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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 Sisymbrium
Familiarity information: ROCKET CRESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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