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THLASPI

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Herbs of temperate regions: pennycress

Synonyms:

genus Thlaspi; Thlaspi

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Thlaspi"):

pennycress (any of several plants of the genus Thlaspi)

fanweed; field pennycress; French weed; mithridate mustard; penny grass; stinkweed; Thlaspi arvense (foetid Eurasian weed having round flat pods; naturalized throughout North America)

Holonyms ("Thlaspi" 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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