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Definition of 'cress' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) cress
a plant of the mustard family, esp. the watercress, having pungent-tasting leaves often used for salad and as a garnish.

Etymology:  (bef. 900; ME, OE cresse, c. MLG kerse, OHG chresso)

Definition of 'cress' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) cress, cress plant
any of various plants of the family Cruciferae with edible leaves that have a pungent taste

2. (noun) cress
pungent leaves of any of numerous cruciferous herbs


Definition of 'cress' Webster Dictionary 

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


Translation of 'cress' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: any of several edible plants with sharp-tasting leaves used in salads.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: bronkors, waterkers, bron Arabic flag Arabic: نبات الرّشاد Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: бот. кресон
Brazilian flag Brazilian: agrião Czech flag Czech: řeřicha German flag German: die Kresse
Danish flag Danish: karse Greek flag Greek: κάρδαμο Spanish flag Spanish: berro
Estonian flag Estonian: kress Farsi flag Farsi: انواع گیاهان دستۀ شاهیان Finnish flag Finnish: krassi
French flag French: cresson Hebrew flag Hebrew: גַרגִיר נְחָלִים Hindi flag Hindi: सलाद में उपयोग होने वाले
Croatian flag Croatian: dragušac Hungarian flag Hungarian: zsázsa Indonesian flag Indonesian: saledri
Icelandic flag Icelandic: karsi Italian flag Italian: crescione Japanese flag Japanese: からしな
Korean flag Korean: 갓류의 식물 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: pipirnė Latvian flag Latvian: krese
Malay flag Malay: selada Dutch flag Dutch: kers Norwegian flag Norwegian: karse
Polish flag Polish: rzeżucha Persian flag Persian: انواع گیاهان دستۀ شاهیان Pashto flag Pashto: ترتیزک غوندی یوډول سابه
Portuguese flag Portuguese: agrião Romanian flag Romanian: cre­son; lobodă Russian flag Russian: кресс-салат
Slovak flag Slovak: žerucha Slovenian flag Slovenian: kreša Serbian flag Serbian: grbač
Swedish flag Swedish: krasse Thai flag Thai: ผักที่มีรสเผ็ดใช้กินเป็นผ Turkish flag Turkish: tere
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 水芹 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: крес-салат Urdu flag Urdu: كاهو
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: cải xoong Chinese flag Chinese: 水芹

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