cress
A plant of various species, chiefly cruciferousA plant of various species, chiefly cruciferous. The leaves have a moderately pungent taste, and are used as a salad and antiscorbutic.
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Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)A plant of various species, chiefly cruciferous. The leaves have a moderately pungent taste, and are used as a salad and antiscorbutic.
Kresse
крессkress, кресс-сала́тkress-salát
any of various plants of the family Cruciferae with edible leaves that have a pungent taste
Origin
From Middle English cresse, crasse, from Old English cressa, cærse (“cress”), from Proto-WFrom Middle English cresse, crasse, from Old English cressa, cærse (“cress”), from Proto-West Germanic *krassjō, from Proto-Germanic *krasjô (“cress”). Cognate with West Frisian kers (“cress”), Dutch kers (“cress”), German Kresse (“cress”), Danish karse (“cress”), Swedish krasse (“cress”), Icelandic krassi (“cress”).
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Forms
plural: cressesSynonyms
1 synonyms- any of various plants of the family Cruciferae with edible leaves that have a pungent taste:cress plant
Word family
19 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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