'Cress' definitions:
Definition of 'cress'
(from WordNet)
noun
Any of various plants of the family Cruciferae with edible leaves that have a pungent taste [syn: cress, cress plant]
noun
Pungent leaves of any of numerous cruciferous herbs
Definition of 'Cress'
From: GCIDE
- Cress \Cress\ (kr[e^]s), n.; pl. Cresses (kr[e^]s"[e^]z). [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.) A plant of various species, chiefly cruciferous. The leaves have a moderately pungent taste, and are used as a salad and antiscorbutic. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- To strip the brook with mantling cresses spread. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Cress'
- Cresses,
- Bitter cress,
- Indian cress,
- Not worth a cress,
- Par'a cress,
- Penny cress,
- Rock cress,
- Spanish cress,
- Swine's cress,
- Town cress,
- Wall cress,
- Wart cress,
- Water cress,
- Winter cress,
- Yellow cress,
- american cress,
- chamois cress,
- cress green,
- cress plant,
- garden cress,
- land cress,
- marsh cress,
- meadow cress,
- purple cress,
- rocket cress,
- spring cress,
- stone cress,
- tower cress,
- Dock-cress,
- belle isle cress,
- common garden cress,
- early winter cress,
- garden pepper cress,
- Mouse-ear cress,
- cress green cresson watercress