GENUS SISYMBRIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Sisymbrium mean? 

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

1. genus of Old World annual or biennial or perennial herbs with racemose flowers; many are considered to be weeds

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS SISYMBRIUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Genus of Old World annual or biennial or perennial herbs with racemose flowers; many are considered to be weeds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

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

Meronyms (members of "genus Sisymbrium"):

hedge mustard; Sisymbrium officinale (stiffly branching Old World annual with pale yellow flowers; widely naturalized in North America; formerly used medicinally)

Holonyms ("genus Sisymbrium" 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)