bittercress

bittercress
bitter cress n.
Any of several herbs of the genus Cardamine in the mustard family, having racemes of white, pink, or purplish flowers, usually divided leaves, and pods that dehisce explosively.

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  • bittercress — it ter*cress n. any of various herbs of the genus Cardamine, having usually pinnate leaves and racemes of white, pink or purple flowers; cosmopolitan except in the Antarctic. Syn: bitter cress. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • bittercress — /ˈbɪtəkrɛs/ (say bituhkres) noun 1. any herb of the genus Cardamine, cosmopolitan but concentrated in cool and temperate regions, as the hairy bittercress, C. hirsuta, probably originally of Europe, now widespread as a weed, and C. tenuifolia, a… …  

  • 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

  • bittercress — noun a) Barbarea vulgaris, a biennial herb native to Europe. b) Any plant of the Cardamine genus, especially Cardamine bulbosa and Cardamine hirsuta …   Wiktionary

  • bittercress — noun a plant with small white flowers, which grows as a weed in damp soils. [Genus Cardamine: several species.] …   English new terms dictionary

  • coral-root bittercress — noun European bittercress having a knotted white rootstock • Syn: ↑coralroot, ↑coralwort, ↑Cardamine bulbifera, ↑Dentaria bulbifera • Hypernyms: ↑bittercress, ↑bitter cress …   Useful english dictionary

  • hairy bittercress — /hɛəri ˈbɪtəkrɛs/ (say hairree bituhkres) noun See bittercress (def. 1) …  

  • Cardamine — oligosperma (Little Western Bittercress) Scientific classification Kingdom: Planta …   Wikipedia

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