cress plant
- noun
- /krɛs plænt/
:
planta de berro
- The chef added fresh cress plant to the salad for a peppery flavor.
Examples
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In the May 10, 2001, issue of Nature, for instance, a group of Japanese researchers described their study of methylation in the genome of the thale cress plant (Arabidopsis thaliana).
Academic text (2001) -
For an easy garnish, sprinkle some chopped cress plant on your soup.
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You can find cress plant in many grocery stores, often sold in small pots.
Synonyms
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A small plant with spicy leaves eaten raw in salads
A small herb with peppery leaves used in salads and as a garnish
A small fast-growing herb with peppery leaves used in salads and as a garnish
A plant with spicy leaves that grows quickly and is used in salads
A small plant with spicy leaves used to add flavor to salads and decorate food
A leafy plant grown for salad greens with a peppery taste
A small leafy plant with peppery, edible leaves used in salads
A leafy plant like watercress with small spicy leaves used in salads
A leafy plant with peppery leaves used in salads
A leafy plant with yellow flowers eaten in winter salads
A small leafy plant like cress that grows in wet places and can be eaten or become a weed
A plant that grows in wet places and is eaten in salads and sometimes removed as a weed
A plant with small peppery leaves often used in salads
How Pungent
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound simply names a type of plant made from the known noun 'cress' (an edible garnish) and the general noun 'plant', so the meaning is directly compositional. This noun‑noun combination follows a common, transparent pattern found cross‑linguistically, and a B1 learner who knows both words would readily infer it refers to the plant species used in salads.
Etymology
Cress plant may come from old words for 'cross' because the tiny flowers of cress have four petals that look like a cross. People have long used its young, spicy leaves in salads and as a garnish, so today cress plant means a small edible plant with peppery leaves.