CAKILE MARITIMA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cakile maritima mean? 

• CAKILE MARITIMA (noun)
  The noun CAKILE MARITIMA has 1 sense:

1. salt-tolerant seashore annual grown for its fragrant rose or violet flowers and fleshy grey-green foliage

  Familiarity information: CAKILE MARITIMA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CAKILE MARITIMA (noun)

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Meaning:

Salt-tolerant seashore annual grown for its fragrant rose or violet flowers and fleshy grey-green foliage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cakile maritima; sea-rocket

Hypernyms ("Cakile maritima" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Holonyms ("Cakile maritima" is a member of...):

Cakile; genus Cakile (small genus of succulent annual herbs found on sandy shores of North America and Europe)