Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows
or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps
Noun: rockcress
  1. Any of several rock-loving cresses of the genus Arabis
    "rockcress thrives in rocky, well-drained soil";
    - rock cress
     
  2. Noxious cress with yellow flowers; sometimes placed in genus Sisymbrium
    "rockcress had invaded the untended field";
    - yellow rocket, rocket cress, Barbarea vulgaris, Sisymbrium barbarea

Derived forms: rock cresses, rockcresses

Type of: cress, cress plant, weed

Part of: Arabis, Barbarea, genus Arabis, genus Barbarea

Encyclopedia: Rockcress