English > cress plant: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | Any of various plants of the family Cruciferae with edible leaves that have a pungent taste. |
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| Synonym | cress |
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| Member of | Cruciferae, family Cruciferae, Brassicaceae, family Brassicaceae, mustard family | A large family of plants with four-petaled flowers |
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| Narrower | Arabidopsis lyrata | A small noninvasive cross-pollinating plant with white flowers |
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| Arabidopsis thaliana, mouse-ear cress | A small invasive self-pollinating weed with small white flowers |
| bittercress, bitter cress | Any of various herbs of the genus Cardamine, having usually pinnate leaves and racemes of white, pink or purple flowers |
| common garden cress, garden pepper cress, pepper grass, pepperwort, Lepidium sativum | annual herb used as salad green and garnish |
| rock cress, rockcress | Any of several rock-loving cresses of the genus Arabis |
| scurvy grass, common scurvy grass, Cochlearia officinalis | A widely distributed Arctic cress reputed to have value in treatment or prevention of scurvy |
| tower mustard, tower cress, Turritis glabra, Arabis glabra | Or genus Arabis |
| watercress | Any of several water-loving cresses |
| winter cress, St. Barbara's herb, scurvy grass | Any plant of the genus Barbarea |
| Broader | crucifer, cruciferous plant | Any of various plants of the family Cruciferae |
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| Spanish | berro, mastuerzo |
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