TOWER CRESS

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Arabis turrita; tower cress; tower mustard

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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)

Meaning:

Or genus Arabis: erect cress widely distributed throughout Europe

Synonyms:

Arabis glabra; tower cress; tower mustard; Turritis glabra

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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)