GENUS PHYSARIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Physaria mean? 

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

1. small genus of western North American herbs similar to Lesquerella: bladderpods

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS PHYSARIA (noun)

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Meaning:

Small genus of western North American herbs similar to Lesquerella: bladderpods

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Physaria; Physaria

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

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

Meronyms (members of "genus Physaria"):

bladderpod (any of several plants of the genus Physaria having racemose yellow flowers and inflated pods)

Holonyms ("genus Physaria" 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)