stone cress

1. 1.

   any Old World herb of the genus Aethionema; native of sunny limestone habitats

   Synonymsstonecress

   Broaderherb

   Part ofAethionema

Questions about stone cress

What does stone cress mean?

stone cress means "any Old World herb of the genus Aethionema; native of sunny limestone habitats".

What is another word for stone cress?

Close synonyms include stonecress. 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 stone cress a common word?

stone 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.