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wintercress

wintercress noun: any of the genus Barbarea of small herbaceous biennial or perennial flowering plants with dark green, deeply lobed leaves and yellow flowers with four petals.

wintercress: any of the genus Barbarea of small herbaceous biennial or perennial flowering plants with dark...
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Noun

wintercress (countable and uncountable, plural wintercresses)

  1. Any of the genus Barbarea of small herbaceous biennial or perennial flowering plants with dark green, deeply lobed leaves and yellow flowers with four petals.

Forms of wintercress

pluralwintercresses
alternative formwinter cress
alternative formwinter-cress

Origin of wintercress

From winter + cress.

Questions about wintercress

What does wintercress mean?
Wintercress means any of the genus Barbarea of small herbaceous biennial or perennial flowering plants with dark green, deeply lobed leaves and yellow flowers with four petals.
What part of speech is wintercress?
Wintercress is a noun.
What is the plural of wintercress?
The plural of wintercress is wintercresses.

Words near wintercress in the dictionary

  1. winterbournes
  2. Winterbourns
  3. Winterburn
  4. wintercreeper
  5. wintercreepers
  6. wintercress
  7. wintercresses
  8. winterdress
  9. Winterdyke
  10. wintered
  11. winterer

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