lamb's cress

English

lamb's cress

Alternative forms

lambscress, land cress, landcress

Etymology

From Middle English *lambes-cresse, from Old English lambes cerse (“lamb's cress”), equivalent to lamb +‎ -'s +‎ cress.

Noun

lamb 's cress (countable and uncountable, plural lamb's cresses)

(botany) An annual or biennial species of plant (Cardamine hirsuta) in the family Brassicaceae that is edible as a salad green.

Synonyms

hairy bittercress

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