ERYSIMUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Erysimum mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ERYSIMUM (noun)

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Erysimum; genus Erysimum

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Erysimum"):

wallflower (any of numerous plants of the genus Erysimum having fragrant yellow or orange or brownish flowers)

prairie rocket (any of several North American plants of the genus Erysimum having large yellow flowers)

Cheiranthus allionii; Erysimum allionii; Siberian wall flower (showy erect biennial or short-lived perennial cultivated for its terminal racemes of orange-yellow flowers; sometimes placed in genus Cheiranthus)

Cheiranthus asperus; Erysimum arkansanum; Erysimum asperum; western wall flower (biennial or short-lived perennial prairie rocket having orange-yellow flowers; western North America to Minnesota and Kansas; sometimes placed in genus Cheiranthus)

Erysimum cheiranthoides; wormseed mustard (slender yellow-flowered European mustard often troublesome as a weed; formerly used as an anthelmintic)

Holonyms ("Erysimum" 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)