noun
large genus of annual or perennial herbs some grown for their flowers and some for their attractive evergreen leaves; Old World and North America
• Syn: ↑genus Erysimum
• Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Cruciferae, ↑family Cruciferae, ↑Brassicaceae, ↑family Brassicaceae, ↑mustard family
• Member Meronyms:
↑wallflower, ↑prairie rocket, ↑Siberian wall flower, ↑Erysimum allionii, ↑Cheiranthus allionii, ↑western wall flower, ↑Erysimum asperum, ↑Cheiranthus asperus, ↑Erysimum arkansanum, ↑wormseed mustard, ↑Erysimum cheiranthoides
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\\ə̇ˈrisəməm\ nounUsage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek erysimon, a kind of mustard, from erysthai to defend, protect, save; from its use as a medicinal herb
: a small genus of Old World herbs (family Cruciferae) including several weeds and having alternate leaves, small yellow flowers, and slender terete pods — see wallflower, wormseed mustard
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Erysimum /e-risˈi-məm/
noun
The treacle-mustard genus of Cruciferae
ORIGIN: Latinized from Gr erysimon hedge-mustard
Useful english dictionary. 2012.