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GENUS CAKILE
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Small genus of succulent annual herbs found on sandy shores of North America and Europe
Synonyms:
Cakile; genus Cakile
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Cakile" is a kind of...):
dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)
Meronyms (members of "genus Cakile"):
Cakile maritima; sea-rocket (salt-tolerant seashore annual grown for its fragrant rose or violet flowers and fleshy grey-green foliage)
Holonyms ("genus Cakile" 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)
