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Definition of Cardamine

1. Noun. Bittercress, bitter cress.

Definition of Cardamine

1. n. A genus of cruciferous plants, containing the lady's-smock, cuckooflower, bitter cress, meadow cress, etc.

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Literary usage of Cardamine

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1. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club by Torrey Botanical Club (1894)
"Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew. 4 : 110(1812). 17. cardamine L. Sp. PI. 654 (1753). 1886. cardamine arenicola Britton, Bull. Torr. Club, 19: 220(1892). cardamine ..."

2. English Botany; Or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with Their Essential ...by James Edward Smith, James Sowerby by James Edward Smith, James Sowerby (1799)
"Stem taking root at the bafe. SYN. cardamine amara. Linn. Sf. PI. 915. Sm. FL Brit. 699. Hudf. 294. Witb. 580. Hull. 149. ..."

3. Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse by Edward Step (1896)
"The species of cardamine are not in general cultivation, though a few of the ... cardamine trifolia, for instance, was brought from Switzerland in ..."

4. The Flower Garden, Or, Breck's Book of Flowers: In which are Described All by Joseph Breck (1858)
"But a small portion of this large genus require protection. cardamine. • cardamine pratensis plena. — Double cardamine. ..."

5. Report of the Annual Meeting (1871)
"... found in the Scandinavian seas and described, this name must then bo considered only provisional." Notes on the Cuckoo-flower or Lady's-Smock (cardamine ..."

6. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord. Britton, Hon. Addison. Brown (1913)
"Not L. I/53- cardamine arenicola Britton, Bull. Torr. Club 19 : 220. 1892. Annual, glabrous, usually much branched from the base, leafy nearly or quite up ..."

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