lamb's cress

English

lamb's cress

Alternative forms

• lambscress, land cress, landcress

Etymology

From Middle English *lambes-cresse, from Old English lambes cerse (“lamb's cress”), equivalent to lamb +‎ -'s +‎ cress.

Noun

lamb's cress (countable and uncountable, plural lamb's cresses)

1. (botany) An annual or biennial species of plant (Cardamine hirsuta) in the family Brassicaceae that is edible as a salad green.

Synonyms

• hairy bittercress