GENUS CAKILE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Cakile mean? 

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

1. small genus of succulent annual herbs found on sandy shores of North America and Europe

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS CAKILE (noun)

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Meaning:

Small genus of succulent annual herbs found on sandy shores of North America and Europe

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cakile; genus Cakile

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

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

Meronyms (members of "genus Cakile"):

Cakile maritima; sea-rocket (salt-tolerant seashore annual grown for its fragrant rose or violet flowers and fleshy grey-green foliage)

Holonyms ("genus Cakile" 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)