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watercress
any of several water-loving cresses
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Arabidopsis thaliana, mouse-ear cress
a small invasive self-pollinating weed with small white flowers; much studied by plant geneticists; the first higher plant whose complete genome sequence was described
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Arabidopsis lyrata
a small noninvasive cross-pollinating plant with white flowers; closely related to Arabidopsis thaliana
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rock cress, rockcress
any of several rock-loving cresses of the genus Arabis
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Arabis glabra, Turritis glabra, tower cress, tower mustard
or genus Arabis: erect cress widely distributed throughout Europe
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St. Barbara's herb, scurvy grass, winter cress
any plant of the genus Barbarea: yellow-flowered Eurasian cresses; widely cultivated for winter salad
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bitter cress, bittercress
any of various herbs of the genus Cardamine, having usually pinnate leaves and racemes of white, pink or purple flowers; cosmopolitan except Antarctic
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Cochlearia officinalis, common scurvy grass, scurvy grass
a widely distributed Arctic cress reputed to have value in treatment or prevention of scurvy; a concentrated source of vitamin C
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Lepidium sativum, common garden cress, garden pepper cress, pepper grass, pepperwort
annual herb used as salad green and garnish
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Arabis Canadensis, sicklepod
North American rock cress having very long curved pods
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Arabis turrita, tower cress, tower mustard
European cress having stiff erect stems; sometimes placed in genus Turritis
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American cress, American watercress, Barbarea praecox, Barbarea verna, Belle Isle cress, early winter cress, land cress
of southwestern Europe; cultivated in Florida
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Cardamine pratensis, cuckoo flower, cuckooflower, lady's smock, meadow cress
a bitter cress of Europe and America
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Cardamine bulbifera, Dentaria bulbifera, coral-root bittercress, coralroot, coralwort
European bittercress having a knotted white rootstock
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Cardamine diphylla, Dentaria diphylla, crinkle root, crinkle-root, crinkleroot, pepper root, toothwort
North American herb with pungent scaly or toothed roots
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American watercress, Cardamine rotundifolia, mountain watercress
mat-forming perennial found in cold springs of the eastern United States
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Cardamine bulbosa, spring cress
small white-flowered cress common in wet places in eastern North America
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Cardamine douglasii, purple cress
small perennial herb of cooler regions of North America with racemose purple flowers
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Nasturtium officinale, Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum, common watercress
perennial Eurasian cress growing chiefly in springs or running water having fleshy pungent leaves used in salads or as a potherb or garnish; introduced in North America and elsewhere
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Rorippa islandica, marsh cress, yellow watercress
annual or biennial cress growing in damp places sometimes used in salads or as a potherb; troublesome weed in some localities
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Nasturtium amphibium, Rorippa amphibia, great yellowcress
perennial herb found on streams and riversides throughout Europe except extreme north and Mediterranean; sometimes placed in genus Nasturtium
