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thale-cress|ˈθeɪlkrɛs|
[f. thale, ad. mod.L. thāliāna adj. (f. Thal the name of a German physician, 1542–83) + cress.]
A book-name of Sisymbrium thalianum (Arabis thaliana, Linn.), N.O. Cruciferæ, a small herb, bearing small white flowers. Also called Thale Rock-cress.
1778Lightfoot Flora Scot. I. 358 Thale's Cress, or coded Mouse-ear. 1835Hooker Brit. Flora (ed. 3) I. 307 S[isymbrium] thalianum, (common Thale-cress). |