noun
- A genus of small flowering plants in the mustard family, widely used in genetic and molecular biology research.
Usage: scientific; often capitalized as a genus name; commonly refers to Arabidopsis thaliana, a model organism
Examples
- Arabidopsis thaliana is one of the most studied plants in molecular biology.
- Scientists use arabidopsis to understand how genes control plant development.
- The arabidopsis genome was one of the first plant genomes to be fully sequenced.
- Researchers grew arabidopsis in the laboratory to test the effects of mutations.
- Arabidopsis plants are small and easy to cultivate, making them ideal for experiments.