scurvy grass

English Thesaurus

1. any plant of the genus Barbarea: yellow-flowered Eurasian cresses; widely cultivated for winter salad (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	cress, cress plant,
definition	:	any of various plants of the family Cruciferae with edible leaves that have a pungent taste (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	american cress, american watercress, barbarea praecox, barbarea verna, belle isle cress, early winter cress, land cress,
definition	:	of southwestern Europe; cultivated in Florida (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	barbarea, genus barbarea,
definition	:	biennial or perennial herbs of north temperate regions: winter cress (noun.plant)

2. a widely distributed Arctic cress reputed to have value in treatment or prevention of scurvy; a concentrated source of vitamin C (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	cress, cress plant,
definition	:	any of various plants of the family Cruciferae with edible leaves that have a pungent taste (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	cochlearia, genus cochlearia,
definition	:	a genus of the family Cruciferae (noun.plant)