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Noun: winter cress
  1. Any plant of the genus Barbarea: yellow-flowered Eurasian cresses; widely cultivated for winter salad
    "Winter cress provided vital vitamin C to sailors preventing scurvy";
    - St. Barbara's herb, scurvy grass
     
  2. Cress cultivated for winter salads
    "She harvested winter cress from her garden for a fresh winter salad"; "The chef featured blanched winter cress in a warm vegetable medley"

Derived forms: winter cresses

Type of: cress, cress plant

Part of: Barbarea, genus Barbarea

Encyclopedia: Winter cress