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COCHLEARIA

Dictionary entry overview: What does Cochlearia mean?

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

1. a genus of the family Cruciferae

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

Dictionary entry details

• COCHLEARIA (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A genus of the family Cruciferae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cochlearia; genus Cochlearia

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Cochlearia"):

Cochlearia officinalis; common scurvy grass; scurvy grass (a widely distributed arctic cress reputed to have value in treatment or prevention of scurvy; a concentrated source of vitamin C)

Holonyms ("Cochlearia" is a member of...):

Brassicaceae; Cruciferae; family Brassicaceae; family Cruciferae; mustard family (plants with four-petaled flowers)

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