Planodes

Translingual

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πλᾰνώδης (plănṓdēs, wandering, rambling, adjective). Further from πλᾰνάω (plănáō, to lead wandering, to mislead).

Coined by American botanist Edward Lee Greene in 1912.

Proper noun

Planodes n

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Brassicaceae – certain cruciferous plants.

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