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ˈwinter-cress
[After Du. winterkers.]
Any of the cruciferous herbs of the genus Barbarea, the leaves of which were formerly used as a winter salad; esp. B. vulgaris (Winter Rocket, Yellow R.).
1548Turner Names of Herbes (E.D.S.) 44 Irio..in englishe wynter cresse. 1578Lyte Dodoens v. lxi. 626. 1597 Gerarde Herbal ii. viii. 189 The seede of winter Cresse..helpeth the strangurie. 1650[W. Howe] Phytol. Brit. 14 Barbarea, Pseudobunias,..Winter Cresses. 1785Martyn Lett. Bot. xxiii. (1794) 323 Winter Cress with lyrate leaves..and spikes of yellow flowers, growing by ditch-sides. 1858Hogg Veg. Kingd. 63. |