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ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
A small invasive self-pollinating weed with small white flowers; much studied by plant geneticists; the first higher plant whose complete genome sequence was described
Synonyms:
Arabidopsis thaliana; mouse-ear cress
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Hypernyms ("Arabidopsis thaliana" is a kind of...):
cress; cress plant (any of various plants of the family Cruciferae with edible leaves that have a pungent taste)