CARDAMINE, LADY'S SMOCK, in botany, a genus of the tetradynamia filiquosa class. The pod opens with a spring, and the valves are revolute: The stigma is entire; and the calix gapes a little. There are fifteen species, seven of which are natives of Britain, viz. the bellidifolia, or daisy-leaved lady's-smock; the petraea, or mountain lady's-smock; the pratensis, or common lady's-smock; the amaræ, bitter cress, or lady's-smock; the impatiens, or impatient lady's-smock; the parviflora, or small flowered lady's-smock; and the hirta, or hairy lady's-smock.