Definition of Barbarea vulgaris

1. Noun. Noxious cress with yellow flowers; sometimes placed in genus Sisymbrium.

Exact synonyms: Rockcress, Rocket Cress, Sisymbrium Barbarea, Yellow Rocket
Group relationships: Barbarea, Genus Barbarea
Generic synonyms: Weed

Lexicographical Neighbors of Barbarea Vulgaris

Barbados cherries
Barbados cherry
Barbados dollar
Barbados gooseberry
Barbados leg
Barbados maidenhair
Barbados pride
Barbara
Barbara Hepworth
Barbara Tuchman
Barbara Ward
Barbara Wertheim Tuchman
Barbarea
Barbarea praecox
Barbarea verna
Barbarea vulgaris (current term)
Barbarossa
Barbary
Barbary Coast
Barbary ape
Barbary apes
Barbary lion
Barbary lions
Barbary macaque
Barbary macaques
Barbary pirate
Barbary sheep
Barberton daisy
Barbie
Barbra

Literary usage of Barbarea vulgaris

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1897)
"Barbarea vulgaris R. Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew. Ed. 2. Barbarea stricta Andrz. Erect- fruited ... Barbarea vulgaris var. arcuata A. Gray, Man. Ed. 2, 35. 1856. ..."

2. Notes and Thoughts on Gardens and Woodlands: Written Chiefly for Amateurs by Frances Jane Hope (1881)
"VAR1 THE enclosed plant, Barbarea vulgaris, fol. var., is, I presume, the Nasturtium officinale, var., alluded to by Mr. W. Gardiner at page 450. ..."

3. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club by Torrey Botanical Club (1894)
"Erysimum Barbarea L. Sp. PI. 66o (1753). Barbarea vulgaris R. Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew, Ed. 2, 4: 109 (1812). Barbarea vulgaris var. arcuata A. Gray, Man. ..."

4. Lake Superior: Its Physical Character, Vegetation, and Animals, Compared by Louis Agassiz, James Elliot Cabot (1850)
"Barbarea vulgaris R. Br. Along ditches. Nuphar pumila Sp. Black forest Meadows and margin of lakes. Cakile maritima L. Baltic Sea. ..."

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