cress
cress Lexical Profile
• noun
The pungent, peppery-flavored leaves and young shoots of various small plants of the mustard family (Brassicaceae), especially garden cress or watercress, eaten raw as a salad green or garnish.
"She topped the egg salad sandwich with a generous handful of fresh cress."
Any of various small herbaceous plants of the family Brassicaceae, such as garden cress (Lepidium sativum) or watercress (Nasturtium officinale), typically growing in moist habitats and cultivated for their edible pungent foliage.
"The elementary school students sprouted cress on damp paper towels to observe plant germination."
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Word Origin & Etymology
From Old English cressa or cærse, from Proto-Germanic *krasjǭ, related to German Kresse and Dutch kers.
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