Brewer's rockcress

noun

Boechera breweri, a species of rockcress with purple flowers.

Origintranslingual Boechera breweri →
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Meanings

nounBrewer's rockcress (plural Brewer's rockcresses)

plural Brewer's rockcresses

  1. Boechera breweri, a species of rockcress with purple flowers.

Origin

  1. translingualBoechera breweri
  2. EnglishBrewer's rockcress

From Brewer (surname) + -'s + rockcress, a calque of translingual Boechera breweri.

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APA

Brewer's rockcress. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Brewer's%20rockcress

MLA

“Brewer's rockcress.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Brewer's%20rockcress. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Brewer's rockcress,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Brewer's%20rockcress.

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