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rockcress

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
rock-cress
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several similar genera of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae: in genera Arabis, with primarily Old World species; Arabidopsis (syn. Cardaminopsis), with primarily Old World species; and Boechera and Braya, with primarily North American species.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From rock + cress.

Usage

Inflected Forms

rockcresses (plural) rock-cress (alternative) rock cress (alternative)

Phrases

alpine rockcress Arctic rock cress Armenian rockcress beautiful rockcress Braun's rockcress Brewer's rockcress Bristol rockcress coast rockcress

Synonyms

rock cress yellow rocket rocket cress barbarea vulgaris sisymbrium barbarea

Questions

What does rockcress mean?
Any of several similar genera of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae: in genera Arabis, with primarily Old World species; Arabidopsis (syn. Cardaminopsis), with primarily Old World species; and Boechera and Braya, with primarily North American species.
Where does rockcress come from?
From rock + cress.

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