Thesaurus: cress

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1. n. A plant of various species, chiefly cruciferous. The leaves have a moderately pungent taste, and are used as a salad and antiscorbutic.
2. n. any of various plants of the family Cruciferae with edible leaves that have a pungent taste
3. n. pungent leaves of any of numerous cruciferous herbs
4. 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.
5. A plant of various species, chiefly cruciferous. The leaveshave a moderately pungent taste, and are used as a salad andantiscorbutic.
6. n:100 n. any of various plants of the family Cruciferae with edible leaves that have a pungent taste n. pungent leaves of any of numerous cruciferous herbs