diff --git a/safe-room.lic b/safe-room.lic
index c198e8fd8a..1468eb3435 100644
--- a/safe-room.lic
+++ b/safe-room.lic
@@ -24,7 +24,11 @@ class SafeRoom
     @stop_performance_after_heal = false
     @tome_while_healing = settings.tome_while_healing
     @stop_tome_after_heal = false
-    @plant_regex = /(?:#{@plant_adjectives}) (\w+)/
+    @plant_adjectives = settings.healing_plant_adjectives
+    @plant_nouns = settings.healing_plant_nouns
+    @adjectives_regex = Regexp.union(settings.healing_plant_adjectives)
+    @noun_regex = Regexp.union(settings.healing_plant_nouns)
+    @plant_regex = Regexp.new("#{@adjectives_regex} #{@noun_regex}")
 
     return unless args.force || need_healing?
 
@@ -211,9 +215,10 @@ class SafeRoom
 
     DRC.release_invisibility
 
-    if /#{@plant_adjectives} (\w+)/ =~ DRRoom.room_objs.grep(@plant_regex).to_s
-      plant_type = Regexp.last_match(1)
-      fput("touch #{plant_type}")
+    # Match room objects against the full regex to find and capture the noun
+    if DRRoom.room_objs.grep(@plant_regex).to_s =~ @plant_regex
+      plant_type = Regexp.last_match(1)  # Captures the noun (e.g., "plant", "bush")
+      fput("touch #{plant_type}")        # Sends command to touch the specific noun
     end
 
     # check for safe-room idle thing to do