noun
a genus of the mustard family having white or yellow or purplish flowers; closely related to genus Arabis
• Syn: ↑Arabidopsis
• Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Cruciferae, ↑family Cruciferae, ↑Brassicaceae, ↑family Brassicaceae, ↑mustard family
Useful english dictionary. 2012.