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meadow cress

meadow cress

8.1
A small green plant with bitter, peppery leaves that grows in meadows
  • noun
  • UK
translation icon : berro de pradera
  • The meadow cress adds a peppery flavor to spring salads.

Examples

  • We found wild meadow cress growing along the stream in the countryside.

  • Botanists recorded a new population of meadow cress thriving in the nature reserve.

  • The meadow cress grows abundantly in wet fields.

  • Have you ever tasted meadow cress?

  • The meadow cress adds a peppery flavor to spring salads.

  • Botanists recorded a new population of meadow cress thriving in the nature reserve.

  • We found wild meadow cress growing along the stream in the countryside.

Synonyms

cress
vsmeadow cress
4 3.2

A small plant with spicy leaves eaten raw in salads

is a wild meadow species valued for bitter taste not culinary use
Cardamine pratensis
vsmeadow cress
  • Specialized
9.9

A plant that lives many years with light purple flowers in spring

is the meadow plant noted for bitter leaves and habitat
cuckooflower
vsmeadow cress
  • UK
9.9

A wild plant with small pale pink or white flowers that grows in damp meadows

is described by bitter leaves and meadow occurrence rather than flowers
cuckoo flower
vsmeadow cress
  • UK
8.0

A wild plant with pink or white flowers that grows in damp meadows

is focused on bitter leaves and general meadow presence rather than flowers
lady's smock
vsmeadow cress
9.6

A small wildflower with pale purple or white flowers that grows in damp grassy fields

is the meadow plant defined by bitter tasting leaves and location
bitter cress
vsmeadow cress
7.9

A small wild plant with divided leaves and tiny white, pink or purple flowers often in lawns

is a meadow form with bitter leaves limited to Europe and North America
cress plant
vsmeadow cress
3.5

A small leafy plant with a peppery taste used in salads

is the small wild meadow plant with bitter rather than edible leaves

Surface Forms

meadow cress singular

Morphology

meadow + cress

The compound is a straightforward descriptive noun: 'meadow' + 'cress' denotes a type of cress that grows in meadows, so its meaning is directly compositional from the constituents. This noun–noun compounding pattern for naming plants is common across languages, making the term predictable and understandable to learners who know both words.

Etymology

Meadow cress gets its name from a simple picture: cress is a small, peppery herb and meadow shows the place it grows. So, meadow cress means 'a small peppery plant that grows in meadows'.