1. Any of numerous low-growing cushion-forming plants of the genus Draba having rosette-forming leaves and terminal racemes of small flowers with scapose or leafy stems; fruit is a dehiscent oblong or linear silique
   "Alpine hikers often spot draba species clinging to rocky outcrops"

Derived forms: drabas

Type of: herb, herbaceous plant

Part of: genus Draba

Encyclopedia: Draba, Robert