ST. BARBARA'S HERB

 Dictionary entry overview: What does St. Barbara's herb mean? 

• ST. BARBARA'S HERB (noun)
  The noun ST. BARBARA'S HERB has 1 sense:

1. any plant of the genus Barbarea: yellow-flowered Eurasian cresses; widely cultivated for winter salad

  Familiarity information: ST. BARBARA'S HERB used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ST. BARBARA'S HERB (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any plant of the genus Barbarea: yellow-flowered Eurasian cresses; widely cultivated for winter salad

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

scurvy grass; St. Barbara's herb; winter cress

Hypernyms ("St. Barbara's herb" 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 "St. Barbara's herb"):

American cress; American watercress; Barbarea praecox; Barbarea verna; Belle Isle cress; early winter cress; land cress (of southwestern Europe; cultivated in Florida)

Holonyms ("St. Barbara's herb" is a member of...):

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