Barbarea

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Noun

Barbarea - biennial or perennial herbs of north temperate regions: winter cressgenus Barbareadilleniid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbsBrassicaceae, Cruciferae, family Brassicaceae, family Cruciferae, mustard family - a large family of plants with four-petaled flowers; includes mustards, cabbages, broccoli, turnips, cresses, and their many relativesSt. Barbara's herb, winter cress, scurvy grass - any plant of the genus Barbarea: yellow-flowered Eurasian cresses; widely cultivated for winter saladBarbarea praecox, Barbarea verna, Belle Isle cress, early winter cress, land cress, American cress, American watercress - of southwestern Europe; cultivated in FloridaBarbarea vulgaris, rockcress, rocket cress, Sisymbrium barbarea, yellow rocket - noxious cress with yellow flowers; sometimes placed in genus Sisymbrium

Barbarea

winter cress

Very similar to common field mustard with yellow flowers, mustard seeds pods and broccoli-like bud pods.

Barbarea

(wintercress), a genus of biennial and perennial herbs of the family Cruciferae. The lower leaves are mostly ly-rate, and the upper ones are entire and amplexicaul. The flowers are yellow and have nectar glandules. The fruit is a linear fourangled pod.

There are about 20 species, distributed in the temperate zone of the northern hemisphere. Of the nine species found in the USSR, the most common are B. vulgaris and B. arcuata. Both species are common weeds of fields, gardens, and orchards; they also occur in meadows and pastures and along roads and bodies of water. As many as 10,000 seeds are produced by a single plant. The seeds are poisonous to domestic animals, including poultry. Poisoning occurs when the animals are fed grain by-products contaminated with wintercress seeds. Both B. vulgaris and B. arcuata yield a substantial amount of nectar; their young leaves are used in salad. The species B. verna is cultivated in Western Europe as a salad plant.

Barbarea

Related to Barbarea: Barbarea verna

noun

Synonyms for Barbarea

noun biennial or perennial herbs of north temperate regions: winter cress

Synonyms

genus Barbarea

Related Words

dilleniid dicot genus
Brassicaceae
Cruciferae
family Brassicaceae
family Cruciferae
mustard family
St. Barbara's herb
winter cress
scurvy grass
Barbarea praecox
Barbarea verna
Belle Isle cress
early winter cress
land cress
American cress
American watercress
Barbarea vulgaris
rockcress
rocket cress
Sisymbrium barbarea
yellow rocket