cress plant vs common scurvy grass

common scurvy grass vs cress plant

cress plant and common scurvy grass both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
cress plant	Yes	No	No	No
common scurvy grass	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, common scurvy grass is a hyponym of cress plant; that is, common scurvy grass is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than cress plant:

cress plant: any of various plants of the family Cruciferae with edible leaves that have a pungent taste
common scurvy grass: a widely distributed Arctic cress reputed to have value in treatment or prevention of scurvy; a concentrated source of vitamin C

Other hyponyms of cress plant include watercress, Arabidopsis thaliana, mouse-ear cress, Arabidopsis lyrata, rock cress, rockcress, Arabis glabra, tower cress, tower mustard, Turritis glabra, scurvy grass, St. Barbara's herb, winter cress, bitter cress, bittercress, Cochlearia officinalis, scurvy grass, common garden cress, garden pepper cress, Lepidium sativum, pepper grass, pepperwort.

cress plant (noun)	common scurvy grass (noun)
any of various plants of the family Cruciferae with edible leaves that have a pungent taste	a widely distributed Arctic cress reputed to have value in treatment or prevention of scurvy; a concentrated source of vitamin C

Difference between cress plant and common scurvy grass

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