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ARABIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Annual to perennial woody herbs of temperate North America, Europe and Asia: rockcress
Synonyms:
Arabis; genus Arabis
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Arabis" is a kind of...):
dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)
Meronyms (members of "Arabis"):
rock cress; rockcress (any of several rock-loving cresses of the genus Arabis)
Arabis Canadensis; sicklepod (North American rock cress having very long curved pods)
Arabis turrita; tower cress; tower mustard (European cress having stiff erect stems; sometimes placed in genus Turritis)
Holonyms ("Arabis" 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)
