- meadow cress
- nouna bitter cress of Europe and America• Syn: ↑lady's smock, ↑cuckooflower, ↑cuckoo flower, ↑Cardamine pratensis• Hypernyms: ↑bittercress, ↑bitter cress
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cress — cressy, adj. /kres/, n. 1. any of various plants of the mustard family, esp. the watercress, having pungent tasting leaves often used for salad and as a garnish. 2. any of various similar plants. [bef. 900; ME cresse, OE cress(a), cresse; c. D… … Universalium
bitter cress — noun any of various herbs of the genus Cardamine, having usually pinnate leaves and racemes of white, pink or purple flowers; cosmopolitan except Antarctic • Syn: ↑bittercress • Hypernyms: ↑cress, ↑cress plant • Hyponyms: ↑lady s smock, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
bittercress — noun any of various herbs of the genus Cardamine, having usually pinnate leaves and racemes of white, pink or purple flowers; cosmopolitan except Antarctic • Syn: ↑bitter cress • Hypernyms: ↑cress, ↑cress plant • Hyponyms: ↑lady s smock, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Cardamine — oligosperma (Little Western Bittercress) Scientific classification Kingdom: Planta … Wikipedia
Cardamine pratensis — noun a bitter cress of Europe and America • Syn: ↑lady s smock, ↑cuckooflower, ↑cuckoo flower, ↑meadow cress • Hypernyms: ↑bittercress, ↑bitter cress … Useful english dictionary
cuckoo flower — noun 1. a bitter cress of Europe and America • Syn: ↑lady s smock, ↑cuckooflower, ↑meadow cress, ↑Cardamine pratensis • Hypernyms: ↑bittercress, ↑bitter cress 2. common perennial native to Europe and w … Useful english dictionary
cuckooflower — noun a bitter cress of Europe and America • Syn: ↑lady s smock, ↑cuckoo flower, ↑meadow cress, ↑Cardamine pratensis • Hypernyms: ↑bittercress, ↑bitter cress … Useful english dictionary
lady's smock — noun a bitter cress of Europe and America • Syn: ↑cuckooflower, ↑cuckoo flower, ↑meadow cress, ↑Cardamine pratensis • Hypernyms: ↑bittercress, ↑bitter cress … Useful english dictionary
Cardamine — Car da*mine, n. [L. cardamina, Gr. ?: cf. F. cardamine.] (Bot.) A genus of cruciferous plants, containing the lady s smock, cuckooflower, bitter cress, meadow cress, etc. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
cuckooflower — n. (Botany) various plants of the European and American bitter cress (such as the lady s smock, ragged robin, meadow cress) … English contemporary dictionary
