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Definition of Tower cress

1. Noun. Or genus Arabis: erect cress widely distributed throughout Europe.

2. Noun. European cress having stiff erect stems; sometimes placed in genus Turritis.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tower Cress

towelette towelettes towelhead towelheads toweling towelings towelled towelless towellike towelling

towellings towels tower tower block tower crane tower cress (current term) tower mustard tower of silence tower of strength tower over

tower skull towered towerier toweriest towering towering inferno towering infernos toweringly towerless towerlike

Literary usage of Tower cress

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

1. The American Botanist edited by Willard Nelson Clute (1921)
"Arabis glabra is the "tower mustard" or "tower cress" the name doubtless given because it grows on old towers in its native land though the name may refer ..."

2. Plant Names, Scientific and Popular, Including in the Case of Each Plant the by Albert Brown Lyons (1900)
"Tower Mustard, tower cress. d. A. lyrata L. (C. spathulata Michx. ). Canada and northeastern US, also in Japan. Lyre-leaved Rock-cress. ..."

3. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"... tower-cress, Arabi» Turrita. Other species are known as rock- or wall-cress; winter, land-, Belleisle, or Normandy cress. Barbarea magari» or B. prêt- ..."

4. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"tower cress; Tower mustard Herbaceous biennial Dry, rocky soil in open fields and edges. Arabis hirsuta (L.) Scop. var. ..."

5. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"tower cress; Tower mustard Herbaceous biennial Dry, rocky soil in open fields and edges. Arabis hirsuta (L.) Scop. var. ..."

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