| 单词 | yellow cress |
| 释义 | > as lemmasyellow cress yellow cress n. (also †yellow cresses) any plant of the genus Rorippa (family Brassicaceae), the members of which are closely related to watercress and have yellow flowers (cf. yellow watercress at watercress n. 2).Watercress, which has white flowers, has sometimes been included in this genus. ΚΠ 1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Berilla, water persley, or yellow cresses [1598 yellow water cresses]. 1840 J. E. Jones New Pocket Dict. Welsh & Eng. Lang. 329/2 Berwr melyn blyneddol y dwfr, annual yellow cress, nasturtium terrestre (sisymbrium terrestre). 1904 Fifth Ann. Rep. Mich. Acad. Sci. 82 R[oripa] hispida (Desv.) Britton. Hispid Yellow Cress. 1971 R. S. R. Fitter Finding Wild Flowers 64 The large one is Greater Yellow Cress Rorippa amphibia... The two small sprawling ones are Marsh Yellow Cress R. islandica.., and the rather less common Creeping Yellow Cress R. sylvestris. 2015 Time Out London 26 May (Jamie Oliver's Food Tube Mag.) 10/1 London's very own Walthamstow yellow cress. < as lemmas |
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