winter cress

noun

1. any cress belonging to the genus Barbarea, of the mustard family, having lyrate leaves and yellow flowers.

Word History and Origins

Origin of winter cress¹

First recorded in 1540–50

Example Sentences

“We’d made a dish with no reference points in the past nor in other lands,” Redzepi writes triumphantly of his dehydrated scallop chips on boiled grains with winter cress, squid ink, and beechnuts.

From Slate

Flowers bright yellow, in racemes; pods spreading or ascending Winter Cress, Barbarea vulgaris. 28b.

From Project Gutenberg

Flowers pale yellow, in corymb-like clusters; pods erect and somewhat appressed Winter Cress, Barbarea stricta. 29a.

From Project Gutenberg

Lateral leaf-segments 5-8 pairs on the principal leaves Winter Cress, Barbarea verna. 27b.

From Project Gutenberg

The vegetables used in salad are: Beet-root, onions, potatoes, cabbage, lettuce, celery, cucumbers, lentils, haricots, winter cress, peas, French beans, radish, cauliflower—all these may be used judiciously in salad, if properly seasoned, according to the following directions.

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