genus cheiranthus

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   Old World perennial plants grown for their showy flowers

   SynonymsCheiranthus

   Broaderdilleniid dicot genus

   Part ofCruciferae

Questions about genus cheiranthus

What does genus cheiranthus mean?

genus cheiranthus means "Old World perennial plants grown for their showy flowers".

What is another word for genus cheiranthus?

Close synonyms include Cheiranthus. 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 cheiranthus a common word?

genus cheiranthus 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.