noun
small genus of herbs of upland regions of the Pacific coast of North America
• Syn: ↑genus Thysanocarpus
• Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Cruciferae, ↑family Cruciferae, ↑Brassicaceae, ↑family Brassicaceae, ↑mustard family
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\\ˌthīsənōˈkärpəs, ˌthis-\ nounUsage: capitalized
: a small genus of slender annual herbs (family Cruciferae) that have pinnatifid basal leaves, entire stem leaves, small white flowers, and an ovate or orbicular one-seeded winged silicle and are widely distributed in dry upland areas of the Pacific coast of No. America — see fringepod
Useful english dictionary. 2012.