"wintercress" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: wintercresses [plural]
Etymology: winter + cress Etymology templates: {{compound|en|winter|cress}} winter + cress Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} wintercress (countable and uncountable, plural wintercresses)
  1. Any of the genus Barbarea of small herbaceous biennial or perennial flowering plants with dark green, deeply lobed leaves and yellow flowers with four petals. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Cardamineae tribe plants Synonyms: winter cress, winter-cress

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