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Definition of Cresses

Cresses
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. 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. To strip the brook with mantling cresses spread. --Goldsmith. 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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- Look up cress or cresses in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Cress may refer to: Plants cultivated for their edible leaves: Garden cress, Lepidium sativum...
- Cress (Lepidium sativum), sometimes referred to as garden cress (or curly cress) to distinguish it from similar plants also referred to as cress (from...
- Cressing is a village and civil parish in the Braintree district of Es****, England. Within the parish is the village of Tye Green and the hamlet of Hawbush...
- John Cress (January 27, 1935 – January 2, 2024) was an American skier. He competed in the Nordic combined event at the 1960 Winter Olympics. "Obituary:...
- Br****icaceae. Common names include land cress, American cress, bank cress, black wood cress, Belle Isle cress, Bermuda cress, poor man's cabbage, early yellowrocket...
- Cress Williams (born July 26, 1970) is an American actor, known for his roles in Prison Break and Close to Home. His most recent roles include Mayor Lavon...
- Cressing Temple is a medieval site situated between Witham and Braintree in Es****, close to the villages of Cressing and White Notley. It was amongst the...
- Curtis Cress (born 11 August 1952), known by his stage name Curt Cress, is a German musician, singer and songwriter. Curt Cress began his career in 1965...
- for cress. It is derived from Gr****. Hirsuta means "hairy" or "hirsute". Common names Other common or country names include lamb's cress, land cress, ****y...
- Cress is a 2014 young adult science fiction novel written by American author Marissa Meyer and published by Macmillan Publishers through their subsidiary...