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Cakile

noun

small genus of succulent annual herbs found on sandy shores of North America and Europe

• Syn: ↑genus Cakile

• Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot genus

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

• Member Meronyms: ↑sea-rocket, ↑Cakile maritima

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\\ˈkakəˌlē\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Arabic qāqulla

: a small genus of annual succulent herbs (family Cruciferae) found along sandy shores of No. America and Europe and having opposite fleshy leaves — see sea rocket

Useful english dictionary. 2012.