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AMERICAN WATERCRESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of southwestern Europe; cultivated in Florida
Synonyms:
American cress; American watercress; Barbarea praecox; Barbarea verna; Belle Isle cress; early winter cress; land cress
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("American watercress" is a kind of...):
scurvy grass; St. Barbara's herb; winter cress (any plant of the genus Barbarea: yellow-flowered Eurasian cresses; widely cultivated for winter salad)
Holonyms ("American watercress" is a part of...):
Barbarea; genus Barbarea (biennial or perennial herbs of north temperate regions: winter cress)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Mat-forming perennial found in cold springs of the eastern United States
Synonyms:
American watercress; Cardamine rotundifolia; mountain watercress
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("American watercress" is a kind of...):
watercress (any of several water-loving cresses)
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