lamb's cress
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Etymology edit
From Middle English *lambes-cresse, from Old English lambes cerse (“lamb's cress”), equivalent to lamb + -'s + cress.
Noun edit
lamb's cress (countable and uncountable, plural lamb's cresses)
- (botany) An annual or biennial species of plant (Cardamine hirsuta) in the family Brassicaceae that is edible as a salad green.