| NOUN | plant | tower mustard, tower cress, Turritis glabra, Arabis glabra | or genus Arabis |
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| plant | tower mustard, tower cress, Arabis turrita | European cress having stiff erect stems |
| Meaning | Or genus Arabis: erect cress widely distributed throughout Europe. | |
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| Synonyms | tower cress, Turritis glabra, Arabis glabra | |
| Member of | Turritis, genus Turritis | Closely related to and often included in genus Arabis |
| Broader | cress, cress plant | Any of various plants of the family Cruciferae with edible leaves that have a pungent taste |
| Spanish | Turritis glabra | |
| Meaning | European cress having stiff erect stems; sometimes placed in genus Turritis. | |
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| Synonyms | tower cress, Arabis turrita | |
| Member of | Arabis, genus Arabis | annual to perennial woody herbs of temperate North America, Europe and Asia |
| Broader | rock cress, rockcress | Any of several rock-loving cresses of the genus Arabis |
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