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TURRITIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Closely related to and often included in genus Arabis
Synonyms:
genus Turritis; Turritis
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Turritis" is a kind of...):
dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)
Meronyms (members of "Turritis"):
Arabis glabra; tower cress; tower mustard; Turritis glabra (or genus Arabis: erect cress widely distributed throughout Europe)
Holonyms ("Turritis" is a member of...):
Brassicaceae; Cruciferae; family Brassicaceae; family Cruciferae; mustard family (a large family of plants with four-petaled flowers; includes mustards, cabbages, broccoli, turnips, cresses, and their many relatives)