noun
1. or genus Arabis: erect cress widely distributed throughout Europe
• Syn: ↑tower cress, ↑Turritis glabra, ↑Arabis glabra
• Hypernyms: ↑cress, ↑cress plant
• Member Holonyms: ↑Turritis, ↑genus Turritis
2. European cress having stiff erect stems; sometimes placed in genus Turritis
• Syn: ↑tower cress, ↑Arabis turrita
• Hypernyms: ↑rock cress, ↑rockcress
• Member Holonyms: ↑Arabis, ↑genus Arabis
Useful english dictionary. 2012.