cress
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.
Origin of cress
1Other words from cress
- cressy, adjective
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How to use cress in a sentence
See, dear Mrs Flanagan, I40 bought these water-cresses for you.
Little Pollie | Gertrude P. Dyer"And now, please, I should like a bunch of water-cresses for Mrs. Flanagan," said the child.
Little Pollie | Gertrude P. DyerThe Glashan washed the wound in his foot and gave him a portion of the broiled eel with cresses and water.
The King of Ireland's Son | Padraic ColumThis meal consisted of tea without either milk or sugar, dry toast, and water-cresses.
Byron | Richard EdgcumbeBut the farm had fallen on evil days at the hands of Paddy Magragh, and the reservoir was choked with cresses and duckweed.
Lives of the Fur Folk | M. D. Haviland
British Dictionary definitions for cress
/ (krɛs) /
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
Origin of cress
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