thale cress


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
thale cress /θeɪl/
noun a small white-flowered plant, commonly used in genetics experiments. [Arabidopsis thaliana.]
– origin C18: named after the German physician Johann Thal.
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