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CAPSELLA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Shepherd's purse

Synonyms:

Capsella; genus Capsella

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Capsella"):

Capsella bursa-pastoris; shepherd's pouch; shepherd's purse (white-flowered annual European herb bearing triangular notched pods; nearly cosmopolitan as an introduced weed)

Holonyms ("Capsella" 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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