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GENUS VESICARIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small genus of chiefly Mediterranean herbs: bladderpods
Synonyms:
genus Vesicaria; Vesicaria
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Vesicaria" is a kind of...):
dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)
Meronyms (members of "genus Vesicaria"):
bladderpod (annual or perennial herbs with inflated seed pods; some placed in genus Lesquerella)
Holonyms ("genus Vesicaria" 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)
