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Barbarea

noun

biennial or perennial herbs of north temperate regions: winter cress

• Syn: ↑genus Barbarea

• Hypernyms: ↑dilleniid dicot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Cruciferae, ↑family Cruciferae, ↑Brassicaceae, ↑family Brassicaceae, ↑mustard family

• Member Meronyms: ↑winter cress, ↑St. Barbara's herb, ↑scurvy grass

• Part Meronyms:

↑Belle Isle cress, ↑early winter cress, ↑land cress, ↑American cress, ↑American watercress, ↑Barbarea verna, ↑Barbarea praecox, ↑yellow rocket, ↑rockcress, ↑rocket cress, ↑Barbarea vulgaris, ↑Sisymbrium barbarea

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\\ˌbärbəˈrēə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from St. Barbara, 3d century martyr + New Latin -ea

: a small genus of yellow-flowered sometimes weedy biennial or perennial herbs (family Cruciferae) of the north temperate zone having lyrate or pinnatifid lower leaves and clasping stem leaves and basal rosettes of leaves that overwinter — see winter cress

Useful english dictionary. 2012.