RORIPPA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Rorippa mean? 

• RORIPPA (noun)
  The noun RORIPPA has 1 sense:

1. annual and perennial herbs of damp habitats; cosmopolitan except Antarctica

  Familiarity information: RORIPPA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RORIPPA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Annual and perennial herbs of damp habitats; cosmopolitan except Antarctica

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Rorippa; Rorippa

Hypernyms ("Rorippa" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (members of "Rorippa"):

marsh cress; Rorippa islandica; yellow watercress (annual or biennial cress growing in damp places sometimes used in salads or as a potherb; troublesome weed in some localities)

great yellowcress; Nasturtium amphibium; Rorippa amphibia (perennial herb found on streams and riversides throughout Europe except extreme north and Mediterranean; sometimes placed in genus Nasturtium)

Holonyms ("Rorippa" 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)