wintercress

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noun

Any of the genus Barbarea of small herbaceous biennial or perennial flowering plants with dark green, deeply lobed leaves and yellow flowers with four petals.

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Meanings

nounwintercress (countable and uncountable, plural wintercresses)

plural wintercresses · alternative winter cress · alternative winter-cress

  1. countableuncountableAny of the genus Barbarea of small herbaceous biennial or perennial flowering plants with dark green, deeply lobed leaves and yellow flowers with four petals.

Origin

From winter + cress.

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APA

wintercress. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wintercress

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“wintercress.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wintercress. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wintercress,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wintercress.

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