bittercress [ˈbɪtəˌkrɛs]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) one of several perennial or annual plants of the genus Cardamine, that are related to lady's-smock, including hairy bittercress (C. hirsuta), a common weed resembling shepherd's purse, with which it is often confused: family: Brassicaceae (crucifers)
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| 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 Antarcticcress, 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 |
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