CHEIRANTHUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cheiranthus mean? 

• CHEIRANTHUS (noun)
  The noun CHEIRANTHUS has 1 sense:

1. Old World perennial plants grown for their showy flowers

  Familiarity information: CHEIRANTHUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHEIRANTHUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Old World perennial plants grown for their showy flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cheiranthus; genus Cheiranthus

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Cheiranthus"):

Cheiranthus cheiri; Erysimum cheiri; wallflower (perennial of southern Europe having clusters of fragrant flowers of all colors especially yellow and orange; often naturalized on old walls or cliffs; sometimes placed in genus Erysimum)

prairie rocket (any of several western American plants of the genus Cheiranthus having large yellow flowers)

Holonyms ("Cheiranthus" 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)