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PHYSARIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Physaria mean?
• PHYSARIA (noun)
The noun PHYSARIA has 1 sense:
1. small genus of western North American herbs similar to Lesquerella: bladderpods
Familiarity information: PHYSARIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small genus of western North American herbs similar to Lesquerella: bladderpods
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Physaria; Physaria
Hypernyms ("Physaria" is a kind of...):
dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)
Meronyms (members of "Physaria"):
bladderpod (any of several plants of the genus Physaria having racemose yellow flowers and inflated pods)
Holonyms ("Physaria" 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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