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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
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Other Words From
- cressy adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cress1
before 900; Middle English cresse, Old English cress ( a ), cresse; cognate with Dutch kers, German Kresse
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cress1
Old English cressa; related to Old High German cresso cress, kresan to crawl
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Example Sentences
This romantic little creature took such hold of my imagination that I cannot eat water-cress even now without emotion.
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But as long as we have people like young Cress or Hodge or Rottke—well, it's hard to do anything with them.
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He crowned himself and Jim with wreaths made of water cress that he found on a tiny sandy beach.
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Then there is a salmon salad encircled by water cress or nasturtium leaves, and at intervals, dainty mounds of potato salad.
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A few varieties, however, are cultivated, and these are grown in dry soil and known as upland cress.
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