See Also: guttiferous(medicine)

cheiranthus (iou) and guttiferous (medicine)


cheiranthus (iou)



cheiranthus noun. M19.
[mod. Latin (see below), from Greek kheir hand + anthos flower.]
A cruciferous plant of the genus Cheiranthus (now freq. included in the genus Erysimum), to which the wallflower belongs.

guttiferous (medicine)


guttiferous
<botany> Yielding gum or resinous substances.

Pertaining to a natural order of trees and shrubs (Guttiferae) noted for their abounding in a resinous sap.

Source: Websters Dictionary