| 单词 | land cress |
| 释义 | > as lemmasland cress land cress n. a biennial herb of the family Cruciferæ, Barbarea verna; also, occasionally used for B. vulgaris. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > leaf vegetables > winter-cress or land-cress winter cress1548 wound-rocket1548 herb St. Barbara1578 yellow rocket1670 land cress1856 1856 W. A. Bromfield Flora Vectensis 33 Mr R. Loe of Newchurch tells me it [sc. Barbarea verna] is often substituted by the people of this island [sc. the Isle of Wight] for the common Water Cress, being known by the opposite cognomen of Land Cress. 1878 J. Britten & R. Holland Dict. Eng. Plant-names 129 Cress, Land. (1) Barbarea præcox, Br... (2) Cardamine hirsuta, L. 1944 W. J. Stokoe Caterpillars Brit. Butterflies 179 Wintercress Barbarea vulgaris..is also known as Yellow Rocket and Land Cress, to distinguish it from Watercress, which, in general appearance, it closely resembles. 1946 Nature 21 Dec. 920/1 Investigations under the Dairy Research Institute have included landcress taint in cream and butter. 1969 S. G. Harrison et al. Oxf. Bk. Food Plants 152/2 Winter Cress or Land Cress (Barbarea verna), is a useful but rarely-grown salad plant. < as lemmas |
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