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arabidopsis

arabidopsis noun: any cress (or related plant) of the genus Arabidopsis.

arabidopsis: any cress (or related plant) of the genus Arabidopsis
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Noun

arabidopsis

  1. Any cress (or related plant) of the genus Arabidopsis

Origin of arabidopsis

From the genus name.

Questions about arabidopsis

What does arabidopsis mean?
Arabidopsis means any cress (or related plant) of the genus Arabidopsis.
What part of speech is arabidopsis?
Arabidopsis is a noun.

Words near arabidopsis in the dictionary

  1. Arabick
  2. Arabicness
  3. Arabics
  4. Arabid
  5. arabidiol
  6. arabidopsis
  7. Arabids
  8. arabiki
  9. arability
  10. arabin
  11. arabinan

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