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BERTEROA

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Meaning:

Hoary alyssum

Synonyms:

Berteroa; genus Berteroa

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Berteroa"):

Berteroa incana; hoary alison; hoary alyssum (tall European annual with downy grey-green foliage and dense heads of small white flowers followed by hairy pods; naturalized in North America; sometimes a troublesome weed)

Holonyms ("Berteroa" 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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