WINTER CRESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does winter cress mean? 

• WINTER CRESS (noun)
  The noun WINTER CRESS has 2 senses:

1. any plant of the genus Barbarea: yellow-flowered Eurasian cresses; widely cultivated for winter salad

2. cress cultivated for winter salads

  Familiarity information: WINTER CRESS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WINTER CRESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any plant of the genus Barbarea: yellow-flowered Eurasian cresses; widely cultivated for winter salad

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

scurvy grass; St. Barbara's herb; winter cress

Hypernyms ("winter cress" 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 "winter cress"):

American cress; American watercress; Barbarea praecox; Barbarea verna; Belle Isle cress; early winter cress; land cress (of southwestern Europe; cultivated in Florida)

Holonyms ("winter cress" is a member of...):

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

Cress cultivated for winter salads

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("winter cress" is a kind of...):

cress (pungent leaves of any of numerous cruciferous herbs)