CHAMOIS CRESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chamois cress mean? 

• CHAMOIS CRESS (noun)
  The noun CHAMOIS CRESS has 1 sense:

1. small tufted perennial herb of mountains of central and southern Europe having very small flowers of usually leafless stems; sometimes placed in genus Lepidium

  Familiarity information: CHAMOIS CRESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHAMOIS CRESS (noun)

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Meaning:

Small tufted perennial herb of mountains of central and southern Europe having very small flowers of usually leafless stems; sometimes placed in genus Lepidium

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

chamois cress; Lepidium alpina; Pritzelago alpina

Hypernyms ("chamois cress" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)