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GREAT YELLOWCRESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does great yellowcress mean? 

GREAT YELLOWCRESS (noun)
  The noun GREAT YELLOWCRESS has 1 sense:

1. perennial herb found on streams and riversides throughout Europe except extreme north and Mediterranean; sometimes placed in genus Nasturtiumplay

  Familiarity information: GREAT YELLOWCRESS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GREAT YELLOWCRESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Perennial herb found on streams and riversides throughout Europe except extreme north and Mediterranean; sometimes placed in genus Nasturtium

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

great yellowcress; Nasturtium amphibium; Rorippa amphibia

Hypernyms ("great yellowcress" is a kind of...):

watercress (any of several water-loving cresses)

Holonyms ("great yellowcress" is a member of...):

genus Rorippa; Rorippa (annual and perennial herbs of damp habitats; cosmopolitan except Antarctica)


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