Rorippa

noun

annual and perennial herbs of damp habitats; cosmopolitan except Antarctica

• Syn: ↑genus Rorippa

• Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Cruciferae, ↑family Cruciferae, ↑Brassicaceae, ↑family Brassicaceae, ↑mustard family

• Member Meronyms: ↑marsh cress, ↑yellow watercress, ↑Rorippa islandica, ↑great yellowcress, ↑Rorippa amphibia, ↑Nasturtium amphibium

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\\rȯˈripə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin

: a large genus of chiefly weedy aquatic or marsh herbs (family Cruciferae) that have pinnate or pinnatifid leaves, yellow flowers, and terete pods with seeds in two rows in each cell and that include some forms used for salad greens or pot herbs — see marsh cress