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BELLE ISLE CRESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Belle Isle cress mean?
• BELLE ISLE CRESS (noun)
The noun BELLE ISLE CRESS has 1 sense:
1. of southwestern Europe; cultivated in Florida
Familiarity information: BELLE ISLE CRESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of southwestern Europe; cultivated in Florida
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
American cress; American watercress; Barbarea praecox; Barbarea verna; Belle Isle cress; early winter cress; land cress
Hypernyms ("Belle Isle cress" 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 ("Belle Isle cress" is a part of...):
Barbarea; genus Barbarea (biennial or perennial herbs of north temperate regions: winter cress)
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