Belle Isle cress

Belle Isle cress
noun
of southwestern Europe; cultivated in Florida
Hypernyms: ↑winter cress, ↑St. Barbara's herb, ↑scurvy grass
Part Holonyms: ↑Barbarea, ↑genus Barbarea

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\(ˈ)be|lī(ə)l-\ noun
Usage: usually capitalized B&I
Etymology: probably from Belle-Isle, Orange county, Fla.

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