bitter cress

Noun

1.

bitter cress - any of various herbs of the genus Cardamine, having usually pinnate leaves and racemes of white, pink or purple flowers; cosmopolitan except Antarctic Synonyms: bittercress

bittercress, Cardamine, Cardamine bulbifera, Cardamine bulbosa, Cardamine diphylla, Cardamine douglasii, Cardamine pratensis, coral-root bittercress, coralroot, coralwort, cress, cress plant, crinkle root, crinkle-root, crinkleroot, cuckoo flower, cuckooflower, Dentaria bulbifera, Dentaria diphylla, genus Cardamine, lady's smock, meadow cress, pepper root, purple cress, spring cress, toothwort