cress plant

1. Any of various plants of the family Cruciferae with edible leaves that have a pungent taste (synset 111889820)
   is a type of: crucifer, cruciferous plant - any of various plants of the family Cruciferae
   subtypes:

   • watercress - any of several water-loving cresses
   • arabidopsis thaliana, mouse-ear cress - a 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 lyrata - a small noninvasive cross-pollinating plant with white flowers; closely related to Arabidopsis thaliana
   • rock cress, rockcress - any of several rock-loving cresses of the genus Arabis
   • arabis glabra, tower cress, tower mustard, turritis glabra - or genus Arabis: erect cress widely distributed throughout Europe
   • scurvy grass, st. barbara's herb, winter cress - any plant of the genus Barbarea: yellow-flowered Eurasian cresses; widely cultivated for winter salad
   • bitter cress, bittercress - any 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 grass - a widely distributed Arctic cress reputed to have value in treatment or prevention of scurvy; a concentrated source of vitamin C
   • common garden cress, garden pepper cress, lepidium sativum, pepper grass, pepperwort - annual herb used as salad green and garnish
   belongs to: brassicaceae, 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 relatives
   same as: cress

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