genus arabis

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   annual to perennial woody herbs of temperate North America, Europe and Asia: rockcress

   SynonymsArabis

   Broaderdilleniid dicot genus

   Part ofCruciferae

Questions about genus arabis

What does genus arabis mean?

genus arabis means "annual to perennial woody herbs of temperate North America, Europe and Asia: rockcress".

What is another word for genus arabis?

Close synonyms include Arabis. 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 genus arabis a common word?

genus arabis 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.