cress, cress plant - any of various plants of the family Cruciferae having edible pungent-tasting leaves

Arabis, genus Arabis - annual to perennial woody herbs of temperate North America, Europe and Asia: rockcress

Arabis Canadensis, sicklepod - North American rock cress having very long curved pods

Arabis turrita, tower cress, tower mustard - European cress having stiff erect stems; sometimes placed in genus Turritis