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CRAMBE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Annual or perennial herbs with large leaves that resemble the leaves of cabbages
Synonyms:
Crambe; genus Crambe
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Crambe" is a kind of...):
dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)
Meronyms (members of "Crambe"):
Crambe maritima; sea cole; sea kale (perennial of coastal sands and shingles of northern Europe and Baltic and Black Seas having racemes of small white flowers and large fleshy blue-green leaves often used as potherbs)
Holonyms ("Crambe" 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)