Any of several similar genera of flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae: Arabis, with primarily Old Worldspecies; Arabidopsis, with primarily European species; Cardaminopsis (species) with primarily Old World species and Boechera (species), with primarily North American species.
Origin
rock + cress
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