cheiranthus
Noun
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Old World perennial plants grown for their showy flowers (synset 111903606)
is a type of: dilleniid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbsmember holonym:
- cheiranthus cheiri, erysimum cheiri, wallflower - 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
- prairie rocket - any of several western American plants of the genus Cheiranthus having large yellow flowers
belongs to: 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 relativessame as: genus cheiranthus
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