Definition of Cardamine

1. Noun. Bittercress, bitter cress.


Definition of Cardamine

1. n. A genus of cruciferous plants, containing the lady's-smock, cuckooflower, bitter cress, meadow cress, etc.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cardamine

Carcel lamp
Carcel lamps
Carcharhinidae
Carcharhinus
Carcharhinus leucas
Carcharhinus limbatus
Carcharhinus obscurus
Carcharhinus plumbeus
Carcharias
Carcharias taurus
Carchariidae
Carcharinus longimanus
Carcharodon
Carcharodon carcharias
Carchemish
Cardamine (current term)
Cardamine bulbifera
Cardamine bulbosa
Cardamine diphylla
Cardamine douglasii
Cardamine pratensis
Cardamine rotundifolia
Carden's amputation
Cardia
Cardiff
Cardiffian
Cardiffians
Cardigan
Cardigan Welsh corgi
Cardiganshire

Literary usage of Cardamine

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

1. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club by Torrey Botanical Club (1894)
"Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew. 4 : 110(1812). 17. Cardamine L. Sp. PI. 654 (1753). 1886. Cardamine arenicola Britton, Bull. Torr. Club, 19: 220(1892). Cardamine ..."

2. English Botany; Or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with Their Essential ...by James Edward Smith, James Sowerby by James Edward Smith, James Sowerby (1799)
"Stem taking root at the bafe. SYN. Cardamine amara. Linn. Sf. PI. 915. Sm. FL Brit. 699. Hudf. 294. Witb. 580. Hull. 149. ..."

3. Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse by Edward Step (1896)
"The species of Cardamine are not in general cultivation, though a few of the ... Cardamine trifolia, for instance, was brought from Switzerland in ..."

4. The Flower Garden, Or, Breck's Book of Flowers: In which are Described All by Joseph Breck (1858)
"But a small portion of this large genus require protection. Cardamine. • Cardamine pratensis plena. — Double Cardamine. ..."

5. Report of the Annual Meeting (1871)
"... found in the Scandinavian seas and described, this name must then bo considered only provisional." Notes on the Cuckoo-flower or Lady's-Smock (Cardamine ..."

6. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord. Britton, Hon. Addison. Brown (1913)
"Not L. I/53- Cardamine arenicola Britton, Bull. Torr. Club 19 : 220. 1892. Annual, glabrous, usually much branched from the base, leafy nearly or quite up ..."

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