spring cress

spring cress
noun
small white-flowered cress common in wet places in eastern North America
Syn: ↑Cardamine bulbosa
Hypernyms: ↑bittercress, ↑bitter cress

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noun
: a small white-flowered cress (Cardamine bulbosa) common in wet places in eastern No. America

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