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AMERICAN WATERCRESS

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of southwestern Europe; cultivated in Florida

Synonyms:

American cress; American watercress; Barbarea praecox; Barbarea verna; Belle Isle cress; early winter cress; land cress

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("American watercress" is a kind of...):

scurvy grass; St. Barbara's herb; winter cress (any plant of the genus Barbarea: yellow-flowered Eurasian cresses; widely cultivated for winter salad)

Holonyms ("American watercress" is a part of...):

Barbarea; genus Barbarea (biennial or perennial herbs of north temperate regions: winter cress)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Mat-forming perennial found in cold springs of the eastern United States

Synonyms:

American watercress; Cardamine rotundifolia; mountain watercress

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("American watercress" is a kind of...):

watercress (any of several water-loving cresses)

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