genus Arabis

Thesaurus

Noun

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genus Arabis - annual to perennial woody herbs of temperate North America, Europe and Asia: rockcressArabisdilleniid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbsBrassicaceae, 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 relativesrock cress, rockcress - any of several rock-loving cresses of the genus ArabisArabis Canadensis, sicklepod - North American rock cress having very long curved podsArabis turrita, tower cress, tower mustard - European cress having stiff erect stems; sometimes placed in genus Turritis