arabidopsis thaliana

1. 1.

   a small invasive self-pollinating weed with small white flowers; much studied by plant geneticists; the first higher plant whose complete genome sequence was described

   Synonymsmouse-ear cress

   Broadercress

Questions about arabidopsis thaliana

What does arabidopsis thaliana mean?

arabidopsis thaliana means "a small invasive self-pollinating weed with small white flowers; much studied by plant geneticists; the first higher plant whose complete genome sequence was described".

What is another word for arabidopsis thaliana?

Close synonyms include mouse-ear cress. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is arabidopsis thaliana a common word?

arabidopsis thaliana is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.