English > Arabis: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | annual to perennial woody herbs of temperate North America, Europe and Asia: rockcress. |
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| Synonym | genus Arabis |
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| Member of | Cruciferae, family Cruciferae, Brassicaceae, family Brassicaceae, mustard family | A large family of plants with four-petaled flowers |
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| Members | rock cress, rockcress | Any of several rock-loving cresses of the genus Arabis |
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| sicklepod, Arabis Canadensis | North American rock cress having very long curved pods |
| tower cress, tower mustard, Arabis turrita | European cress having stiff erect stems |
| Broader | dilleniid dicot genus | genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs |
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| Spanish | arabis, genus arabis |
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| Catalan | arabis, Arabis, genus arabis |
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