TURRITIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Turritis mean? 

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

1. closely related to and often included in genus Arabis

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• TURRITIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Closely related to and often included in genus Arabis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Turritis; Turritis

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Turritis"):

Arabis glabra; tower cress; tower mustard; Turritis glabra (or genus Arabis: erect cress widely distributed throughout Europe)

Holonyms ("Turritis" 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)