NOUN | plant | genus Cheiranthus, Cheiranthus | Old World perennial plants grown for their showy flowers |
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Meaning | Old World perennial plants grown for their showy flowers. | |
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Synonym | Cheiranthus | |
Member of | Cruciferae, family Cruciferae, Brassicaceae, family Brassicaceae, mustard family | A large family of plants with four-petaled flowers |
Members | prairie rocket | Any of several western American plants of the genus Cheiranthus having large yellow flowers |
wallflower, Cheiranthus cheiri, Erysimum cheiri | perennial of southern Europe having clusters of fragrant flowers of all colors especially yellow and orange | |
Broader | dilleniid dicot genus | genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs |
Spanish | cheiranthus, genus cheiranthus | |
Catalan | cheiranthus, genus cheiranthus |
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