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rock cress

rockcress

(Plants) another name for arabis

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rock cress - any of several rock-loving cresses of the genus Arabis

rockcress

cress, cress plant - any of various plants of the family Cruciferae with edible leaves that have a pungent taste

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

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This is the season to plant spring-blooming perennials such as ground phlox and creeping phlox (phlox stolonifera), rock cress and variegated rock cress, bleeding hearts, perennial sweet alyssum, candytuft, all of the ornamental grasses and dozens of other fully hardy perennials.

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But the mutation, which separates how snapdragons and rock cress use this extra gene, happened around 20 million years later.