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BISCUTELLA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus of Eurasian herbs and small shrubs: buckler mustard
Synonyms:
Biscutella; genus Biscutella
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Biscutella" is a kind of...):
dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)
Meronyms (members of "Biscutella"):
Biscutalla laevigata; buckler mustard (plant of southeastern Europe having yellow flowers like those of mustard and pods with open valves resembling bucklers)
Holonyms ("Biscutella" 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)
