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noun
Any of several similar genera of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae: in genera Arabis, with primarily Old World species; Arabidopsis (syn. Cardaminopsis), with primarily Old World species; and Boechera and Braya, with primarily North American species.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
any of several rock-loving cresses of the genus Arabis
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: rock cress
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cress, cress plant
Narrower terms: sicklepod, Arabis Canadensis, tower cress, tower mustard, Arabis turrita
noun
noxious cress with yellow flowers; sometimes placed in genus Sisymbrium
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: yellow rocket, rocket cress, Barbarea vulgaris, Sisymbrium barbarea
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: weed
History
From rock + cress.
Across languages
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
