bank cress
Botany (now rare and chiefly historical )
noun
Any of various plants of the family Brassicaceae that have leaves with a peppery or sharp taste, especially winter cress and land cress (genus Barbarea), London rocket, Sisymbrium irio, and hedge mustard, Sisymbrium officinale; also in plural with singular concord.
Origin
Mid 16th century; earliest use found in William Turner (d. 1568), naturalist and religious controversialist.
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