English Explanatory Dictionary

lamb's cress

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An annual or biennial species of plant (Cardamine hirsuta) in the family Brassicaceae that is edible as a salad green.

Word forms

lamb's cress lamb's cresses lambscress land cress landcress

Etymology

From Middle English *lambes-cresse, from Old English lambes cerse (“lamb's cress”), equivalent to lamb + -'s + cress.

Synonyms

hairy bittercress
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