GENUS ALLIARIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Alliaria mean? 

• GENUS ALLIARIA (noun)
  The noun GENUS ALLIARIA has 1 sense:

1. a genus of herbs of the family Cruciferae; have broad leaves and white flowers and long siliques

  Familiarity information: GENUS ALLIARIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS ALLIARIA (noun)

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Meaning:

A genus of herbs of the family Cruciferae; have broad leaves and white flowers and long siliques

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Alliaria; genus Alliaria

Hypernyms ("genus Alliaria" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (members of "genus Alliaria"):

Alliaria officinalis; garlic mustard; hedge garlic; jack-by-the-hedge; sauce-alone (European herb that smells like garlic)

Holonyms ("genus Alliaria" 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)