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cress
[ kres ]
noun
- any of various plants of the mustard family, especially the watercress, having pungent-tasting leaves often used for salad and as a garnish.
- any of various similar plants.
cress
/ krɛs /
noun
- any of various plants of the genera Lepidium , Cardamine , Arabis , etc, having pungent-tasting leaves often used in salads and as a garnish: family Brassicaceae (crucifers) See also watercress garden cress
Other Words From
- cressy adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of cress1
Word History and Origins
Origin of cress1
Example Sentences
In other words, the thale cress’s DNA had to fight harder to adapt to the foreign soil gathered during the Apollo 11 mission.
This romantic little creature took such hold of my imagination that I cannot eat water-cress even now without emotion.
But as long as we have people like young Cress or Hodge or Rottke—well, it's hard to do anything with them.
He crowned himself and Jim with wreaths made of water cress that he found on a tiny sandy beach.
Then there is a salmon salad encircled by water cress or nasturtium leaves, and at intervals, dainty mounds of potato salad.
A few varieties, however, are cultivated, and these are grown in dry soil and known as upland cress.
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