genus Cheiranthus

genus Cheiranthus
noun
Old World perennial plants grown for their showy flowers
Syn: ↑Cheiranthus
Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot genus
Member Meronyms: ↑wallflower, ↑Cheiranthus cheiri, ↑Erysimum cheiri, ↑prairie rocket

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  • Cheiranthus — noun Old World perennial plants grown for their showy flowers • Syn: ↑genus Cheiranthus • Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Cruciferae, ↑family Cruciferae, ↑Brassicaceae, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • Cheiranthus cheiri — noun perennial of southern Europe having clusters of fragrant flowers of all colors especially yellow and orange; often naturalized on old walls or cliffs; sometimes placed in genus Erysimum • Syn: ↑wallflower, ↑Erysimum cheiri • Hypernyms:… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Cheiranthus allionii — noun showy erect biennial or short lived perennial cultivated for its terminal racemes of orange yellow flowers; sometimes placed in genus Cheiranthus • Syn: ↑Siberian wall flower, ↑Erysimum allionii • Hypernyms: ↑wallflower • Member Holonyms:… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Cheiranthus asperus — noun biennial or short lived perennial prairie rocket having orange yellow flowers; western North America to Minnesota and Kansas; sometimes placed in genus Cheiranthus • Syn: ↑western wall flower, ↑Erysimum asperum, ↑Erysimum arkansanum •… …   Useful english dictionary

  • genus 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: ↑Erysimum • Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Cruciferae, ↑family… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Cheiranthus — Wallflower Wall flow er, n. 1. (Bot.) A perennial, cruciferous plant ({Cheiranthus Cheiri}), with sweet scented flowers varying in color from yellow to orange and deep red. In Europe it very common on old walls. [1913 Webster] Note: The name is… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Cheiranthus Cheiri — Wallflower Wall flow er, n. 1. (Bot.) A perennial, cruciferous plant ({Cheiranthus Cheiri}), with sweet scented flowers varying in color from yellow to orange and deep red. In Europe it very common on old walls. [1913 Webster] Note: The name is… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • dilleniid dicot genus — noun genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs • Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus • Hyponyms: ↑Capparis, ↑genus Capparis, ↑genus Cleome, ↑Cleome, ↑C …   Useful english dictionary

  • prairie rocket — noun 1. any of several North American plants of the genus Erysimum having large yellow flowers • Hypernyms: ↑flower • Member Holonyms: ↑Erysimum, ↑genus Erysimum 2. any of several western American plants of the genus Cheiranthus having large… …   Useful english dictionary

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