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LADY'S SMOCK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does lady's smock mean?
• LADY'S SMOCK (noun)
The noun LADY'S SMOCK has 1 sense:
1. a bitter cress of Europe and America
Familiarity information: LADY'S SMOCK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A bitter cress of Europe and America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Cardamine pratensis; cuckoo flower; cuckooflower; lady's smock; meadow cress
Hypernyms ("lady's smock" is a kind of...):
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)
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