BISCUTELLA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Biscutella mean? 

• BISCUTELLA (noun)
  The noun BISCUTELLA has 1 sense:

1. genus of Eurasian herbs and small shrubs: buckler mustard

  Familiarity information: BISCUTELLA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BISCUTELLA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Genus of Eurasian herbs and small shrubs: buckler mustard

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Biscutella; genus Biscutella

Hypernyms ("Biscutella" is a kind of...):

dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)

Meronyms (members of "Biscutella"):

Biscutalla laevigata; buckler mustard (plant of southeastern Europe having yellow flowers like those of mustard and pods with open valves resembling bucklers)

Holonyms ("Biscutella" is a member of...):

Brassicaceae; Cruciferae; family Brassicaceae; family Cruciferae; mustard family (a large family of plants with four-petaled flowers; includes mustards, cabbages, broccoli, turnips, cresses, and their many relatives)