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LESQUERELLA

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Genus of low-growing hairy herbs: bladderpods

Synonyms:

genus Lesquerella; Lesquerella

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Lesquerella"):

bladderpod (any of several hairy North American herbs having yellow racemose flowers and inflated pods)

Holonyms ("Lesquerella" 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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