GENUS ARABIDOPSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Arabidopsis mean? 

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

1. a genus of the mustard family having white or yellow or purplish flowers; closely related to genus Arabis

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS ARABIDOPSIS (noun)

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Meaning:

A genus of the mustard family having white or yellow or purplish flowers; closely related to genus Arabis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Arabidopsis; genus Arabidopsis

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

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

Holonyms ("genus Arabidopsis" 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)