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GENUS ERUCA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Eruca mean?
• GENUS ERUCA (noun)
The noun GENUS ERUCA has 1 sense:
1. annual to perennial herbs of the Mediterranean region
Familiarity information: GENUS ERUCA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Annual to perennial herbs of the Mediterranean region
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Eruca; genus Eruca
Hypernyms ("genus Eruca" is a kind of...):
dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)
Meronyms (members of "genus Eruca"):
arugula; Eruca sativa; Eruca vesicaria sativa; garden rocket; rocket; rocket salad; roquette (erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender)
Holonyms ("genus Eruca" 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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