"wintercress" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: wintercresses [plural], winter cress [alternative], winter-cress [alternative]
Etymology: From 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
    Sense id: en-wintercress-en-noun-C-oNcIC7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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