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Berteroa

noun

hoary alyssum

• Syn: ↑genus Berteroa

• Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot genus

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

• Member Meronyms: ↑hoary alison, ↑hoary alyssum, ↑Berteroa incana

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\\ˌbərtēˈrōə, (ˌ)bərˈterəwə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, after Carlo G. Bertero died 1831 Italian botanist

: a small genus of Eurasian herbs (family Cruciferae) with narrow entire leaves, white racemose flowers, and oblong or nearly round pods — see hoary alyssum

Useful english dictionary. 2012.