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CRESS
cress
(noun) pungent leaves of any of numerous cruciferous herbs
cress, cress plant
(noun) any of various plants of the family Cruciferae with edible leaves that have a pungent taste
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
cress (countable and uncountable, plural cresses)
(plants) A plant of various species, chiefly cruciferous. The leaves have a moderately pungent taste, and are used as a salad and antiscorbutic.
Source: Wiktionary
Cress (krs), n.; pl. Cresses (kr. Etym: [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.] (Bot.)
Definition: A plant of various species, chiefly cruciferous. The leaves have a moderately pungent taste, and are used as a salad and antiscorbutic.
Note: The garden cress, called also peppergrass, is the Lepidium sativum; the water cress is the Nasturtium officinale. Various other plants are sometimes called cresses. To strip the brook with mantling cresses spread. Goldsmith. 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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