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lamb's cress

lamb's cress noun: an annual or biennial species of plant (Cardamine hirsuta) in the family Brassicaceae that is edible as a salad green.

lamb's cress: an annual or biennial species of plant (Cardamine hirsuta) in the family Brassicaceae that is...
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Noun

lamb's cress (countable and uncountable, plural lamb's cresses)

  1. An annual or biennial species of plant (Cardamine hirsuta) in the family Brassicaceae that is edible as a salad green.
    Synonyms:
    hairy bittercress

Synonyms of lamb's cress

  • hairy bittercress

Forms of lamb's cress

plurallamb's cresses
alternative formlambscress
alternative formland cress
alternative formlandcress

Origin of lamb's cress

From Middle English *lambes-cresse, from Old English lambes cerse (“lamb's cress”), equivalent to lamb + -'s + cress.

Questions about lamb's cress

What does lamb's cress mean?
Lamb's cress means an annual or biennial species of plant (Cardamine hirsuta) in the family Brassicaceae that is edible as a salad green.
What part of speech is lamb's cress?
Lamb's cress is a noun.
What is the plural of lamb's cress?
The plural of lamb's cress is lamb's cresses.

Words near lamb's cress in the dictionary

  1. lamb pies
  2. Lamb shift
  3. Lamb shifts
  4. lamb succory
  5. lamb's bread
  6. lamb's cress
  7. lamb's ear
  8. lamb's ears
  9. lamb's fries
  10. lamb's fry
  11. lamb's lettuce

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