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bitter-cress

bitter-cress is the alternative form of bittercress.

Meaning of bittercress

Noun

bittercress (countable and uncountable, plural bittercresses)

  1. Barbarea vulgaris (garden yellowrocket), a biennial herb native to Europe.
  2. Any plant of the Cardamine genus, especially Cardamine bulbosa and Cardamine hirsuta.

Forms of bitter-cress

pluralbitter-cresses

Questions about bitter-cress

What is bitter-cress the alternative form of?
Bitter-cress is the alternative form of bittercress.

Words near bitter-cress in the dictionary

  1. bitter spar
  2. bitter tomato
  3. bitter vetch
  4. bitter vetches
  5. bitter willow
  6. bitter-cress
  7. bitter-ender
  8. bitter-enders
  9. bitter-root
  10. bitter-roots
  11. bitter-sweet

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