ROCK CRESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rock cress mean? 

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

1. any of several rock-loving cresses of the genus Arabis

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ROCK CRESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several rock-loving cresses of the genus Arabis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

rock cress; rockcress

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

cress; cress plant (any of various plants of the family Cruciferae with edible leaves that have a pungent taste)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rock cress"):

Arabis Canadensis; sicklepod (North American rock cress having very long curved pods)

Arabis turrita; tower cress; tower mustard (European cress having stiff erect stems; sometimes placed in genus Turritis)

Holonyms ("rock cress" is a member of...):

Arabis; genus Arabis (annual to perennial woody herbs of temperate North America, Europe and Asia: rockcress)