cress

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun cress has 2 senses

cress(n = noun.plant) cress plant - any of various plants of the family Cruciferae with edible leaves that have a pungent taste; Array

is a member of brassicaceae, cruciferae, family brassicaceae, family cruciferae, mustard family

is a kind of crucifer, cruciferous plant

has particulars: 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, common scurvy grass, scurvy grass, common garden cress, garden pepper cress, lepidium sativum, pepper grass, pepperwort

cress(n = noun.food) Array - pungent leaves of any of numerous cruciferous herbs; Array

is a kind of

salad green

salad greens

has particulars: watercress, garden cress, winter cress

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CIDE DICTIONARY

cress, n. [OE. ces, cresse, kers, kerse, AS. cresse, cerse; akin to D. kers, G. kresse, Dan. karse, Sw. krasse, and possibly also to OHG. chresan to creep.].

A plant of various species, chiefly cruciferous. The leaves have a moderately pungent taste, and are used as a salad and antiscorbutic. [1913 Webster]

" The garden cress, called also peppergrass, is the Lepidium sativum; the water cress is the Nasturtium officinale. Various other plants are sometimes called cresses." [1913 Webster]

"To strip the brook with mantling cresses spread." [1913 Webster]

Bitter cress. See under Bitter. -- Not worth a cress, or “not worth a kers.” a common old proverb, now turned into the meaningless “not worth a curse.” Skeat.

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

cress, n. any of various cruciferous plants usu. with pungent edible leaves, e.g. watercress.

Etymology

OE cresse f. WG

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