arabis [ˈærəbɪs]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) any plant of the annual or perennial genus Arabis, some of which form low-growing mats with downy grey foliage and white flowers: family Brassicaceae (crucifers) Also called rock cress
[New Latin, from Greek arabis (fem) of Arabia]
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| Noun | 1. |  Arabis - annual to perennial woody herbs of temperate North America, Europe and Asia: rockcressdilleniid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs Brassicaceae, Cruciferae, family Brassicaceae, family Cruciferae, mustard family - a large family of plants with four-petaled flowers; includes mustards, cabbages, broccoli, turnips, cresses, and their many relatives rock cress, rockcress - any of several rock-loving cresses of the genus Arabis Arabis Canadensis, sicklepod - North American rock cress having very long curved pods Arabis turrita, tower cress, tower mustard - European cress having stiff erect stems; sometimes placed in genus Turritis |
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