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ALLIARIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Alliaria mean?
• ALLIARIA (noun)
The noun ALLIARIA has 1 sense:
1. a genus of herbs of the family Cruciferae; have broad leaves and white flowers and long siliques
Familiarity information: ALLIARIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of herbs of the family Cruciferae; have broad leaves and white flowers and long siliques
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Alliaria; genus Alliaria
Hypernyms ("Alliaria" is a kind of...):
dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)
Meronyms (members of "Alliaria"):
Alliaria officinalis; garlic mustard; hedge garlic; jack-by-the-hedge; sauce-alone (European herb that smells like garlic)
Holonyms ("Alliaria" 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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