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Noun: tower cress
  1. Or genus Arabis: erect cress widely distributed throughout Europe
    - tower mustard, Turritis glabra, Arabis glabra
     
  2. European cress having stiff erect stems; sometimes placed in genus Turritis
    - tower mustard, Arabis turrita

Derived forms: tower cresses

Type of: cress, cress plant, rock cress, rockcress

Part of: Arabis, genus Arabis, genus Turritis, Turritis