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Cardamine

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Car´da`mine
n.1.(Bot.) A genus of cruciferous plants, containing the lady's-smock, cuckooflower, bitter cress, meadow cress, etc.
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Noun1.Cardamine - bittercress, bitter cressCardamine - bittercress, bitter cress            
genus Cardamine
dilleniid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs
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
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
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In the southwestern corner and southern end of the study area, there is a large seep and lower quality fen that is dominated by Carex stricta, Impatiens capensis, Symphyotrichum puniceum, Thelypteris palustris, Solidago patula, Symplocarpus foetidus, Eupatoriadelphus maculatus, and Cardamine bulbosa.
The vascular flora and vegetational communities of the wetland ... by Ruch, Donald G.; Torke, Byron G.; Hess, Benjamin R.; Badger, Kemuel S.; Rothrock, Paul E. / Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science
Examples include Persicaria (Knotweed) Cytisus (Pineapple broom) Calluna (heather) Lonicera (Honeysuckle) Trifolium (Clover) Cardamine (Cuckoo flower) Erysimum (Wallflower) Helianthemum (Rock rose), Festuca (Blue fescue) Sorbus (Mountain ash) Malus (Crab apple) and hundreds more.
GARDENING: Attract butterflies into your garden with the right plants by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)
Unfortunately this is a name that refers to several herbaceous plants and without the genera name, it is difficult to establish whether it is an Aquilegia, Artemisia, Cardamine or Dianthus.
Old variety of plums that have a peach of a taste! by Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)
 
 
 
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