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MARSH CRESS

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Dictionary entry overview: What does marsh cress mean?

• MARSH CRESS (noun)
The noun MARSH CRESS has 1 sense:

1. annual or biennial cress growing in damp places sometimes used in salads or as a potherb; troublesome weed in some localities

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

Dictionary entry details

• MARSH CRESS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Annual or biennial cress growing in damp places sometimes used in salads or as a potherb; troublesome weed in some localities

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

marsh cress; Rorippa islandica; yellow watercress

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

watercress (any of several water-loving cresses)

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

genus Rorippa; Rorippa (annual and perennial herbs of damp habitats; cosmopolitan except Antarctica)

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