A Word Game

[Omega]

Yataghan- a dagger-like saber about 2 feet long

 

[tree]

Zimocca \Zi*moc"ca\, n.
A sponge (Euspongia zimocca) of flat form and fine quality,
from the Adriatic, about the Greek islands, and the coast of
Barbary.
[Webster 1913]

In keeping with OPs original premise, the next person to play will post
An Obscure Word....starting with the letter A, to be followed by other people
posting an obscure word, each in alphabetical order.

 

[qwerty]

Aesthesiogenic

producing or causing a sensation

 

[tree]

Batrachomyomachia

The epic war between the Mice and the Frogs.

Batrachomyomachia (Literature) - TV Tropes

 

[Omega]

Cruciferous- having four petals in the form of a cross

 

[Judge]

Clover

 

[Aspergirl4hire]

Oxalis

Oh, wait, wrong word game? Sorry!

Judge gets the "C" word, I'm taking "D"

Dendritic- growth formation branching like a tree

 

[Judge]

Bulbs

 

[tree]

EXOTERIC

suitable for public consumption
the opposite of esoteric

 

[qwerty]

falsiloquence

The art of unethical rhetoric,

 

[Omega]

grandiloquence- pompous eloquence

 

[tree]

HETERONOMY
Derived from hetero + Greek nomos "law"
the condition of being under the domination of outside authority

 

[Pondering]

Icositetrahedron - a solid figure having 24 faces

 

[tree]

Jazzophone

A saxophone-shaped double-belled brass instrument with a trumpet-mouthpiece.

The Jazzophone

 

[tree]

kephalonomancy = divination using a baked donkey or goat head

 

[Cosmophylla]

Linguiform - botanical term for tongue shaped.

 

[Misfate]

Muggle - a person who is not conversant with a particular activity or skill.

 

[tree]

Nebelung---a type of domestic cat, somewhat rare breed.

 

[Misfate]

Ornithopther - an aircraft that flies by flapping its wings

 

[inabox]

Palaka
A type of Hawaiian shirt