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bitter cress
bit′ter cress′
n. any plant of the genus Cardamine, of the mustard family, having clusters of white, pink, or purple flowers. [1885–90] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  bitter cress - any of various herbs of the genus Cardamine, having usually pinnate leaves and racemes of white, pink or purple flowers; cosmopolitan except Antarcticbittercresscress, cress plant - any of various plants of the family Cruciferae with edible leaves that have a pungent tasteCardamine, genus Cardamine - bittercress, bitter cressCardamine pratensis, cuckoo flower, cuckooflower, lady's smock, meadow cress - a bitter cress of Europe and AmericaCardamine bulbifera, coralroot, coral-root bittercress, coralwort, Dentaria bulbifera - European bittercress having a knotted white rootstockCardamine diphylla, crinkle root, crinkleroot, crinkle-root, Dentaria diphylla, pepper root, toothwort - North American herb with pungent scaly or toothed rootsCardamine bulbosa, spring cress - small white-flowered cress common in wet places in eastern North AmericaCardamine douglasii, purple cress - small perennial herb of cooler regions of North America with racemose purple flowers |
bitter cress
Synonyms for bitter cressnoun any of various herbs of the genus Cardamine, having usually pinnate leaves and racemes of white, pink or purple flowersSynonymsRelated Words- cress
- cress plant
- Cardamine
- genus Cardamine
- Cardamine pratensis
- cuckoo flower
- cuckooflower
- lady's smock
- meadow cress
- Cardamine bulbifera
- coralroot
- coral-root bittercress
- coralwort
- Dentaria bulbifera
- Cardamine diphylla
- crinkle root
- crinkleroot
- crinkle-root
- Dentaria diphylla
- pepper root
- toothwort
- Cardamine bulbosa
- spring cress
- Cardamine douglasii
- purple cress
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