Vocabulary
Physiology
Uses
100
Term for a plant that takes two years to complete its life.
What is biennial?
100
This plant was named for the leaves which looked like the fingers of gloves.
What is foxglove?
100
This plant can be made to produce a laxative.
What is the castor plant?
200
A drug used in the treatment of congestive heart failure and cardiac arrhythmia.
What is a glycoside?
200
This plant produces attractive seeds that, while poisonous, are often used in jewelry.
What is the castor plant (or castor bean)?
200
Digitoxin, a cardiac _________, prolongs heart life and reduces edema.
What is glycoside?
300
A bitter compound of glycoside and alkaloid that occurs in some plants, especially solanine.
What is a glycoalkaloid?
300
This plant is often sweet-scented.
What is oleander?
300
This plant produces atropine, used for cosmetic purposes by Italian women and for eye dilation.
What is Deadly Nightshade?
400
Italian word for "beautiful lady".
What is belladonna?
400
This plant is occasionally grown in North America, but is not usually naturalized.
What is Nightshade?
400
This toxic ingredient found in the castor bean has been used for murder.
What is ricin?
500
Swelling caused by a buildup of fluid in your body's tissues.
What is edema?
500
At 30 feet tall, this plant is the tallest out of these four.
What is the castor plant?
500
This is a promising agent for cancer therapy.
What is oleandrin (or oleander)?
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