Definition of cress, Meaning of cress, Translation of cress

American cress Click to Search American cress
noun of southwestern Europe; cultivated in Florida • Syn: Belle Isle cress, early winter cress, land cress, American watercress, Barbarea verna, Barbarea praecox • Hypernyms: winter cress, St. Barbara's herb, scurvy grass • Part Holonyms: Barbarea, genus Barbarea

Belle Isle cress Click to Search Belle Isle cress
noun of southwestern Europe; cultivated in Florida • Syn: early winter cress, land cress, American cress, American watercress, Barbarea verna, Barbarea praecox • Hypernyms: winter cress, St. Barbara's herb, scurvy grass • Part Holonyms: Barbarea, genus Barbarea

bitter cress Click to Search 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, cuckooflower, cuckoo flower, meadow cress, Cardamine pratensis, coral-root bittercress, coralroot, coralwort, Cardamine bulbifera, Dentaria bulbifera, crinkleroot, crinkle-root, crinkle root, pepper root, toothwort, Cardamine diphylla, Dentaria diphylla, spring cress, Cardamine bulbosa, purple cress, Cardamine douglasii • Member Holonyms: Cardamine, genus Cardamine

chamois cress Click to Search chamois cress
noun small tufted perennial herb of mountains of central and southern Europe having very small flowers of usually leafless stems; sometimes placed in genus Lepidium • Syn: Pritzelago alpina, Lepidium alpina • Hypernyms: herb, herbaceous plant

common garden cress Click to Search common garden cress
noun annual herb used as salad green and garnish • Syn: garden pepper cress, pepper grass, pepperwort, Lepidium sativum • Hypernyms: cress, cress plant • Member Holonyms: Lepidium, genus Lepidium • Part Meronyms: garden cress

cress Click to Search cress
noun 1. any of various plants of the family Cruciferae with edible leaves that have a pungent taste • Syn: cress plant • Hypernyms: crucifer, cruciferous plant • Hyponyms: watercress, Arabidopsis thaliana, mouse-ear cress, Arabidopsis lyrata, rock cress, rockcress, tower mustard, tower cress, Turritis glabra, Arabis glabra, winter cress, St. Barbara's herb, scurvy grass, bittercress, bitter cress, common scurvy grass, Cochlearia officinalis, common garden cress, garden pepper cress, pepper grass, pepperwort, Lepidium sativum • Member Holonyms: Cruciferae, family Cruciferae, Brassicaceae, family Brassicaceae, mustard family 2. pungent leaves of any of numerous cruciferous herbs • Hypernyms: salad green, salad greens • Hyponyms: watercress, garden cress, winter cress

cress green Click to Search cress green
adjective of a moderate yellow-green color that is greener and deeper than moss green and yellower and darker than pea green • Syn: cresson, watercress • Similar to: chromatic • Derivationally related forms: watercress (for: watercress)

cress plant Click to Search cress plant
noun any of various plants of the family Cruciferae with edible leaves that have a pungent taste • Syn: cress • Hypernyms: crucifer, cruciferous plant • Hyponyms: watercress, Arabidopsis thaliana, mouse-ear cress, Arabidopsis lyrata, rock cress, rockcress, tower mustard, tower cress, Turritis glabra, Arabis glabra, winter cress, St. Barbara's herb, scurvy grass, bittercress, bitter cress, common scurvy grass, Cochlearia officinalis, common garden cress, garden pepper cress, pepper grass, pepperwort, Lepidium sativum • Member Holonyms: Cruciferae, family Cruciferae, Brassicaceae, family Brassicaceae, mustard family

cresson Click to Search cresson
adjective of a moderate yellow-green color that is greener and deeper than moss green and yellower and darker than pea green • Syn: cress green, watercress • Similar to: chromatic • Derivationally related forms: watercress (for: watercress)

early winter cress Click to Search early winter cress
noun of southwestern Europe; cultivated in Florida • Syn: Belle Isle cress, land cress, American cress, American watercress, Barbarea verna, Barbarea praecox • Hypernyms: winter cress, St. Barbara's herb, scurvy grass • Part Holonyms: Barbarea, genus Barbarea

garden cress Click to Search garden cress
noun cress cultivated for salads and garnishes • Hypernyms: cress • Part Holonyms: common garden cress, garden pepper cress, pepper grass, pepperwort, Lepidium sativum

garden pepper cress Click to Search garden pepper cress
noun annual herb used as salad green and garnish • Syn: common garden cress, pepper grass, pepperwort, Lepidium sativum • Hypernyms: cress, cress plant • Member Holonyms: Lepidium, genus Lepidium • Part Meronyms: garden cress

Indian cress Click to Search Indian cress
noun strong-growing annual climber having large flowers of all shades of orange from orange-red to yellowish orange and seeds that are pickled and used like capers • Syn: garden nasturtium, Tropaeolum majus • Hypernyms: nasturtium

land cress Click to Search land cress
noun of southwestern Europe; cultivated in Florida • Syn: Belle Isle cress, early winter cress, American cress, American watercress, Barbarea verna, Barbarea praecox • Hypernyms: winter cress, St. Barbara's herb, scurvy grass • Part Holonyms: Barbarea, genus Barbarea

marsh cress Click to Search 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

meadow cress Click to Search meadow cress
noun a bitter cress of Europe and America • Syn: lady's smock, cuckooflower, cuckoo flower, Cardamine pratensis • Hypernyms: bittercress, bitter cress

mouse-ear cress Click to Search mouse-ear cress
noun a small invasive self-pollinating weed with small white flowers; much studied by plant geneticists; the first higher plant whose complete genome sequence was described • Syn: Arabidopsis thaliana • Hypernyms: cress, cress plant

purple cress Click to Search purple cress
noun small perennial herb of cooler regions of North America with racemose purple flowers • Syn: Cardamine douglasii • Hypernyms: bittercress, bitter cress

rock cress Click to Search rock cress
noun any of several rock-loving cresses of the genus Arabis • Syn: rockcress • Hypernyms: cress, cress plant • Hyponyms: sicklepod, Arabis Canadensis, tower cress, tower mustard, Arabis turrita • Member Holonyms: Arabis, genus Arabis

rocket cress Click to Search rocket cress
noun noxious cress with yellow flowers; sometimes placed in genus Sisymbrium • Syn: yellow rocket, rockcress, Barbarea vulgaris, Sisymbrium barbarea • Hypernyms: weed • Part Holonyms: Barbarea, genus Barbarea

spring cress Click to Search spring cress
noun small white-flowered cress common in wet places in eastern North America • Syn: Cardamine bulbosa • Hypernyms: bittercress, bitter cress

stone cress Click to Search stone cress
noun any Old World herb of the genus Aethionema; native of sunny limestone habitats • Syn: stonecress • Hypernyms: herb, herbaceous plant • Member Holonyms: Aethionema, genus Aethionema

tower cress Click to Search tower cress
noun 1. or genus Arabis: erect cress widely distributed throughout Europe • Syn: tower mustard, Turritis glabra, Arabis glabra • Hypernyms: cress, cress plant • Member Holonyms: Turritis, genus Turritis 2. European cress having stiff erect stems; sometimes placed in genus Turritis • Syn: tower mustard, Arabis turrita • Hypernyms: rock cress, rockcress • Member Holonyms: Arabis, genus Arabis

winter cress Click to Search winter cress
noun 1. any plant of the genus Barbarea: yellow-flowered Eurasian cresses; widely cultivated for winter salad • Syn: St. Barbara's herb, scurvy grass • Hypernyms: cress, cress plant • Hyponyms: Belle Isle cress, early winter cress, land cress, American cress, American watercress, Barbarea verna, Barbarea praecox • Member Holonyms: Barbarea, genus Barbarea 2. cress cultivated for winter salads • Hypernyms: cress

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American cress

Belle Isle cress

bitter cress

chamois cress

common garden cress

cress

cress green

cress plant

cresson

early winter cress

garden cress

garden pepper cress

Indian cress

land cress

marsh cress

meadow cress

mouse-ear cress

purple cress

rock cress

rocket cress

spring cress

stone cress

tower cress

winter cress

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