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Sinapis

noun

small genus of Old World herbs usually included in genus Brassica

• Syn: ↑genus Sinapis

• Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Cruciferae, ↑family Cruciferae, ↑Brassicaceae, ↑family Brassicaceae, ↑mustard family

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\\sə̇ˈnāpə̇s\ noun

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin sinapi, sinapis mustard, from Greek

1. capitalized, in some classifications : a genus comprising cruciferous herbs with a long beak on the tip of the seedpod and being now usually included as a section in the genus Brassica

2. -es : mustard

Useful english dictionary. 2012.