cress
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3.2
- noun
- /krɛs/
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- We've, uh, run out of egg and cress.
- thale cress
- lake cress
So I've gone for I've gone for a free range egg and cress on malted bread.
- So I've gone for I've gone for a free range egg and cress on malted bread.
Examples
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I've gone for a free range egg and cress on malted bread.
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We enjoyed a fresh salad topped with peppery cress and tomatoes.
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- Egg and cress or bloater paste?
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Uh, egg and cress.
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Egg and cress, Stephanie?
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He soon fell simply to drinking creek water out of cupped hands and pulling wild cress from stream margins.
Fiction book (1997) -
Out of the corner of my eye, my mother passes into the undergrowth, ignored of common evening primrose, bitter cress and flax.
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She'd never lifted poke salad, cracklings, and field cress to her mouth, or felt the fire white lightning burned in her belly.
Fiction book (1992) -
The chef garnished the dish with a sprinkle of cress for added flavor.
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For a nutritious snack, try adding cress to your sandwiches or wraps.
Synonyms
A small leafy plant with a peppery taste used 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 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 with peppery, edible leaves used in 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
Compounds
A small plant from southern Europe with white flowers often grown in gardens but sometimes a weed
A small wild plant with divided leaves and tiny white, pink or purple flowers often in lawns
A small mountain plant with thin stems and very small flowers that grows in rocky places
A small fast-growing herb with peppery leaves used in salads and as a garnish
- Specialized
A plant that grows in wet places and is eaten in salads and sometimes removed as a weed
- Specialized
A small plant with tiny white flowers that scientists often use in plant research
A small plant with spicy leaves used to add flavor to salads and decorate food
- UK
A fast-growing climbing plant with bright orange flowers and edible seeds used like capers
- Specialized
A small plant that lives for several years with purple flowers that bloom in spring
- UK
A plant in the cabbage family with stems that grow straight up and small white flowers
- Specialized
A small plant with delicate pink flowers that grows on sunny rocky ground
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Etymology
The word cress comes from an old English name for the same plant and is related to German Kresse. Think of watercress: cress is a small, 'peppery' leaf often grown in water or gardens, so the name now means that spicy salad plant.