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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various herbs of the genus Barbarea of the mustard family, having yellow flowers and deeply lobed edible leaves.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A cruciferous plant, either Barbarea vulgaris or B. præcox. both formerly (and the latter still sparingly) cultivated for winter salad.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun cress cultivated for winter salads
- noun any plant of the genus Barbarea: yellow-flowered Eurasian cresses; widely cultivated for winter salad
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