TOWER CRESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tower cress mean? 

• TOWER CRESS (noun)
  The noun TOWER CRESS has 2 senses:

1. or genus Arabis: erect cress widely distributed throughout Europe

2. European cress having stiff erect stems; sometimes placed in genus Turritis

  Familiarity information: TOWER CRESS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TOWER CRESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Or genus Arabis: erect cress widely distributed throughout Europe

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Arabis glabra; tower cress; tower mustard; Turritis glabra

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

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

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

genus Turritis; Turritis (closely related to and often included in genus Arabis)

Sense 2

Meaning:

European cress having stiff erect stems; sometimes placed in genus Turritis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Arabis turrita; tower cress; tower mustard

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

rock cress; rockcress (any of several rock-loving cresses of the genus Arabis)

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

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