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    GENUS DESCURAINIA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Includes annual or biennial herbs of America and Europe very similar to and often included among those of genera Sisymbrium or Hugueninia; not recognized in some classification systemsplay

    Synonyms:

    Descurainia; genus Descurainia

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

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

    Meronyms (members of "genus Descurainia"):

    Descurainia pinnata; tansy mustard (North American herb with bitter-tasting pinnate leaves resembling those of tansy)

    Holonyms ("genus Descurainia" 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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