watercress
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- noun
- /ˈwɔːtərˌkrɛs/
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- The chef prepared a watercress and apple salad as a refreshing starter.
- watercress salad
- sprigs of watercress
- a bunch of watercress
It's fine if you just basil for salad or watercress or something, you know, for for greeneries, you know, in cities.
- It's fine if you just basil for salad or watercress or something, you know, for for greeneries, you know, in cities.
Examples
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When she was not with the corn, she was cutting wild asparagus from along the roadways and taking watercress home for dinner.
Fiction book (1990) -
I like anticipating the high point of my day, which is when we all order grilled shrimp and watercress sandwiches from The Lunchbox Cafe.
Fiction book (1998) -
At least they served us watercress soup.
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Another soup of watercress for table nine.
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Well, if all of them are served with watercress soup, I will also ask for it, thank you.
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Mary handed him a thin watercress sandwich from the silver tray.
Fiction book (1993) -
I think I'll make a fresh watercress salad pick me out a couple of nice bunches.
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Perhaps a watercress sandwich?
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I want watercress soup.
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What I wanted was a watercress salad and an Evian water, but they don't have that here.
Synonyms
A leafy green plant often called watercress that grows in clean streams and tastes peppery
A leafy water plant with small peppery leaves used in salads
A leafy plant that grows in water with a peppery taste, often used in salads
A water plant with peppery edible leaves that grows in cool streams in the United States
A plant with small edible leaves that grows in cold mountain springs
A plant with yellow flowers that grows in wet places and people use in salads or see as a weed
Compounds
A water plant with peppery edible leaves that grows in cool streams in the United States
A plant with yellow flowers that grows in wet places and people use in salads or see as a weed
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Etymology
Watercress comes from the two simple words water ('water') and cress ('a peppery plant'), so it literally names a small, peppery green that grows in water and along streams.