CARDAMINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cardamine mean? 

• CARDAMINE (noun)
  The noun CARDAMINE has 1 sense:

1. bittercress, bitter cress

  Familiarity information: CARDAMINE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CARDAMINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Bittercress, bitter cress

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cardamine; genus Cardamine

Hypernyms ("Cardamine" is a kind of...):

dilleniid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbs)

Meronyms (members of "Cardamine"):

bitter cress; bittercress (any of various herbs of the genus Cardamine, having usually pinnate leaves and racemes of white, pink or purple flowers; cosmopolitan except Antarctic)

Holonyms ("Cardamine" is a member of...):

Brassicaceae; Cruciferae; family Brassicaceae; family Cruciferae; mustard family (a large family of plants with four-petaled flowers; includes mustards, cabbages, broccoli, turnips, cresses, and their many relatives)