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Nasturtium officinale
(gcide) | Water cress \Wa"ter cress`\ (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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Nasturtium officinale
(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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nasturtium officinale
(wn) | Nasturtium officinale
n 1: perennial Eurasian cress growing chiefly in springs or
running water having fleshy pungent leaves used in salads
or as a potherb or garnish; introduced in North America and
elsewhere [syn: common watercress, {Rorippa nasturtium-
aquaticum}, Nasturtium officinale] |
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Nasturtium officinale
(gcide) | Water cress \Wa"ter cress`\ (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.
[1913 Webster]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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