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bittercress

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.03 in modern English

Syllables
bit-ter-cress
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Barbarea vulgaris (garden yellowrocket), a biennial herb native to Europe.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Any plant of the Cardamine genus, especially Cardamine bulbosa and Cardamine hirsuta.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From bitter + cress.

Usage

Inflected Forms

bittercresses (plural)

Phrases

alpine bittercress American bittercress big western bittercress bittercress ragwort Blue Ridge bittercress Brewer's bittercress bulbous bittercress Carr's bittercress

Synonyms

bitter cress

Questions

What does bittercress mean?
Barbarea vulgaris (garden yellowrocket), a biennial herb native to Europe.
Where does bittercress come from?
From bitter + cress.

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