| ant, white (termite)-- |
white ants, or termites, of the vicinity, breaking apart their high,
towering nests of toughened clay, some of them thirty-five feet in
height 13/293 |
| Brak bush-- |
the leaves of which, when chewed, have a purgative effect 5/211 |
| dina flower-- |
a small, lovely, multiply petaled flower, short-stemmed, and
blooming in a turf of green leaves, usually on the slopes of hills, in
the northern temperate zones of Gor, in its budding, though in few other
ways, it resembles a rose; it is an exotic, alien flower; it is also spoken
of, in the north, where it grows most frequently, as the slave flower...
11/61 |
| ferns-- |
...amongst the ferns and flowers....4/190 |
| festal-- |
type of shrubbery 24/339 |
| flaminium-- |
scarlet, large-budded, five-petaled 8/154 |
| flower tree-- |
segmented trunk...4/216 dangling loops of interwoven blossoms...curved
branches..emerge in bouquets in subtle,delicate patterns of shades and
hues...4/217 |
| gitch-- |
"...not like the gitches whose bites are rather painful. Some
of them are big fellows, too. But there aren't many of them around.
The frevets see to it..." 21/277 |
| golden beetle-- |
narcotic, filamented mane...curved, hollow, laterally moving jaw-pincers,
drains the Priest-Kings of their body fluid, feeding
itself, slaying them. 10/31 |
| Ka-la-na tree-- |
yellow wine tree of Gor. 4/217 |
| Katch-- |
foliated leaf vegetable 10/37 |
| leech plant-- |
fastens two hollow thorns, like fangs into its victim. the chemical
responses of the bladderlike pods produce a mechanical
pumping action and the blood is sucked into the plant to nourish it. 2/33 |
| date palm tree-- |
...the palms 10/184 |
| needle or sting fly-- |
most originate in the delta, eggs laid on the stems of the rence plants,
tend to be attracted to the eyes as to moist
bright objects...the sting is painful extremely so, but is not usually
dangerous unless inflicted in great numbers...several stings can induce
nausea, fatal only if stung numerous times...a painful swelling in the
area of the sting is a common reaction...swelling subsides usually in a
few Ahn. 24/161-162 |
| sand fly-- |
Following such rains great clouds of sand flies appear, wakened from
dormancy. ...flying insects are found only in the vicinity of the
oases...emerge after rains, infest kaiila...feast on kaiila and men... |
| roach-- |
We watched a large, oblong, flat-bodied black object,
about a half hort in length, with long feelers, hurry toward a crack at
the base of the wall. "That is a roach," he said. "They are harmless...."
21/277 |
| needle trees, evergreens-- |
used for masts, spars, cabin and deck planking 6/141 |
| rence-- |
has a long thick root about four inches thick which lies horizontally
under the surface of the water, small roots sink into the mud, as many
as a dozen 'stems' extend upwards from the root often
fifteen-sixteen feet from the root; has an excrescent, usually single floral
spike; used in manufacturing rence paper; root: certain wooden tools and
untensils are carved from it, a good fuel. stem--used to make reed boats,
sails, mats, cords, a kind of fibrous cloth. pith--edible, one of the staples
of the rence growers' diet, on occasion used as caulking for boat
seams, but tow and pitch covered by tar or grease are generally used
6/7 |
| rennels-- |
poisonous, crablike desert insects 4/27 |
| rep bush-- |
... small, reddish, woody bush, commercially grown in several areas,
but particularly below Ar and above the equator; the cheap rep-cloth is
woven in mills, commonly, in various cities; it
takes dyes well and, being cheap and strong, is popular, particularly
among the lower castes." 6/10 - 11 |
| slime worm-- |
a long, wormlike animal, eyeless, with a small red mouth 3/105 |
| Swamp Spider-- |
has four pairs of eyes, sensory hairs on its appendages, monstrous
insect. mandible like curved knives. do not hurt rational creatures
1/81-83 long black hairs cover the thorax 1/84
resides in swamp forest of Ar 1/89 |
| talender-- |
a delicate yellow flower often associated in the Gorean mind with love
and beauty 4/218 & 219 ...in the Gorean mind, is associated with beauty
and passion. Free Companions on the Feast of their Free Companionship,
commonly wear a garland of talenders. Sometimes slave girls, having
been subdued, but fearing to speak, will fix talenders in their hair. 6/217 |
| Tem-wood-- |
linear, black, supple...4/217 used for rudders and oars 6/141 |
| tes-- |
type of shrubbery 24/339 |
| tor-- |
type of shrubbery...fairly translated to mean the bright shrub or the
shrub of light...abundant bright flowers, either yellow or white depending
on the variety...flowers in the fall. 24/339 ...does
not grow higher than a man's waist 24/340 |
| tospit bush-- |
wrinkled, yellowish-white peachlike fruit, about the size of a plum,
grows on a tospit bush, patches which are indigenous to the drier
valleys of the western Cartius. They are bitter
but edible. 4/59 |
| Tur-- |
large trunked reddish tree 4/217 used for galley frames, beams,
clamps and posts and for hull planking 6/141 |
| Tur-pah-- |
vinelike tree parasite with curled, scarlet ovate leaves....leaves
are edible and used in sullage and other Gorean dishes. 4/217 |
| Veminium-- |
a kind of bluish wild flower commonly found on the lower slopes of
the Thentis range 5/163 |
| vines-- |
...for the vine, it rustled and lifted itself just beyond my reach.
4/210 |
| violet grass-- |
grass...one of several hues used in Pleasure gardens
...some dark blue and yellowish orange grass...4/219 |
| zarlit fly-- |
very large, about two feet long, with four large, translucent wings
with a span of about a yard, large pad-like feet, most are purple and harmless
to humans...24/160 harmless, purple, about 2
feet long, four translucent wings spanning about a yard, pad-like feet
6/15 |
