Definitions | cress |
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- (botany) A plant of various species, chiefly cruciferous. The leaves have a moderately pungent taste, and are used as a salad and antiscorbutic.
Etymology: Old English cressa, from West Germanic - krasjon-. Cognate with Dutch kers, German Kresse.
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