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GENUS BERTEROA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Berteroa mean?
• GENUS BERTEROA (noun)
The noun GENUS BERTEROA has 1 sense:
1. hoary alyssum
Familiarity information: GENUS BERTEROA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Hoary alyssum
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Berteroa; genus Berteroa
Hypernyms ("genus Berteroa" is a kind of...):
dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)
Meronyms (members of "genus Berteroa"):
Berteroa incana; hoary alison; hoary alyssum (tall European annual with downy grey-green foliage and dense heads of small white flowers followed by hairy pods; naturalized in North America; sometimes a troublesome weed)
Holonyms ("genus Berteroa" 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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