purple cress

purple cress
noun
small perennial herb of cooler regions of North America with racemose purple flowers
Hypernyms: ↑bittercress, ↑bitter cress

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noun
: a small perennial herb (Cardamine douglasii) of the cooler regions of No. America with dentate roundish leaves and racemose purple flowers

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  • rock cress — any of several low growing plants belonging to the genus Arabis, of the mustard family, having spikes or one sided clusters of white, pink, or purple flowers, grown as an ornamental in rock gardens. [1700 10] * * * ▪ plant       any of the 120… …   Universalium

  • Indian cress — Indian In di*an (?; 277), a. [From India, and this fr. Indus, the name of a river in Asia, L. Indus, Gr. ?, OPers. Hindu, name of the land on the Indus, Skr. sindhu river, the Indus. Cf. {Hindu}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Of or pertaining to India… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Rock cress — Rock Rock, n. [OF. roke, F. roche; cf. Armor. roc h, and AS. rocc.] 1. A large concreted mass of stony material; a large fixed stone or crag. See {Stone}. [1913 Webster] Come one, come all! this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I. Sir …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Indian purple — Indian In di*an (?; 277), a. [From India, and this fr. Indus, the name of a river in Asia, L. Indus, Gr. ?, OPers. Hindu, name of the land on the Indus, Skr. sindhu river, the Indus. Cf. {Hindu}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Of or pertaining to India… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • bitter cress — bit′ter cress′ n. pln any plant of the genus Cardamine, of the mustard family, having clusters of white, pink, or purple flowers • Etymology: 1885–90 …   From formal English to slang

  • bitter cress — any plant belonging to the genus Cardamine, of the mustard family, having usually pinnate leaves and clusters of white, pink, or purple flowers. [1885 90] * * * …   Universalium

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