ARABIDOPSIS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A genus of the mustard family having white or yellow or purplish flowers; closely related to genus Arabis

Synonyms:

Arabidopsis; genus Arabidopsis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

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

Holonyms ("Arabidopsis" 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)

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