rockcress

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noun
Definitions
  • Any of several similar genera of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae: Arabis, with primarily Old World species; Arabidopsis, with primarily European species; Cardaminopsis with primarily Old World species and Boechera, with primarily North American species.

Etymology

Compound from English rock (rock music, stone, move back and forth, rock and roll) + English cress.

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English

cress

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