rockcress
rockcress noun: any of several similar genera of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae: in genera Arabis, with primarily Old World species; Arabidopsis (syn. Cardaminopsis), with primarily Old World species; and Boechera and Braya, with primarily North American species.
Noun
rockcress (countable and uncountable, plural rockcresses)
- Any of several similar genera of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae: in genera Arabis, with primarily Old World species; Arabidopsis (syn. Cardaminopsis), with primarily Old World species; and Boechera and Braya, with primarily North American species.
Forms of rockcress
| plural | rockcresses |
|---|---|
| alternative form | rock-cress |
| alternative form | rock cress |
Origin of rockcress
From rock + cress.
Words formed from rockcress
- alpine rockcress
- Arctic rock cress
- Armenian rockcress
- beautiful rockcress
- Braun's rockcress
- Brewer's rockcress
- Bristol rockcress
- coast rockcress
- Constance's rockcress
- Crandall's rockcress
- desert rockcress
- Drummond's rockcress
- Glenwood Springs rockcress
- Grouse Creek rockcress
- Gunnison County rockcress
- Gunnison's rockcress
- hairy rockcress
- Hoffmann's rockcress
- Holboell's rockcress
- Kazbegian rockcress
- Last Chance rockcress
- Missouri rockcress
- northern rock cress
- Ophir rockcress
- perennial rockcress
- pinyon rockcress
- pioneer rockcres
- rainbow rock cress
- sagebrush rockcress
- sand rock cress
- sapphire rockcress
- Selby's rockcress
- sicklepod rockcress
- slender rock cress
- smooth rockcress
- soldier rockcress
- spreading rock cress
- spreading rockcress
- toothed rockcress
- Tulare rockcress
Questions about rockcress
- What does rockcress mean?
- Rockcress means any of several similar genera of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae: in genera Arabis, with primarily Old World species; Arabidopsis (syn. Cardaminopsis), with primarily Old World species; and Boechera and Braya, with primarily North American species.
- What part of speech is rockcress?
- Rockcress is a noun.
- What is the plural of rockcress?
- The plural of rockcress is rockcresses.
Words near rockcress in the dictionary
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