GENUS ALYSSUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Alyssum mean? 

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

1. a genus of the family Cruciferae

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS ALYSSUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of the family Cruciferae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Alyssum; genus Alyssum

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

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

Meronyms (members of "genus Alyssum"):

alyssum; madwort (any garden plant of the genus Alyssum having clusters of small yellow or white flowers)

Holonyms ("genus Alyssum" 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)