viridis
boridschah..........Ferula gummosa
borneo jambosa..........Eugenia polycephala
borneo tallow..........Shorea stenoptera
boro-boro..........Montrichardia arborescens
borojo..........Borojoa patinoi
borrachera..........Methysticodendron amnesianum
borragem..........Borago officinalis
borraja..........Borago officinalis
bot tree..........Ficus religiosa
botany bay gum..........Xanthorrhoea hastilis
botoko plum..........Flacourtia ramontchi
bottle gourd..........Lagenaria siceraria
bottle gourd..........Lagenaria vulgaris
bottle tree..........Sterculia diversifolia
bottle tree..........Sterculia rupestris
bottle-brush tree..........Barringtonia alba
boubon tea..........Angraecum fragrans
boucouson..........Vigna unguiculata var sesquipedalis
boure..........Tacca leontopetaloides
bourgou..........Echinochloa stagnina
bourrache..........Borago officinalis
bow-string hemp..........Calotropis gigantea
box..........Buxus sempervirens
box elder..........Negundo aceroides
box holly..........Ruscus aculeatus
box huckleberry..........Gaylusacia brachycera
box thorn..........Lycium europaeum
bracken fern..........Pteridium aquilinum
brake..........Pteridium aquilinum
bramble..........Rubus fruticosus
brank..........Fagopyrum esculentum
braodleaf ladybell..........Adenophora latifolia
brawlins..........Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Brazil cherry..........Eugenia uniflora
Brazil cherry..........Eugenia dombeyi
Brazil nut..........Bertholletia excelsa
Brazilian apple..........Solanum agrarium
Brazilian arrowroot..........Canna glauca
Brazilian cress..........Spilanthes oleracea
Brazilian grape tree..........Myrciaria cauliflora
Brazilian lucerne..........Stylosanthes guianensis
Brazilian nutmeg..........Cryptocarya moschata
Brazilian pine..........Araucaria brasiliensis
Brazilian plum..........Spondias lutea
Brazilian raspberry..........Rubus brasiliensis
Brazilian stylo..........Stylosanthes guianensis
Brazilwood..........Caesalpinia echinata
bread tree..........Irvingia barteri
breadfruit..........Pandanus tectorius
breadfruit..........Artocarpus altilis
breadfruit..........Artocarpus incisa
breadfruit..........Pandanus pedunculatus
breadfruit tree..........Treculia africana
breadnut..........Brosimum alicastrum
breadroot..........Peucedanum ambiguum
brechwurz..........Cephaelis ipecacuanha
brei-apfel..........Manilkara zapota
briacon plum..........Prunus brigantiaca
bridonnes..........Garcinia indica
brier rose..........Rosa canina
brinjal..........Solanum melongena
bristle-pointed oat..........Avena strigosa
bristly gooseberry..........Ribes setosum
broadleaf kelp..........Laminaria saccharina
broadleaf peppermint..........Eucalyptus dives
broad-leaved dock..........Rumex obtusifolius
brody's lily..........Brodiaea capitata
brooklime..........Veronica beccabunga
broom..........Sarothamnus scoparius
broom..........Cytisus scoparius
broom hickory..........Carya porcina
broom palm..........Thrinax argentea
broomcorn..........Sorghum dochna var technicum
brown ebony persimmon..........Diospyros atropurpuria
brown mallet..........Eucalyptus astringens
brown mustard..........Brassica juncea subsp juncea
brown sarson..........Brassica campestris var dichotoma
browntop millet..........Brachiaria ramosa
brownwort..........Scrophularia aquatica
brumichama..........Eugenia dombeyi
bucago..........Erythrina fusca
bucare..........Erythrina fusca
bucharian rhubarb..........Rheum undulatum
buchu..........Agathosma betulina
buck yam..........Dioscorea pentaphylla
buckbean..........Menyanthes trifoliata
buckrams..........Allium ursinum
buckshorn plantain..........Plantago coronopus
buckthorn..........Rhamnus caroliana
buckwheat..........Fagopyrum esculentum
bud parsley..........Caucalis daucoides
buddha's cocoanut..........Sterculia alata
buffalo berry..........Shepherdia argentea
buffalo couch..........Stenotaphrum secundatum
buffalo currant..........Ribes aureum
buffalo gourd..........Cucurbita foetidissima
buffalo grass..........Tripsacum dactyloides
buffalo jujube..........Zizyphus mucronata
buffel grass..........Cenchrus ciliaris
bug orchis..........Orchis coriophora
bugloss..........Anchusa officinalis
buko..........Gnetum gnemon
bulb-bearing lily..........Lilium bulbiferum
bulbous canary grass..........Phalaris aquatica
bull kelp..........Durvillea antarctica
bull pine..........Pinus sabiniana
bullace..........Vitis rotundifolia
bullace..........Prunus insititia
bullet tree..........Manilkara bidentata
bullock..........Eugenia caryophyllus
bullock's heart..........Annona purpurea
bullock's heart..........Annona reticulata
bulloo..........Owenia acidula
bulrush..........Typha latifolia
bulrush..........Scirpus lacustris
bulrush millet..........Pennisetum americanum
bulso..........Gnetum gnemon
bulungu..........Cararium edule
bumblekites..........Rubus fruticosus
bunch grape..........Vitis aestivalis
bunchberry..........Cornus canadensis
bunchosa..........Bunchosia armeniaca
buni..........Antidesma bunius
bunya-bunya..........Araucaria bidwillii
bupthalmum..........Bupthalmum oleraceum
bur clover..........Medicago denticulata
bur cucumber..........Sicyos angulata
bur cucumber..........Cucumis anguria
bur gherkin..........Cucumis anguria
bur weed..........Xanthium strumarium
burdock..........Arctium majus
buriti..........Mauritia flexuosa
burity do brejo..........Mauritia flexuosa
Burmese mango plum..........Bouea burmanica
burnet..........Poterium sanguisorba
burnet rose..........Rosa spinosissima
burn-wood..........Comocladia integrifolia
burung..........Baccaurea motleyana
bur-weed..........Galium aparine
busbusi..........Alternanthera bettzickiana
bush apple..........Heinsia pulchella
bush butter tree..........Dacryodes edulis
bush capers..........Capparis spinosa
bush capers..........Capparis spinosa
bush cherry..........Eugenia myrtifolia
bush grape..........Vitis rupestris
bush tea..........Cyclopia genistoides
bush vetch..........Vicia sepium
butcher's broom..........Ruscus aculeatus
butter bean..........Phaseolus lunatus
butter bean..........Phaseolus lunatus var microcarpus
butter daisy..........Ranunculus repens
butter fruit persimmon..........Diospyros discolor
butter leaves..........Atriplex hortensis
butter nut..........Caryocar nuciferum
butter root..........Lewisia rediviva
butter tree..........Combretum butyrosum
butter tree..........Madhuca longifolia var longifolia
butter tree..........Butyrospermum parkii
butter tree..........Pentadesma butyracea
buttercup..........Ranunculus ficaria
buttercup..........Ranunculus bulbosus
butterfly pea..........Centrosema plumieri
butterfly pea..........Clitoria ternatea
butterfly tulip..........Calochortus luteus
butternut..........Juglans cinerea
butternut..........Bertholletia excelsa
butternut walnut..........Juglans cinerea
button tree..........Gomphia jabotapita
button tree..........Gomphia parviflora
buttterfly weed..........Asclepius tuberosa
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