genus descurainia

1. 1.

   includes annual or biennial herbs of America and Europe very similar to and often included among those of genera Sisymbrium or Hugueninia; not recognized in some classification systems

   SynonymsDescurainia

   Broaderdilleniid dicot genus

   Part ofCruciferae

Questions about genus descurainia

What does genus descurainia mean?

genus descurainia means "includes annual or biennial herbs of America and Europe very similar to and often included among those of genera Sisymbrium or Hugueninia; not recognized in some classification systems".

What is another word for genus descurainia?

Close synonyms include Descurainia. 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 descurainia a common word?

genus descurainia 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.