CHEIRANTHUS ASPERUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cheiranthus asperus mean? 

• CHEIRANTHUS ASPERUS (noun)
  The noun CHEIRANTHUS ASPERUS has 1 sense:

1. biennial or short-lived perennial prairie rocket having orange-yellow flowers; western North America to Minnesota and Kansas; sometimes placed in genus Cheiranthus

  Familiarity information: CHEIRANTHUS ASPERUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHEIRANTHUS ASPERUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Biennial or short-lived perennial prairie rocket having orange-yellow flowers; western North America to Minnesota and Kansas; sometimes placed in genus Cheiranthus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cheiranthus asperus; Erysimum arkansanum; Erysimum asperum; western wall flower

Hypernyms ("Cheiranthus asperus" is a kind of...):

flower (a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms)

Holonyms ("Cheiranthus asperus" is a member of...):

Erysimum; genus Erysimum (large genus of annual or perennial herbs some grown for their flowers and some for their attractive evergreen leaves; Old World and North America)