English Explanatory Dictionary

rockcress

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Any of several similar genera of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae: in genera Arabis, with primarily Old World species; Arabidopsis (syn. Cardaminopsis), with primarily Old World species; and Boechera and Braya, with primarily North American species.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-rockcress.wav

Word forms

rockcress rockcresses rock-cress rock cress

Etymology

From rock + cress.

Derived words

alpine rockcress Arctic rock cress Armenian rockcress beautiful rockcress Braun's rockcress Brewer's rockcress Bristol rockcress coast rockcress Constance's rockcress Crandall's rockcress desert rockcress Drummond's rockcress Glenwood Springs rockcress Grouse Creek rockcress Gunnison County rockcress Gunnison's rockcress hairy rockcress Hoffmann's rockcress Holboell's rockcress Kazbegian rockcress Last Chance rockcress Missouri rockcress northern rock cress Ophir rockcress perennial rockcress pinyon rockcress pioneer rockcres rainbow rock cress sagebrush rockcress sand rock cress sapphire rockcress Selby's rockcress sicklepod rockcress slender rock cress smooth rockcress soldier rockcress spreading rock cress spreading rockcress toothed rockcress Tulare rockcress

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