Rocket Cress (Noun)
Meaning
Noxious cress with yellow flowers; sometimes placed in genus Sisymbrium.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The farmer's field was infested with rocket cress, a pesky weed that choked out his crops.
- The forager warned her companions to avoid eating the rocket cress that grew near the polluted stream.
- In the spring, rocket cress sprouts up everywhere, its bright yellow flowers blooming long before other weeds.
- After spraying herbicide on the field, the farmer noticed that the rocket cress was still thriving.
- The garden book described rocket cress as an annual or biennial weed that is difficult to eradicate.