arabis(n = noun.plant) genus arabis - annual to perennial woody herbs of temperate North America, Europe and Asia: rockcress;
is a kind of dilleniid dicot genus
is a member of brassicaceae, cruciferae, family brassicaceae, family cruciferae, mustard family

arabis, n. any plant of the genus Arabis, low-growing with toothed leaves and usu. white flowers. Also called rock cress (see ROCK(1)), wall-cress.

Etymology:
med.L f. Gk, = Arabian

arabis canadensis, arabis glabra, arabis turrita, genus arabis