WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
American watercress n 1: mat-forming perennial found in cold springs of the eastern United States [syn: American watercress, mountain watercress, Cardamine rotundifolia] 2: of southwestern Europe; cultivated in Florida [syn: Belle Isle cress, early winter cress, land cress, American cress, American watercress, Barbarea verna, Barbarea praecox]