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Cardamine
(gcide) | Cardamine \Car"da*mine\, n. [L. cardamina, Gr. ?: cf. F.
cardamine.] (Bot.)
A genus of cruciferous plants, containing the lady's-smock,
cuckooflower, bitter cress, meadow cress, etc.
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cardamine
(wn) | Cardamine
n 1: bittercress, bitter cress [syn: Cardamine, {genus
Cardamine}] |
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Cardamine amara
(gcide) | Bitter \Bit"ter\, a. [AS. biter; akin to Goth. baitrs, Icel.
bitr, Dan., Sw., D., & G. bitter, OS. bittar, fr. root of E.
bite. See Bite, v. t.]
1. Having a peculiar, acrid, biting taste, like that of
wormwood or an infusion of hops; as, a bitter medicine;
bitter as aloes.
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2. Causing pain or smart; piercing; painful; sharp; severe;
as, a bitter cold day.
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3. Causing, or fitted to cause, pain or distress to the mind;
calamitous; poignant.
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It is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast
forsaken the Lord thy God. --Jer. ii. 19.
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4. Characterized by sharpness, severity, or cruelty; harsh;
stern; virulent; as, bitter reproach.
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Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against
them. --Col. iii.
19.
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5. Mournful; sad; distressing; painful; pitiable.
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The Egyptians . . . made their lives bitter with
hard bondage. --Ex. i. 14.
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Bitter apple, Bitter cucumber, Bitter gourd. (Bot.) See
Colocynth.
Bitter cress (Bot.), a plant of the genus Cardamine, esp.
Cardamine amara.
Bitter earth (Min.), tale earth; calcined magnesia.
Bitter principles (Chem.), a class of substances, extracted
from vegetable products, having strong bitter taste but
with no sharply defined chemical characteristics.
Bitter salt, Epsom salts; magnesium sulphate.
Bitter vetch (Bot.), a name given to two European
leguminous herbs, Vicia Orobus and Ervum Ervilia.
To the bitter end, to the last extremity, however
calamitous.
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Syn: Acrid; sharp; harsh; pungent; stinging; cutting; severe;
acrimonious.
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Cardamine diphylla
(gcide) | crinkle root \crinkle root\, crinkleroot \crinkleroot\n.
a North American herb (Dentaria diphylla) with pungent
scaly or toothed roots; -- called also toothwort.
Syn: pepper root, toothwort, Cardamine diphylla, {Dentaria
diphylla}.
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Cardamine pratensis
(gcide) | Lady's smock \La"dy's smock"\ (l[=a]"d[i^]z sm[o^]k") n. (Bot.)
A plant of the genus Cardamine (Cardamine pratensis);
cuckoo flower.
[1913 Webster]Cuckooflower \Cuck"oo*flow`er\ (-flou`?r), n. (Bot.)
A species of Cardamine (Cardamine pratensis), or lady's
smock. Its leaves are used in salads. Also, the ragged robin
(Lychnis Flos-cuculi).
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cardamine
(wn) | Cardamine
n 1: bittercress, bitter cress [syn: Cardamine, {genus
Cardamine}] |
cardamine bulbifera
(wn) | Cardamine bulbifera
n 1: European bittercress having a knotted white rootstock [syn:
coral-root bittercress, coralroot, coralwort,
Cardamine bulbifera, Dentaria bulbifera] |
cardamine bulbosa
(wn) | Cardamine bulbosa
n 1: small white-flowered cress common in wet places in eastern
North America [syn: spring cress, Cardamine bulbosa] |
cardamine diphylla
(wn) | Cardamine diphylla
n 1: North American herb with pungent scaly or toothed roots
[syn: crinkleroot, crinkle-root, crinkle root,
pepper root, toothwort, Cardamine diphylla, {Dentaria
diphylla}] |
cardamine douglasii
(wn) | Cardamine douglasii
n 1: small perennial herb of cooler regions of North America
with racemose purple flowers [syn: purple cress,
Cardamine douglasii] |
cardamine pratensis
(wn) | Cardamine pratensis
n 1: a bitter cress of Europe and America [syn: lady's smock,
cuckooflower, cuckoo flower, meadow cress, {Cardamine
pratensis}] |
cardamine rotundifolia
(wn) | Cardamine rotundifolia
n 1: mat-forming perennial found in cold springs of the eastern
United States [syn: American watercress, {mountain
watercress}, Cardamine rotundifolia] |
genus cardamine
(wn) | genus Cardamine
n 1: bittercress, bitter cress [syn: Cardamine, {genus
Cardamine}] |
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