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  1. watercressesnoun

    Plural form of watercress.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Watercressesnoun

    sisymbrium, Latin. A plant.

    It hath a flower composed of four leaves, which are placed in form of a cross, out of whose empalement rises the pointal, which afterward becomes a fruit or pod, which is divided into two cells by an intermediate partition, to which the valves adhere on both sides, and furnished with seeds which are roundish. To these marks must be added, that the whole appearance of the plant is peculiar to the species of this genus. There are five species. Philip Miller.

    The nymphs of floods are made very beautiful; upon their heads are garlands of watercresses. Henry Peacham, on Drawing.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of watercresses in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of watercresses in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

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