aletris: small genus of bitter-rooted herbs of eastern North America and Asia; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae
monocot genus: genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
jamaica dogwood: small tree of West Indies and Florida having large odd-pinnate leaves and panicles of red-striped purple to white flowers followed by decorative curly winged seedpods; yields fish poisons