单词 | cress plant |
释义 | cress plant (once / 2954828 pages) n WORD FAMILY cress plant: cress plants USAGE EXAMPLESHe plans to begin by using edits to study how the cress plant Arabidopsis protects its photosynthetic machinery from damage in excessively bright light. Nature(Dec 14, 2015) Certain genes from rice and the cress plant Arabidopsis, for instance, make tomato plants more tolerant of cold temperatures. Nature(Sep 25, 2013) In greenhouse tests, roots of cress plants that contained the engineered bacterium grew longer than those without, and the soil retained more water. Nature(Apr 17, 2013) n any of various plants of the family Cruciferae with edible leaves that have a pungent taste Syn|Hypo|Hyper cress watercress any of several water-loving cresses Arabidopsis thaliana, mouse-ear cressa small invasive self-pollinating weed with small white flowers; much studied by plant geneticists; the first higher plant whose complete genome sequence was described Arabidopsis lyrataa small noninvasive cross-pollinating plant with white flowers; closely related to Arabidopsis thaliana rock cress, rockcressany of several rock-loving cresses of the genus Arabis Arabis glabra, Turritis glabra, tower cress, tower mustardor genus Arabis: erect cress widely distributed throughout Europe St. Barbara's herb, scurvy grass, winter cressany plant of the genus Barbarea: yellow-flowered Eurasian cresses; widely cultivated for winter salad bitter cress, bittercressany of various herbs of the genus Cardamine, having usually pinnate leaves and racemes of white, pink or purple flowers; cosmopolitan except Antarctic Cochlearia officinalis, common scurvy grass, scurvy grassa widely distributed Arctic cress reputed to have value in treatment or prevention of scurvy; a concentrated source of vitamin C Lepidium sativum, common garden cress, garden pepper cress, pepper grass, pepperwortannual herb used as salad green and garnish Arabis Canadensis, sicklepodNorth American rock cress having very long curved pods Arabis turrita, tower cress, tower mustardEuropean cress having stiff erect stems; sometimes placed in genus Turritis American cress, American watercress, Barbarea praecox, Barbarea verna, Belle Isle cress, early winter cress, land cressof southwestern Europe; cultivated in Florida Cardamine pratensis, cuckoo flower, cuckooflower, lady's smock, meadow cressa bitter cress of Europe and America Cardamine bulbifera, Dentaria bulbifera, coral-root bittercress, coralroot, coralwortEuropean bittercress having a knotted white rootstock Cardamine diphylla, Dentaria diphylla, crinkle root, crinkle-root, crinkleroot, pepper root, toothwortNorth American herb with pungent scaly or toothed roots American watercress, Cardamine rotundifolia, mountain watercressmat-forming perennial found in cold springs of the eastern United States Cardamine bulbosa, spring cresssmall white-flowered cress common in wet places in eastern North America Cardamine douglasii, purple cresssmall perennial herb of cooler regions of North America with racemose purple flowers Nasturtium officinale, Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum, common watercressperennial Eurasian cress growing chiefly in springs or running water having fleshy pungent leaves used in salads or as a potherb or garnish; introduced in North America and elsewhere Rorippa islandica, marsh cress, yellow watercressannual or biennial cress growing in damp places sometimes used in salads or as a potherb; troublesome weed in some localities Nasturtium amphibium, Rorippa amphibia, great yellowcressperennial herb found on streams and riversides throughout Europe except extreme north and Mediterranean; sometimes placed in genus Nasturtium crucifer, cruciferous plant any of various plants of the family Cruciferae |
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