单词 | rock cress |
释义 | rock cress in British English or rockcress (ˈrɒkˌkrɛs) noun another name for arabis arabis in British English (ˈærəbɪs) noun any plant of the annual or perennial genus Arabis, some of which form low-growing mats with downy grey foliage and white flowers: family Brassicaceae (crucifers) Also called: rock cress Word origin New Latin, from Greek arabis (fem) of Arabiarock cress in American Englishnoun any of several low growing plants belonging to the genus Arabis, of the mustard family, having spikes or one-sided clusters of white, pink, or purple flowers, grown as an ornamental in rock gardens Word origin [1700–10]This word is first recorded in the period 1700–10. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: camera, cozy, emphatic, envelope, hump |
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