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GENUS BARBAREA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Biennial or perennial herbs of north temperate regions: winter cress
Synonyms:
Barbarea; genus Barbarea
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Barbarea" is a kind of...):
dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)
Meronyms (parts of "genus Barbarea"):
American cress; American watercress; Barbarea praecox; Barbarea verna; Belle Isle cress; early winter cress; land cress (of southwestern Europe; cultivated in Florida)
Barbarea vulgaris; rockcress; rocket cress; Sisymbrium barbarea; yellow rocket (noxious cress with yellow flowers; sometimes placed in genus Sisymbrium)
Meronyms (members of "genus Barbarea"):
scurvy grass; St. Barbara's herb; winter cress (any plant of the genus Barbarea: yellow-flowered Eurasian cresses; widely cultivated for winter salad)
Holonyms ("genus Barbarea" 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)
