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Definition of Early winter cress
1. Noun. Of southwestern Europe; cultivated in Florida.
Group relationships: Barbarea, Genus Barbarea
Generic synonyms: Scurvy Grass, St. Barbara's Herb, Winter Cress
Lexicographical Neighbors of Early Winter Cress
Literary usage of Early winter cress
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1902)
"Its pungency is combined with some degree of bitterness. Very similar to this,
and also occasionally cultivated, is the early winter cress, or American ..."
2. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"Early winter-cress Herbaceous biennial Fields, roadsides and waste ground.
Barbarea praecox (JESmith) R.Br. P Barbarea vulgaris R.Br. var. vulgaris Common ..."
3. Botany of the United States North of Virginia: Comprising Descriptions of by Lewis Caleb Beck (1848)
"Flowers smaller; pods longer. 13. ARABIS. Linn.—Wall-cress. Early Winter-cress.
(Supposed to have received this name, because originally an Arabian genus. ..."
4. The Published Writings of Spencer Fullerton Baird, 1843-1882 by George Brown Goode (1883)
"HORSE-RADISH. Very sparingly escaped. Barbarea vulgaris, R. Br. WINTER-CRESS.
Early in April. Barbarea praecox, R. Br. EARLY WINTER-CRESS. ..."
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