Rorippa

noun

Ro·​rip·​pa

rȯˈripə

: a large genus of chiefly weedy aquatic or marsh herbs (family Cruciferae) that have pinnate or pinnatifid leaves, yellow flowers, and terete pods with seeds in two rows in each cell and that include some forms used for salad greens or pot herbs see marsh cress

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