| Noun | 1. | cress plant - any of various plants of the family Cruciferae having edible pungent-tasting leavesArabidopsis thaliana, mouse-ear cress - a small invasive self-pollinating weed with small white flowers; much studied by plant geneticists; the first higher plant whose complete genome sequence was described Arabidopsis lyrata - a small non-invasive cross-pollinating plant with white flowers; closely related to Arabidopsis thaliana bitter cress, bittercress - any of various herbs of the genus Cardamine, having usually pinnate leaves and racemes of white, pink or purple flowers; cosmopolitan except Antarctic | |