noun
includes annual or biennial herbs of America and Europe very similar to and often included among those of genera Sisymbrium or Hugueninia; not recognized in some classification systems
• Syn: ↑genus Descurainia
• Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Cruciferae, ↑family Cruciferae, ↑Brassicaceae, ↑family Brassicaceae, ↑mustard family
• Member Meronyms: ↑tansy mustard, ↑Descurainia pinnata
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\\ˌdekəˈrānēə, ˌdāk-\ nounUsage: capitalized
: a genus of annual or biennial herbs (family Cruciferae) of America and Europe differing from members of the genus Sisymbrium in having a pubescence of stellate or forked hairs and comprising the tansy mustards — see tansy mustard
Useful english dictionary. 2012.