LESQUERELLA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Lesquerella mean? 

• LESQUERELLA (noun)
  The noun LESQUERELLA has 1 sense:

1. genus of low-growing hairy herbs: bladderpods

  Familiarity information: LESQUERELLA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LESQUERELLA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Genus of low-growing hairy herbs: bladderpods

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Lesquerella; Lesquerella

Hypernyms ("Lesquerella" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (members of "Lesquerella"):

bladderpod (any of several hairy North American herbs having yellow racemose flowers and inflated pods)

Holonyms ("Lesquerella" 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)