HyperDic: bittercress

English > 1 sense of the word bittercress:
NOUNplantbittercress, bitter cressany of various herbs of the genus Cardamine, having usually pinnate leaves and racemes of white, pink or purple flowers
English > bittercress: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningAny of various herbs of the genus Cardamine, having usually pinnate leaves and racemes of white, pink or purple flowers; cosmopolitan except Antarctic.
Synonymbitter cress
Member ofCardamine, genus Cardaminebittercress, bitter cress
Narrowercoral-root bittercress, coralroot, coralwort, Cardamine bulbifera, Dentaria bulbiferaEuropean bittercress having a knotted white rootstock / rootstock
crinkleroot, crinkle-root, crinkle root, pepper root, toothwort, Cardamine diphylla, Dentaria diphyllaNorth American herb with pungent scaly or toothed roots
lady's smock, cuckooflower, cuckoo flower, meadow cress, Cardamine pratensisA bitter cress of Europe and America
purple cress, Cardamine douglasiismall perennial herb of cooler regions / regions of North America with racemose purple flowers
spring cress, Cardamine bulbosasmall white-flowered cress common in wet places in eastern North America
Broadercress, cress plantAny of various plants of the family Cruciferae with edible leaves that have a pungent taste

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