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    GENUS ARABIS

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Annual to perennial woody herbs of temperate North America, Europe and Asia: rockcressplay

    Synonyms:

    Arabis; genus Arabis

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("genus Arabis" is a kind of...):

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

    Meronyms (members of "genus 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 ("genus 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)

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