Noun: American watercress
- Mat-forming perennial found in cold springs of the eastern United States
"American watercress thrives in the clear spring waters";
- mountain watercress, Cardamine rotundifolia
- Of southwestern Europe; cultivated in Florida
"American watercress thrived in the humid Florida climate";
- Belle Isle cress, early winter cress, land cress, American cress, Barbarea verna, Barbarea praecox
Type of: scurvy grass, St. Barbara's herb, watercress, winter cress
Part of: Barbarea, genus Barbarea