English Explanatory Dictionary

cress

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A plant of various species, chiefly cruciferous. The leaves have a moderately pungent taste, and are used as a salad and antiscorbutic.
noun
  1. Archaic form of kris.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/kɹɛs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cress.wav

Word forms

cress cresses

Etymology

From 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”).

Derived words

alpine rock cress Austrian cress bastard cress Belle Isle cress bittercress bitter-cress bog cress blister cress bulbous cress California cress cedar glade cress chamois cress cow cress cresslike cress rocket cressweed cresswort cressy curled cress dock cress fetid cress field cress fool's cress garden cress golden cress hairy bitter cress hoary cress Indian cress lake cress lamb's cress land cress marsh cress meadow cress monks cress monk's cress mouse-ear cress northern rock cress not worth a cress paracress pennycress peppercress Peter's cress river cress rockcress Boechera and Braya) rocketcress sand cress shepherd's cress Spanish cress spring cress St. Barbara's cress stone cress summer cress swine's cress thale cress Thanet cress tower cress town cress trophy cress
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