purple cress

/ˌpʌrpəl krɛs/
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Definitions of purple cress
  1. noun
    small perennial herb of cooler regions of North America with racemose purple flowers
    synonyms: Cardamine douglasii
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    type of:
    bitter cress, bittercress
    any of various herbs of the genus Cardamine, having usually pinnate leaves and racemes of white, pink or purple flowers; cosmopolitan except Antarctic
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