HyperDic: genus_erysimum

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Erysimum:
NOUNplantgenus Erysimum, Erysimumlarge genus of annual or perennial herbs some grown for their flowers and some for their attractive evergreen leaves
English > genus Erysimum: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaninglarge genus of annual or perennial herbs some grown for their flowers and some for their attractive evergreen leaves; Old World and North America.
SynonymErysimum
Member ofCruciferae, family Cruciferae, Brassicaceae, family Brassicaceae, mustard familyA large family of plants with four-petaled flowers
MembersSiberian wall flower, Erysimum allionii, Cheiranthus allioniishowy erect biennial or short-lived perennial cultivated for its terminal racemes of orange-yellow flowers
prairie rocketAny of several North American plants of the genus Erysimum having large yellow flowers
wallflowerAny of numerous plants of the genus Erysimum having fragrant yellow or orange or brownish flowers
western wall flower, Erysimum asperum, Cheiranthus asperus, Erysimum arkansanumbiennial or short-lived perennial prairie ... / prairie rocket having orange-yellow flowers
wormseed mustard, Erysimum cheiranthoidesSlender yellow-flowered European mustard often troublesome as a weed
Broaderdilleniid dicot genusgenus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs
Spanisherysimum, genus erysimum
CatalanErísim, erysimum, genus erysimum

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