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ROCKCRESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of several rock-loving cresses of the genus Arabis
Synonyms:
rock cress; rockcress
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("rockcress" 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 "rockcress"):
Arabis Canadensis; sicklepod (North American rock cress having very long curved pods)
Arabis turrita; tower cress; tower mustard (European cress having stiff erect stems; sometimes placed in genus Turritis)
Holonyms ("rockcress" is a member of...):
Arabis; genus Arabis (annual to perennial woody herbs of temperate North America, Europe and Asia: rockcress)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Noxious cress with yellow flowers; sometimes placed in genus Sisymbrium
Synonyms:
Barbarea vulgaris; rockcress; rocket cress; Sisymbrium barbarea; yellow rocket
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("rockcress" is a kind of...):
weed (any plant that crowds out cultivated plants)
Holonyms ("rockcress" is a part of...):
Barbarea; genus Barbarea (biennial or perennial herbs of north temperate regions: winter cress)