Erysimum

Erysimum
noun
large genus of annual or perennial herbs some grown for their flowers and some for their attractive evergreen leaves; Old World and North America
• Syn: ↑genus Erysimum
• Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot genus
• Member Meronyms:

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\\ə̇ˈrisəməm\ noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek erysimon, a kind of mustard, from erysthai to defend, protect, save; from its use as a medicinal herb
: a small genus of Old World herbs (family Cruciferae) including several weeds and having alternate leaves, small yellow flowers, and slender terete pods — see wallflower, wormseed mustard

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Erysimum /e-risˈi-məm/
noun
The treacle-mustard genus of Cruciferae
ORIGIN: Latinized from Gr erysimon hedge-mustard

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  • Erysimum — n. a large genus of annual or perennial herbs of the Old World and North America; some are grown for their flowers and some for their attractive evergreen leaves. Syn: genus {Erysimum}. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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