early winter cress

1. 1.

   of southwestern Europe; cultivated in Florida

   SynonymsBelle Isle cressland cressAmerican cressAmerican watercressBarbarea vernaBarbarea praecox

   Broaderwinter cress

   Part ofBarbarea

Questions about early winter cress

What does early winter cress mean?

early winter cress means "of southwestern Europe; cultivated in Florida".

What is another word for early winter cress?

Close synonyms include Belle Isle cress, land cress, American cress, American watercress, Barbarea verna. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is early winter cress a common word?

early winter cress is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.