marsh cress

noun

annual or biennial cress growing in damp places sometimes used in salads or as a potherb; troublesome weed in some localities

• Syn: ↑yellow watercress, ↑Rorippa islandica

• Hypernyms: ↑watercress

• Member Holonyms: ↑Rorippa, ↑genus Rorippa

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noun

: an annual or biennial cress (Rorippa islandica) that grows in damp places, is a troublesome weed in some localities, and has leaves which are sometimes used in salads or as a potherb — called also yellow water cress

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any cress belonging to the genus Rorippa, of the mustard family, esp. R. islandica, that grows in marshy areas in North America and Eurasia.

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marsh cress,

a North American plant of the mustard family that grows in moist places.