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draba

DEFINITIONS OF: draba

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n any of numerous low-growing cushion-forming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems; fruit is a dehiscent oblong or linear silique

Types:
Draba verna, shad-flower, shadflower, whitlow grass
annual weed of Europe and North America having a rosette of basal leaves and tiny flowers followed by oblong seed capsules
Type of:
herb, herbaceous plant
a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
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