noun
annual or biennial cress growing in damp places sometimes used in salads or as a potherb; troublesome weed in some localities
• Syn: ↑marsh cress, ↑Rorippa islandica
• Hypernyms: ↑watercress
• Member Holonyms: ↑Rorippa, ↑genus Rorippa
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noun : a plant of the genus Rorippa: as
a. : a Eurasian perennial weedy herb (R. sylvestris) naturalized in No. America in wet places and having divided leaves and yellow flowers in loose racemes
b. : marsh cress
Useful english dictionary. 2012.