CRAMBE MARITIMA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Crambe maritima mean? 

• CRAMBE MARITIMA (noun)
  The noun CRAMBE MARITIMA has 1 sense:

1. perennial of coastal sands and shingles of northern Europe and Baltic and Black Seas having racemes of small white flowers and large fleshy blue-green leaves often used as potherbs

  Familiarity information: CRAMBE MARITIMA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CRAMBE MARITIMA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Perennial of coastal sands and shingles of northern Europe and Baltic and Black Seas having racemes of small white flowers and large fleshy blue-green leaves often used as potherbs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Crambe maritima; sea cole; sea kale

Hypernyms ("Crambe maritima" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Holonyms ("Crambe maritima" is a member of...):

Crambe; genus Crambe (annual or perennial herbs with large leaves that resemble the leaves of cabbages)