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WINTER CRESS [2 records]

Record 1 2016-09-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

yellow rocket: preferred common name in the Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds (2003).

OBS

upland cress: common name also used by some authors when referring to the species Barbarea verna.

OBS

winter cress: common name also used when referring to the species Barbarea orthoceras and Barbarea verna.

Key term(s)
  • common wintercress
  • garden yellow rocket
  • garden yellow-rocket
  • herb of Saint Barbara
  • wintercress
  • yellow rocket
  • yellow-rocket

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

barbarée vulgaire : nom à privilégier selon l'Inventaire des mauvaises herbes du Canada (2003).

OBS

cresson : nom vernaculaire employé aussi pour désigner l'espèce Nasturtium officinale.

OBS

cresson d'hiver : nom vernaculaire employé aussi pour désigner l'espèce Barbarea orthoceras.

OBS

barbarée commune, herbe de Sainte-Barbe : noms vernaculaires employés aussi par certains auteurs pour désigner l'espèce Coringia orientalis.

OBS

cresson de terre : nom vernaculaire employé aussi pour désigner l'espèce Barbarea verna.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Botánica
Entrada(s) universal(es)
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Record 2 2016-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fruits and Vegetables (Types and Processing - Food Ind.)
  • Vegetable Crop Production
  • Botany
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

Scurvy grass: A common name for Barbarea verna, a biennial weedy plant. It grows to 2 feet, with irregularly divided leaves and small yellow flowers in clusters in early spring. Often gathered as an edible green. Also known as early winter cress, Belle Isle cress, American cress, land cress, or upland cress.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fruits et légumes (Types et traitement - Alimentation)
  • Production légumière
  • Botanique
Entrée(s) universelle(s)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Frutas y verduras (Tipos y procesamiento - Ind. alimentaria)
  • Producción hortícola
  • Botánica
Entrada(s) universal(es)
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