GENUS IBERIS

 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Iberis mean? 

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

1. Old World herbs and subshrubs: candytuft

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS IBERIS (noun)

Meaning:

Old World herbs and subshrubs: candytuft

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Iberis; Iberis

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

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

Meronyms (members of "genus Iberis"):

candytuft (any of various flowering plants of the genus Iberis cultivated for their showy clusters of white to red or purple flowers; native to Mediterranean region)

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

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