Cakile

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Cakile - small genus of succulent annual herbs found on sandy shores of North America and Europegenus Cakiledilleniid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbsBrassicaceae, 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 relativesCakile maritima, sea-rocket - salt-tolerant seashore annual grown for its fragrant rose or violet flowers and fleshy grey-green foliage

Cakile

(sea rocket), a genus of plants of the family Cruciferae. They are branched, naked annual herbs. The leaves are succulent and rather thick. The lilac, purple, pink, or white flowers are in racemose inflorescences. The fruit is a two-segmented pod. There are 15 species, growing in Europe, Western Asia, North Africa, America, and Australia, predominantly along sandy sea-coasts. Four species are found in the USSR. Cakile baltica is found along the Baltic coast, C euxina, along the shores of the Black and Azov seas, and C. arctica and C. lapponica, along the coasts of the White and Barents seas. The seeds of the plants contain a fatty oil; the young herbs are used in food.

REFERENCE

Pobedimova, E. G. “Rod Cakile Mill.” (Special section.) In Novosti sistematiki vysshikh rastenii Moscow-Leningrad, 1964.

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noun small genus of succulent annual herbs found on sandy shores of North America and Europe

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