genus camelina

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   annual and biennial herbs of Mediterranean to central Asia

   SynonymsCamelinafalse flax

   Broaderdilleniid dicot genus

   Part ofCruciferae

Questions about genus camelina

What does genus camelina mean?

genus camelina means "annual and biennial herbs of Mediterranean to central Asia".

What is another word for genus camelina?

Close synonyms include Camelina, false flax. 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 camelina a common word?

genus camelina 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.