bittercress

bit´ter`cress

n.

1.

any of various herbs of the genus Cardamine, having usually pinnate leaves and racemes of white, pink or purple flowers; cosmopolitan except in the Antarctic.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

bittercress - any of various herbs of the genus Cardamine, having usually pinnate leaves and racemes of white, pink or purple flowers; cosmopolitan except Antarctic bitter cress cress, cress plant - any of various plants of the family Cruciferae with edible leaves that have a pungent taste Cardamine, genus Cardamine - bittercress, bitter cress Cardamine pratensis, cuckoo flower, cuckooflower, lady's smock, meadow cress - a bitter cress of Europe and America Cardamine bulbifera, coral-root bittercress, coralroot, coralwort, Dentaria bulbifera - European bittercress having a knotted white rootstock Cardamine diphylla, crinkle root, crinkle-root, crinkleroot, Dentaria diphylla, pepper root, toothwort - North American herb with pungent scaly or toothed roots Cardamine bulbosa, spring cress - small white-flowered cress common in wet places in eastern North America Cardamine douglasii, purple cress - small perennial herb of cooler regions of North America with racemose purple flowers