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noun
Any of various plants of the family Cruciferae with edible leaves that have a pungent taste.
synonym: cress.
is a specific kind of: crucifer, cruciferous plant.
is a broader term that covers: watercress | Arabidopsis thaliana, mouse-ear cress | Arabidopsis lyrata | rock cress, rockcress | Arabis glabra, tower cress, tower mustard, Turritis glabra | scurvy grass, St. Barbara's herb, winter cress | bitter cress, bittercress | Cochlearia officinalis, common scurvy grass, scurvy grass | common garden cress, garden pepper cress, Lepidium sativum, pepper grass, pepperwort.
is a member of: Brassicaceae, Cruciferae, family Brassicaceae, family Cruciferae, mustard family.
Dutch: waterkers
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