Vocabulary

castor bean

castor oil

water shield (Brasenia schreberi)

sucrose; saccharose; cane sugar

greens; vegetables

some prefer nettles; there's no accounting for taste; every man to his taste

hives; nettle rash; urticaria

death (of a nobleman, Imperial family member, etc.); demise

Rosicrucian; Fellowship of the Rosy Cross

Japanese royal fern (Osmunda japonica); Asian royal fern; flowering fern

pretence; pretense

white gooseweed (Chenopodium album); fat hen; lamb's-quarters; pigweed

great erudition; extensive knowledge; vast stock of knowledge

Marco Polo Bridge (China)

moss; bryophyte

louse (esp. a sucking louse); lice

very thorough search (for contraband, escaped convict, etc.); fine-tooth-comb search; exhaustive search; scouring

black fly (any insect of family Simuliidae); gnat

earthworm; worm

scarabaeid beetle grub

house centipede (Scutigeromorpha spp.)

bushy eyebrows

slug

basket clam (Corbiculidae spp.); freshwater clam; freshwater mussel

sorghum (Sorghum bicolor); Indian millet

completely empty (of a residence, etc.); vacant; deserted

chrysalis; pupa

pupation

pupa; chrysalis

somersault

lizard

swarm; throng; flock together

butterfly

bat (Chiroptera spp.)

(Western-style) umbrella

pyralid (any moth of family Pyralidae, many of which have larvae that devour foodstuffs)

cricket (Gryllidae spp.)

Japanese katydid (Gampsocleis buergeri)

temple (on side of head)

shutting oneself up in one's house; staying indoors; living in seclusion