Cress

[kres] /krɛs/

noun
1.
any of various plants of the mustard family, especially the watercress, having pungent-tasting leaves often used for salad and as a garnish.
2.
any of various similar plants.
/krɛs/
noun
1.
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
n.

Old English cresse, originally cærse, from Proto-Germanic *krasjon- (cf. Middle Low German kerse, karse; Middle Dutch kersse; Old High German kresso, German Kresse), from PIE root *gras- “to devour” (see gastric). It underwent a metathesis similar to that of grass. French cresson, Italian crescione are Germanic loan-words.

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