CAPSELLA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Capsella mean? 

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

1. shepherd's purse

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CAPSELLA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Shepherd's purse

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Capsella; genus Capsella

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Capsella"):

Capsella bursa-pastoris; shepherd's pouch; shepherd's purse (white-flowered annual European herb bearing triangular notched pods; nearly cosmopolitan as an introduced weed)

Holonyms ("Capsella" 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)