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GENUS BARBAREA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Barbarea mean? 

GENUS BARBAREA (noun)
  The noun GENUS BARBAREA has 1 sense:

1. biennial or perennial herbs of north temperate regions: winter cressplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS BARBAREA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Biennial or perennial herbs of north temperate regions: winter cress

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Barbarea; genus Barbarea

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

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

Meronyms (parts of "genus Barbarea"):

American cress; American watercress; Barbarea praecox; Barbarea verna; Belle Isle cress; early winter cress; land cress (of southwestern Europe; cultivated in Florida)

Barbarea vulgaris; rockcress; rocket cress; Sisymbrium barbarea; yellow rocket (noxious cress with yellow flowers; sometimes placed in genus Sisymbrium)

Meronyms (members of "genus Barbarea"):

scurvy grass; St. Barbara's herb; winter cress (any plant of the genus Barbarea: yellow-flowered Eurasian cresses; widely cultivated for winter salad)

Holonyms ("genus Barbarea" 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)


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