Meanings
plural lamb's cresses · alternative lambscress · alternative land cress · alternative landcress
- countableuncountablebiologyAn annual or biennial species of plant (Cardamine hirsuta) in the family Brassicaceae that is edible as a salad green.
Synonyms: hairy bittercress
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn annual or biennial species of plant (Cardamine hirsuta) in the family Brassicaceae that is edible as a salad green.
Origin
- Old Englishlambes cerse“lamb's cress”
- Middle English*lambes-cresse
- Englishlamb's cress
From Middle English *lambes-cresse, from Old English lambes cerse (“lamb's cress”), equivalent to lamb + -'s + cress.
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lamb's cress. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lamb's%20cress
“lamb's cress.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lamb's%20cress. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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