HyperDic: genus_descurainia

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Descurainia:
NOUNplantgenus Descurainia, Descurainiaincludes annual or biennial herbs of America and Europe very similar to and often included among those of genera ... / genera Sisymbrium or Hugueninia
English > genus Descurainia: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningIncludes annual or biennial herbs of America and Europe very similar to and often included among those of genera ... / genera Sisymbrium or Hugueninia; not recognized in some classification systems.
SynonymDescurainia
Member ofCruciferae, family Cruciferae, Brassicaceae, family Brassicaceae, mustard familyA large family of plants with four-petaled flowers
Memberstansy mustard, Descurainia pinnataNorth American herb with bitter-tasting pinnate leaves resembling those of tansy
Broaderdilleniid dicot genusgenus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs
Spanishdescurainia, genus descurainia
Catalandescurainia, Descurainia, genus descurainia

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