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GENUS DESCURAINIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Descurainia mean? 

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

1. includes annual or biennial herbs of America and Europe very similar to and often included among those of genera Sisymbrium or Hugueninia; not recognized in some classification systemsplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS DESCURAINIA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Includes annual or biennial herbs of America and Europe very similar to and often included among those of genera Sisymbrium or Hugueninia; not recognized in some classification systems

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Descurainia; genus Descurainia

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

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

Meronyms (members of "genus Descurainia"):

Descurainia pinnata; tansy mustard (North American herb with bitter-tasting pinnate leaves resembling those of tansy)

Holonyms ("genus Descurainia" 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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