ROCKCRESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rockcress mean? 

• ROCKCRESS (noun)
  The noun ROCKCRESS has 2 senses:

1. noxious cress with yellow flowers; sometimes placed in genus Sisymbrium

2. any of several rock-loving cresses of the genus Arabis

  Familiarity information: ROCKCRESS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ROCKCRESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Noxious cress with yellow flowers; sometimes placed in genus Sisymbrium

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Barbarea vulgaris; rockcress; rocket cress; Sisymbrium barbarea; yellow rocket

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

weed (any plant that crowds out cultivated plants)

Holonyms ("rockcress" is a part of...):

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

Any of several rock-loving cresses of the genus Arabis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

rock cress; rockcress

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

cress; cress plant (any of various plants of the family Cruciferae with edible leaves that have a pungent taste)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rockcress"):

Arabis Canadensis; sicklepod (North American rock cress having very long curved pods)

Arabis turrita; tower cress; tower mustard (European cress having stiff erect stems; sometimes placed in genus Turritis)

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

Arabis; genus Arabis (annual to perennial woody herbs of temperate North America, Europe and Asia: rockcress)