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Arabidopsis

noun

a genus of the mustard family having white or yellow or purplish flowers; closely related to genus Arabis

• Syn: ↑genus Arabidopsis

• Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot genus

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

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\\ˌarəbə̇ˈdäpsə̇s\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Arabid-, Arabis + -opsis

: a small genus of annual or biennial herbs (family Brassicaceae) of north temperate regions with basal rosettes of petioled leaves, cauline leaves short-petioled or clasping, and flowers having white, purplish, or sometimes yellow petals — see mouse-ear cress

Useful english dictionary. 2012.