单词 | winter cress |
释义 | winter cress in British English (ˈwɪntə krɛs) noun another name for wintercress wintercress in British English (ˈwɪntəˌkrɛs) noun 1. a bitter-tasting yellow-flowered perennial, Barbarea vulgaris, somewhat resembling mustard 2. a commercial hybrid, Rorippa × sterilis, between watercress and R. microphylla winter cress in American Englishnoun any cress belonging to the genus Barbarea, of the mustard family, having lyrate leaves and yellow flowers Word origin [1540–50]This word is first recorded in the period 1540–50. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: flare, horizon, labyrinth, parallel, platform |
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