bittercress
bittercress noun: barbarea vulgaris (garden yellowrocket), a biennial herb native to Europe.
Noun
bittercress (countable and uncountable, plural bittercresses)
Forms of bittercress
| plural | bittercresses |
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Origin of bittercress
From bitter + cress.
Words formed from bittercress
- alpine bittercress
- American bittercress
- big western bittercress
- bittercress ragwort
- Blue Ridge bittercress
- Brewer's bittercress
- bulbous bittercress
- Carr's bittercress
- cliff bittercress
- Constance's bittercress
- coralroot bittercress
- hairy bittercress
- heartleaf bittercress
- Japanese bittercress
- largeseed bittercress
- limestone bittercress
- little western bettercress
- Long's bittercress
- narrowleaf bittercress
- Pennsylvania bittercress
- purple bittercress
- Richardson's bittercress
- roadside bittercress
- Saddle Mountain bittercress
- sand bittercress
- seaside bittercress
- serpentine bittercress
- small-leaf bittercress
- small mountain bittercress
- streambank bittercress
- Texas bittercress
- Willamette Valley bittercress
- woodland bittercress
Questions about bittercress
- What does bittercress mean?
- Bittercress means barbarea vulgaris (garden yellowrocket), a biennial herb native to Europe.
- What part of speech is bittercress?
- Bittercress is a noun.
- What is the plural of bittercress?
- The plural of bittercress is bittercresses.
Words near bittercress in the dictionary
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