wintercress
Britishnoun
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a bitter-tasting yellow-flowered perennial, Barbarea vulgaris, somewhat resembling mustard
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a commercial hybrid, Rorippa × sterilis, between watercress and R. microphylla
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Some are very old cultivated varieties, as the wintercress, or Barbarea vulgaris.
From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Vries, Hugo de
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