Noun: winter cress
- 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
- 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