cress : Idioms & Phrases

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american cress

  • noun of southwestern Europe; cultivated in Florida
    American watercress; Barbarea verna; early winter cress; American cress; Belle Isle cress; Barbarea praecox.
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belle isle cress

  • noun of southwestern Europe; cultivated in Florida
    American watercress; Barbarea verna; early winter cress; American cress; Belle Isle cress; Barbarea praecox.
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Bitter cress

  • noun any of various herbs of the genus Cardamine, having usually pinnate leaves and racemes of white, pink or purple flowers; cosmopolitan except Antarctic
    bittercress.
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  • (Bot.), a plant of the genus Cardamine, esp. C. amara.
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chamois cress

  • noun small tufted perennial herb of mountains of central and southern Europe having very small flowers of usually leafless stems; sometimes placed in genus Lepidium
    Lepidium alpina; Pritzelago alpina.
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common garden cress

  • noun annual herb used as salad green and garnish
    Lepidium sativum; common garden cress; pepperwort; pepper grass.
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cress green

  • adjective satellite of a moderate yellow-green color that is greener and deeper than moss green and yellower and darker than pea green
    watercress; cresson.
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cress plant

  • noun any of various plants of the family Cruciferae with edible leaves that have a pungent taste
    cress.
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dock-cress

Dock"-cress` noun
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  1. (Bot.) Nipplewort.
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early winter cress

  • noun of southwestern Europe; cultivated in Florida
    American watercress; Barbarea verna; early winter cress; American cress; Belle Isle cress; Barbarea praecox.
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garden cress

  • noun cress cultivated for salads and garnishes
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garden pepper cress

  • noun annual herb used as salad green and garnish
    Lepidium sativum; common garden cress; pepperwort; pepper grass.
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Indian cress

  • noun strong-growing annual climber having large flowers of all shades of orange from orange-red to yellowish orange and seeds that are pickled and used like capers
    garden nasturtium; Tropaeolum majus.
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  • (Bot.), nasturtium. See Nasturtium, 2.
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land cress

  • noun of southwestern Europe; cultivated in Florida
    American watercress; Barbarea verna; early winter cress; American cress; Belle Isle cress; Barbarea praecox.
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marsh cress

  • noun annual or biennial cress growing in damp places sometimes used in salads or as a potherb; troublesome weed in some localities
    Rorippa islandica; yellow watercress.
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meadow cress

  • noun a bitter cress of Europe and America
    cuckooflower; lady's smock; Cardamine pratensis; cuckoo flower.
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Mouse-ear cress

  • noun a small invasive self-pollinating weed with small white flowers; much studied by plant geneticists; the first higher plant whose complete genome sequence was described
    Arabidopsis thaliana.
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  • a low cruciferous herb (Sisymbrium Thaliana). All these are low herbs with soft, oval, or obovate leaves, whence the name.
Webster 1913

Not worth a cress, ∨ "not worth a kers."

  • a common old proverb, now turned into the meaningless "not worth a curse." Skeat.
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Penny cress

  • (Bot.), an annual herb of the Mustard family, having round, flat pods like silver pennies (Thlaspi arvense). Dr. Prior.
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purple cress

  • noun small perennial herb of cooler regions of North America with racemose purple flowers
    Cardamine douglasii.
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Rock cress

  • noun any of several rock-loving cresses of the genus Arabis
    rockcress.
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  • (Bot.), a name of several plants of the cress kind found on rocks, as Arabis petræa, A. lyrata, etc.
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rocket cress

  • noun noxious cress with yellow flowers; sometimes placed in genus Sisymbrium
    Sisymbrium barbarea; yellow rocket; rockcress; Barbarea vulgaris.
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Spanish cress

  • (Bot.), a cruciferous plant (lepidium Cadamines), a species of peppergrass.
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spring cress

  • noun small white-flowered cress common in wet places in eastern North America
    Cardamine bulbosa.
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stone cress

  • noun any Old World herb of the genus Aethionema; native of sunny limestone habitats
    stonecress.
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Swine's cress

  • (Bot.), a species of cress of the genus Senebiera (S. Coronopus).
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tower cress

  • noun or genus Arabis: erect cress widely distributed throughout Europe
    Turritis glabra; Arabis glabra; tower mustard.
  • noun European cress having stiff erect stems; sometimes placed in genus Turritis
    Arabis turrita; tower mustard.
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Town cress

  • (Bot.), the garden cress, or peppergrass. Dr. Prior.
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Wall cress

  • (Bot.), a name given to several low cruciferous herbs, especially to the mouse-ear cress. See under Mouse-ear.
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Wart cress

  • (Bot.), the swine's cress. See under Swine.
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water cress

Wa"ter cress`
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  1. (Bot.) A perennial cruciferous herb (Nasturtium officinale) growing usually in clear running or spring water. The leaves are pungent, and used for salad and as an antiscorbutic.
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Winter cress

  • noun any plant of the genus Barbarea: yellow-flowered Eurasian cresses; widely cultivated for winter salad
    scurvy grass; St. Barbara's herb.
  • noun cress cultivated for winter salads
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  • (Bot.), a yellow-flowered cruciferous plant (Barbarea vulgaris).
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Yellow cress

  • (Bot.), a yellow-flowered, cruciferous plant (Barbarea præcox), sometimes grown as a salad plant.
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