yellow watercress

1. 1.

   annual or biennial cress growing in damp places sometimes used in salads or as a potherb; troublesome weed in some localities

   Synonymsmarsh cressRorippa islandica

   Broaderwatercress

   Part ofRorippa

Questions about yellow watercress

What does yellow watercress mean?

yellow watercress means "annual or biennial cress growing in damp places sometimes used in salads or as a potherb; troublesome weed in some localities".

What is another word for yellow watercress?

Close synonyms include marsh cress, Rorippa islandica. 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 yellow watercress a common word?

yellow watercress 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.