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YELLOW WATERCRESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does yellow watercress mean? 

YELLOW WATERCRESS (noun)
  The noun YELLOW WATERCRESS has 1 sense:

1. annual or biennial cress growing in damp places sometimes used in salads or as a potherb; troublesome weed in some localitiesplay

  Familiarity information: YELLOW WATERCRESS used as a noun is very rare.


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YELLOW WATERCRESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Annual or biennial cress growing in damp places sometimes used in salads or as a potherb; troublesome weed in some localities

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

marsh cress; Rorippa islandica; yellow watercress

Hypernyms ("yellow watercress" is a kind of...):

watercress (any of several water-loving cresses)

Holonyms ("yellow watercress" is a member of...):

genus Rorippa; Rorippa (annual and perennial herbs of damp habitats; cosmopolitan except Antarctica)


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