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ROCKET CRESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rocket cress mean? 

ROCKET CRESS (noun)
  The noun ROCKET CRESS has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: ROCKET CRESS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ROCKET CRESS (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 ("rocket cress" is a kind of...):

weed (any plant that crowds out cultivated plants)

Holonyms ("rocket cress" is a part of...):

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


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