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CAKILE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Cakile mean?
• CAKILE (noun)
The noun CAKILE has 1 sense:
1. small genus of succulent annual herbs found on sandy shores of North America and Europe
Familiarity information: CAKILE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small genus of succulent annual herbs found on sandy shores of North America and Europe
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Cakile; genus Cakile
Hypernyms ("Cakile" is a kind of...):
dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)
Meronyms (members of "Cakile"):
Cakile maritima; sea-rocket (salt-tolerant seashore annual grown for its fragrant rose or violet flowers and fleshy grey-green foliage)
Holonyms ("Cakile" 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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