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cress
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cress,řeřicha n: Zdeněk Brož
Cress
(gcide)
Cress \Cress\ (kr[e^]s), n.; pl. Cresses (kr[e^]s"[e^]z). [OE.
ces, cresse, kers, kerse, AS. cresse, cerse; akin to D. kers,
G. kresse, Dan. karse, Sw. krasse, and possibly also to OHG.
chresan to creep.] (Bot.)
A 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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Note: The garden cress, called also peppergrass, is the
Lepidium sativum; the water cress is the {Nasturtium
officinale}. Various other plants are sometimes called
cresses.
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To strip the brook with mantling cresses spread.
--Goldsmith.
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Bitter cress. See under Bitter.

Not worth a cress, or "not worth a kers." a common old
proverb, now turned into the meaningless "not worth a
curse." --Skeat.
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cress
(wn)
cress
n 1: any of various plants of the family Cruciferae with edible
leaves that have a pungent taste [syn: cress, {cress
plant}]
2: pungent leaves of any of numerous cruciferous herbs
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chamois cress
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chamois cress, n:
common garden cress
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common garden cress, n:
common watercress
(encz)
common watercress, n:
coral-root bittercress
(encz)
coral-root bittercress, n:
cress green
(encz)
cress green, adj:
cress plant
(encz)
cress plant, n:
cresset
(encz)
cresset,světelný koš Zdeněk Brož
cresson
(encz)
cresson, adj:
early winter cress
(encz)
early winter cress, n:
field pennycress
(encz)
field pennycress, n:
garden cress
(encz)
garden cress, n:
garden pepper cress
(encz)
garden pepper cress, n:
great yellowcress
(encz)
great yellowcress, n:
indian cress
(encz)
Indian cress,
land cress
(encz)
land cress, n:
marsh cress
(encz)
marsh cress, n:
meadow cress
(encz)
meadow cress, n:
mountain watercress
(encz)
mountain watercress, n:
mouse-ear cress
(encz)
mouse-ear cress, n:
pennycress
(encz)
pennycress, n:
purple cress
(encz)
purple cress, n:
rock cress
(encz)
rock cress, n:
rockcress
(encz)
rockcress, n:
rocket cress
(encz)
rocket cress, n:
spring cress
(encz)
spring cress, n:
stone cress
(encz)
stone cress, n:
stonecress
(encz)
stonecress, n:
tower cress
(encz)
tower cress, n:
watercress
(encz)
watercress,řeřicha n: Zdeněk Brož
winter cress
(encz)
winter cress, n:
yellow watercress
(encz)
yellow watercress, n:
Bitter cress
(gcide)
Cress \Cress\ (kr[e^]s), n.; pl. Cresses (kr[e^]s"[e^]z). [OE.
ces, cresse, kers, kerse, AS. cresse, cerse; akin to D. kers,
G. kresse, Dan. karse, Sw. krasse, and possibly also to OHG.
chresan to creep.] (Bot.)
A 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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Note: The garden cress, called also peppergrass, is the
Lepidium sativum; the water cress is the {Nasturtium
officinale}. Various other plants are sometimes called
cresses.
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To strip the brook with mantling cresses spread.
--Goldsmith.
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Bitter cress. See under Bitter.

Not worth a cress, or "not worth a kers." a common old
proverb, now turned into the meaningless "not worth a
curse." --Skeat.
[1913 Webster]Bitter \Bit"ter\, a. [AS. biter; akin to Goth. baitrs, Icel.
bitr, Dan., Sw., D., & G. bitter, OS. bittar, fr. root of E.
bite. See Bite, v. t.]
1. Having a peculiar, acrid, biting taste, like that of
wormwood or an infusion of hops; as, a bitter medicine;
bitter as aloes.
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2. Causing pain or smart; piercing; painful; sharp; severe;
as, a bitter cold day.
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3. Causing, or fitted to cause, pain or distress to the mind;
calamitous; poignant.
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It is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast
forsaken the Lord thy God. --Jer. ii. 19.
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4. Characterized by sharpness, severity, or cruelty; harsh;
stern; virulent; as, bitter reproach.
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Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against
them. --Col. iii.
19.
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5. Mournful; sad; distressing; painful; pitiable.
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The Egyptians . . . made their lives bitter with
hard bondage. --Ex. i. 14.
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Bitter apple, Bitter cucumber, Bitter gourd. (Bot.) See
Colocynth.

Bitter cress (Bot.), a plant of the genus Cardamine, esp.
Cardamine amara.

Bitter earth (Min.), tale earth; calcined magnesia.

Bitter principles (Chem.), a class of substances, extracted
from vegetable products, having strong bitter taste but
with no sharply defined chemical characteristics.

Bitter salt, Epsom salts; magnesium sulphate.

Bitter vetch (Bot.), a name given to two European
leguminous herbs, Vicia Orobus and Ervum Ervilia.

To the bitter end, to the last extremity, however
calamitous.
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Syn: Acrid; sharp; harsh; pungent; stinging; cutting; severe;
acrimonious.
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bittercress
(gcide)
bittercress \bit"ter*cress\ n.
any of various herbs of the genus Cardamine, having usually
pinnate leaves and racemes of white, pink or purple flowers;
cosmopolitan except in the Antarctic.

Syn: bitter cress.
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Cress
(gcide)
Cress \Cress\ (kr[e^]s), n.; pl. Cresses (kr[e^]s"[e^]z). [OE.
ces, cresse, kers, kerse, AS. cresse, cerse; akin to D. kers,
G. kresse, Dan. karse, Sw. krasse, and possibly also to OHG.
chresan to creep.] (Bot.)
A 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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Note: The garden cress, called also peppergrass, is the
Lepidium sativum; the water cress is the {Nasturtium
officinale}. Various other plants are sometimes called
cresses.
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To strip the brook with mantling cresses spread.
--Goldsmith.
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Bitter cress. See under Bitter.

Not worth a cress, or "not worth a kers." a common old
proverb, now turned into the meaningless "not worth a
curse." --Skeat.
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cress green cresson watercress
(gcide)
colorful \colorful\ adj.
1. having striking color. Opposite of colorless.

Note: [Narrower terms: {changeable, chatoyant, iridescent,
shot}; deep, rich; flaming; fluorescent, glowing;
prismatic; psychedelic; {red, ruddy, flushed,
empurpled}]

Syn: colourful.
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2. striking in variety and interest. Opposite of colorless
or dull. [Narrower terms: brave, fine, gay, glorious;
flamboyant, resplendent, unrestrained; {flashy, gaudy,
jazzy, showy, snazzy, sporty}; picturesque]
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3. having color or a certain color; not black, white or grey;
as, colored crepe paper. Opposite of colorless and
monochrome.

Note: [Narrower terms: tinted; touched, tinged; {amber,
brownish-yellow, yellow-brown}; amethyst; {auburn,
reddish-brown}; aureate, gilded, gilt, gold, golden;
azure, cerulean, sky-blue, bright blue; {bicolor,
bicolour, bicolored, bicoloured, bichrome}; {blue,
bluish, light-blue, dark-blue}; {blushful,
blush-colored, rosy}; bottle-green; bronze, bronzy;
brown, brownish, dark-brown; buff; {canary,
canary-yellow}; caramel, caramel brown; carnation;
chartreuse; chestnut; dun; {earth-colored,
earthlike}; fuscous; {green, greenish, light-green,
dark-green}; jade, jade-green; khaki; {lavender,
lilac}; mauve; moss green, mosstone; {motley,
multicolor, culticolour, multicolored, multicoloured,
painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied,
varicolored, varicoloured}; mousy, mouse-colored;
ocher, ochre; olive-brown; olive-drab; olive;
orange, orangish; peacock-blue; pink, pinkish;
purple, violet, purplish; {red, blood-red, carmine,
cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red,
scarlet}; red, reddish; rose, roseate; rose-red;
rust, rusty, rust-colored; {snuff, snuff-brown,
snuff-color, snuff-colour, snuff-colored,
snuff-coloured, mummy-brown, chukker-brown}; {sorrel,
brownish-orange}; stone, stone-gray; {straw-color,
straw-colored, straw-coloured}; tan; tangerine;
tawny; ultramarine; umber; {vermilion,
vermillion, cinibar, Chinese-red}; yellow, yellowish;
yellow-green; avocado; bay; beige; {blae
bluish-black or gray-blue)}; coral; creamy; {cress
green, cresson, watercress}; hazel; {honey,
honey-colored}; hued(postnominal); magenta;
maroon; pea-green; russet; sage, sage-green;
sea-green] [Also See: chromatic, colored, dark,
light.]

Syn: colored, coloured, in color(predicate).
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Cresselle
(gcide)
Cresselle \Cres*selle"\ (kr?s-s?l"), n. [F. cr['e]celle rattle.]
(Eccl.)
A wooden rattle sometimes used as a substitute for a bell, in
the Roman Catholic church, during the latter part of Holy
Week, or the last week of Lent.
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Cresses
(gcide)
Cress \Cress\ (kr[e^]s), n.; pl. Cresses (kr[e^]s"[e^]z). [OE.
ces, cresse, kers, kerse, AS. cresse, cerse; akin to D. kers,
G. kresse, Dan. karse, Sw. krasse, and possibly also to OHG.
chresan to creep.] (Bot.)
A 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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Note: The garden cress, called also peppergrass, is the
Lepidium sativum; the water cress is the {Nasturtium
officinale}. Various other plants are sometimes called
cresses.
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To strip the brook with mantling cresses spread.
--Goldsmith.
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Bitter cress. See under Bitter.

Not worth a cress, or "not worth a kers." a common old
proverb, now turned into the meaningless "not worth a
curse." --Skeat.
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Cresset
(gcide)
Cresset \Cres"set\ (kr?s"s?t), n. [OF. crasset, cresset, sort of
lamp or torch; perh. of Dutch or German origin, and akin to
E. cruse, F. creuset crucible, E. crucible.]
1. An open frame or basket of iron, filled with combustible
material, to be burned as a beacon; an open lamp or
firrepan carried on a pole in nocturnal processions.
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Starry lamps and blazing cressets, fed
With naphtha and asphaltus. --Milton.
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As a cresset true that darts its length
Of beamy luster from a tower of strength.
--Wordsworth.
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2. (Coopering) A small furnace or iron cage to hold fire for
charring the inside of a cask, and making the staves
flexible. --Knight.
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Cressy
(gcide)
Cressy \Cress"y\ (kr[e^]s"[y^]), a.
Abounding in cresses.
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The cressy islets white in flower. --Tennyson.
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dock-cress
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Nipplewort \Nip"ple*wort`\ (n[i^]p"p'l*w[^u]rt`), n. (Bot.)
A yellow-flowered composite herb (Lampsana communis),
formerly used as an external application to the nipples of
women; -- called also dock-cress.
[1913 Webster]Dock-cress \Dock"-cress`\, n. (Bot.)
Nipplewort.
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Dock-cress
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Nipplewort \Nip"ple*wort`\ (n[i^]p"p'l*w[^u]rt`), n. (Bot.)
A yellow-flowered composite herb (Lampsana communis),
formerly used as an external application to the nipples of
women; -- called also dock-cress.
[1913 Webster]Dock-cress \Dock"-cress`\, n. (Bot.)
Nipplewort.
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Indian cress
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Indian \In"di*an\ (?; 277), a. [From India, and this fr. Indus,
the name of a river in Asia, L. Indus, Gr. ?, OPers. Hindu,
name of the land on the Indus, Skr. sindhu river, the Indus.
Cf. Hindu.]
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1. Of or pertaining to India proper; also to the East Indies,
or, sometimes, to the West Indies.
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2. Of or pertaining to the aborigines, or Indians, of
America; as, Indian wars; the Indian tomahawk.
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3. Made of maize or Indian corn; as, Indian corn, Indian
meal, Indian bread, and the like. [U.S.]
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Indian bay (Bot.), a lauraceous tree (Persea Indica).

Indian bean (Bot.), a name of the catalpa.

Indian berry. (Bot.) Same as Cocculus indicus.

Indian bread. (Bot.) Same as Cassava.

Indian club, a wooden club, which is swung by the hand for
gymnastic exercise.

Indian cordage, cordage made of the fibers of cocoanut
husk.

Indian cress (Bot.), nasturtium. See Nasturtium, 2.

Indian cucumber (Bot.), a plant of the genus Medeola
(Medeola Virginica), a common in woods in the United
States. The white rootstock has a taste like cucumbers.

Indian currant (Bot.), a plant of the genus
Symphoricarpus (Symphoricarpus vulgaris), bearing
small red berries.

Indian dye, the puccoon.

Indian fig. (Bot.)
(a) The banyan. See Banyan.
(b) The prickly pear.

Indian file, single file; arrangement of persons in a row
following one after another, the usual way among Indians
of traversing woods, especially when on the war path.

Indian fire, a pyrotechnic composition of sulphur, niter,
and realgar, burning with a brilliant white light.

Indian grass (Bot.), a coarse, high grass ({Chrysopogon
nutans}), common in the southern portions of the United
States; wood grass. --Gray.

Indian hemp. (Bot.)
(a) A plant of the genus Apocynum ({Apocynum
cannabinum}), having a milky juice, and a tough,
fibrous bark, whence the name. The root it used in
medicine and is both emetic and cathartic in
properties.
(b) The variety of common hemp (Cannabis Indica), from
which hasheesh is obtained.

Indian mallow (Bot.), the velvet leaf ({Abutilon
Avicenn[ae]}). See Abutilon.

Indian meal, ground corn or maize. [U.S.]

Indian millet (Bot.), a tall annual grass ({Sorghum
vulgare}), having many varieties, among which are broom
corn, Guinea corn, durra, and the Chinese sugar cane. It
is called also Guinea corn. See Durra.

Indian ox (Zool.), the zebu.

Indian paint. See Bloodroot.

Indian paper. See India paper, under India.

Indian physic (Bot.), a plant of two species of the genus
Gillenia (Gillenia trifoliata, and {Gillenia
stipulacea}), common in the United States, the roots of
which are used in medicine as a mild emetic; -- called
also American ipecac, and bowman's root. --Gray.

Indian pink. (Bot.)
(a) The Cypress vine (Ipom[oe]a Quamoclit); -- so called
in the West Indies.
(b) See China pink, under China.

Indian pipe (Bot.), a low, fleshy herb ({Monotropa
uniflora}), growing in clusters in dark woods, and having
scalelike leaves, and a solitary nodding flower. The whole
plant is waxy white, but turns black in drying.

Indian plantain (Bot.), a name given to several species of
the genus Cacalia, tall herbs with composite white
flowers, common through the United States in rich woods.
--Gray.

Indian poke (Bot.), a plant usually known as the {white
hellebore} (Veratrum viride).

Indian pudding, a pudding of which the chief ingredients
are Indian meal, milk, and molasses.

Indian purple.
(a) A dull purple color.
(b) The pigment of the same name, intensely blue and
black.

Indian red.
(a) A purplish red earth or pigment composed of a silicate
of iron and alumina, with magnesia. It comes from the
Persian Gulf. Called also Persian red.
(b) See Almagra.

Indian rice (Bot.), a reedlike water grass. See Rice.

Indian shot (Bot.), a plant of the genus Canna ({Canna
Indica}). The hard black seeds are as large as swan shot.
See Canna.

Indian summer, in the United States, a period of warm and
pleasant weather occurring late in autumn. See under
Summer.

Indian tobacco (Bot.), a species of Lobelia. See
Lobelia.

Indian turnip (Bot.), an American plant of the genus
Aris[ae]ma. Aris[ae]ma triphyllum has a wrinkled
farinaceous root resembling a small turnip, but with a
very acrid juice. See Jack in the Pulpit, and
Wake-robin.

Indian wheat, maize or Indian corn.

Indian yellow.
(a) An intense rich yellow color, deeper than gamboge but
less pure than cadmium.
(b) See Euxanthin.
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Mouse-ear cress
(gcide)
Mouse-ear \Mouse"-ear`\, n. (Bot.)
(a) The forget-me-not (Myosotis palustris) and other
species of the same genus.
(b) A European species of hawkweed ({Hieracium
Pilosella}).
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Mouse-ear chickweed, a name of two common species of
chickweed (Cerastium vulgarium, and {Cerastium
viscosum}).

Mouse-ear cress, a low cruciferous herb ({Sisymbrium
Thaliana}). All these are low herbs with soft, oval, or
obovate leaves, whence the name.
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Not worth a cress
(gcide)
Cress \Cress\ (kr[e^]s), n.; pl. Cresses (kr[e^]s"[e^]z). [OE.
ces, cresse, kers, kerse, AS. cresse, cerse; akin to D. kers,
G. kresse, Dan. karse, Sw. krasse, and possibly also to OHG.
chresan to creep.] (Bot.)
A 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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Note: The garden cress, called also peppergrass, is the
Lepidium sativum; the water cress is the {Nasturtium
officinale}. Various other plants are sometimes called
cresses.
[1913 Webster]

To strip the brook with mantling cresses spread.
--Goldsmith.
[1913 Webster]

Bitter cress. See under Bitter.

Not worth a cress, or "not worth a kers." a common old
proverb, now turned into the meaningless "not worth a
curse." --Skeat.
[1913 Webster]