DIPLOTAXIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Diplotaxis mean? 

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

1. wall rocket

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIPLOTAXIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Wall rocket

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Diplotaxis; genus Diplotaxis

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Diplotaxis"):

Diplotaxis muralis; Diplotaxis tenuifolia; wall rocket (yellow-flowered European plant that grows on old walls and in waste places; an adventive weed in North America)

Diplotaxis erucoides; white rocket (from Mediterranean region; a naturalized weed throughout southern Europe)

Holonyms ("Diplotaxis" 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)