wintercress

See also: winter-cress and winter cress

English

wintercress, Barbarea vulgaris

Alternative forms

• winter cress, winter-cress

Etymology

From winter +‎ cress.

Noun

wintercress (countable and uncountable, plural wintercresses)

1. 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.