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GENUS CARDAMINE

Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Cardamine mean?

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

1. bittercress, bitter cress

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

Dictionary entry details

• GENUS CARDAMINE (noun)

Sense 1

genus Cardamine ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Bittercress, bitter cress

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cardamine; genus Cardamine

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

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

Meronyms (members of "genus Cardamine"):

bitter cress; bittercress (any of various herbs of the genus Cardamine, having usually pinnate leaves and racemes of white, pink or purple flowers; cosmopolitan except Antarctic)

Holonyms ("genus Cardamine" is a member of...):

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

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