GENUS AETHIONEMA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Aethionema mean? 

• GENUS AETHIONEMA (noun)
  The noun GENUS AETHIONEMA has 1 sense:

1. Old World genus of the family Cruciferae

  Familiarity information: GENUS AETHIONEMA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS AETHIONEMA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Old World genus of the family Cruciferae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Aethionema; genus Aethionema

Hypernyms ("genus Aethionema" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (members of "genus Aethionema"):

stone cress; stonecress (any Old World herb of the genus Aethionema; native of sunny limestone habitats)

Holonyms ("genus Aethionema" 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)