GENUS DESCURAINIA
Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Descurainia mean?
• GENUS DESCURAINIA (noun)
The noun GENUS DESCURAINIA has 1 sense:
1. includes annual or biennial herbs of America and Europe very similar to and often included among those of genera Sisymbrium or Hugueninia; not recognized in some classification systems
Familiarity information: GENUS DESCURAINIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• GENUS DESCURAINIA (noun)
Meaning:
Includes annual or biennial herbs of America and Europe very similar to and often included among those of genera Sisymbrium or Hugueninia; not recognized in some classification systems
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Descurainia; genus Descurainia
Hypernyms ("genus Descurainia" is a kind of...):
dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)
Meronyms (members of "genus Descurainia"):
Descurainia pinnata; tansy mustard (North American herb with bitter-tasting pinnate leaves resembling those of tansy)
Holonyms ("genus Descurainia" is a member of...):
Brassicaceae; Cruciferae; family Brassicaceae; family Cruciferae; mustard family (plants with four-petaled flowers)