Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun american_watercress

2 senses of american watercress

Sense 1
American watercress, mountain watercress, Cardamine rotundifolia -- (mat-forming perennial found in cold springs of the eastern United States)
       => watercress -- (any of several water-loving cresses)

Sense 2
Belle Isle cress, early winter cress, land cress, American cress, American watercress, Barbarea verna, Barbarea praecox -- (of southwestern Europe; cultivated in Florida)
       => winter cress, St. Barbara's herb, scurvy grass -- (any plant of the genus Barbarea: yellow-flowered Eurasian cresses; widely cultivated for winter salad)