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Definition of Genus Cardamine
1. Noun. Bittercress, bitter cress.
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Brassicaceae, Cruciferae, Family Brassicaceae, Family Cruciferae, Mustard Family
Member holonyms: Bitter Cress, Bittercress
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Cardamine
Literary usage of Genus Cardamine
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Chicago Medical Journal and Examiner (1884)
"genus Cardamine. (Bitter Cress). C. rhomboidea (Spring Cress). Medical properties:
Diuretic, antiscorbutic, stimulant, condiment. ..."
2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1886)
"A general name for plants of the genus Cardamine ; Prior (p. 57) assigns it
especially to C. amara, L. See Bitter Cress ..."
3. The American Botanist edited by Willard Nelson Clute (1921)
"Another group of cresses are those belonging to the genus Cardamine. One of the
most attractive plants of early spring is Cardamine bulbosa the "spring ..."
4. Paxton's Magazine of Botany, and Register of Flowering Plants by Joseph Paxton (1836)
"CULTURE OF THE genus Cardamine. THERE are not many species of this genus worth
cultivating ; upwards of forty- species are known. ..."
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