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    GENUS CHEIRANTHUS

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Old World perennial plants grown for their showy flowersplay

    Synonyms:

    Cheiranthus; genus Cheiranthus

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

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

    Meronyms (members of "genus Cheiranthus"):

    Cheiranthus cheiri; Erysimum cheiri; wallflower (perennial of southern Europe having clusters of fragrant flowers of all colors especially yellow and orange; often naturalized on old walls or cliffs; sometimes placed in genus Erysimum)

    prairie rocket (any of several western American plants of the genus Cheiranthus having large yellow flowers)

    Holonyms ("genus Cheiranthus" 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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