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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Barbarea vulgaris (garden yellowrocket), a biennial herb native to Europe. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   any of various herbs of the genus Cardamine, having usually pinnate leaves and racemes of white, pink or purple flowers; cosmopolitan except Antarctic wordnet
3. 3
   Any plant of the Cardamine genus, especially Cardamine bulbosa and Cardamine hirsuta. countable, uncountable

Synonyms

All synonyms

bitter cress

Etymology

From bitter + cress.

Related phrases

American bittercressBlue Ridge bittercressBrewer's bittercressCarr's bittercressConstance's bittercressJapanese bittercressLong's bittercressPennsylvania bittercressRichardson's bittercressSaddle Mountain bittercressTexas bittercressWillamette Valley bittercress

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