Associations to the word «Cress»

Wiktionary

CRESS, noun. (botany) A plant of various species, chiefly cruciferous. The leaves have a moderately pungent taste, and are used as a salad and antiscorbutic.

Dictionary definition

CRESS, noun. Any of various plants of the family Cruciferae with edible leaves that have a pungent taste.
CRESS, noun. Pungent leaves of any of numerous cruciferous herbs.

Wise words

Don't you know this, that words are doctors to a diseased temperment?
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