AMERICAN CRESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does American cress mean? 

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

1. of southwestern Europe; cultivated in Florida

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• AMERICAN CRESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of southwestern Europe; cultivated in Florida

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

American cress; American watercress; Barbarea praecox; Barbarea verna; Belle Isle cress; early winter cress; land cress

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

scurvy grass; St. Barbara's herb; winter cress (any plant of the genus Barbarea: yellow-flowered Eurasian cresses; widely cultivated for winter salad)

Holonyms ("American cress" is a part of...):

Barbarea; genus Barbarea (biennial or perennial herbs of north temperate regions: winter cress)