cress
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɹɛs/
rhymes: -ɛs
Forms: form: cresses
Etymology: From Middle English cresse, crasse, from Old English cressa, cærse (“cress”), from Proto-West Germanic *krassjō, from Proto-Germanic *krasjô (“cress”). Cognate with West Frisian kers (“cress”), Dutch kers (“cress”), German Kresse (“cress”), Danish karse (“cress”), Swedish krasse (“cress”), Icelandic krassi (“cress”).
Senses: examples: text: Marcus Empiricus, a Roma physician, prescribed three scruples of cress, three of red onion, three of pine seed, three of Indian nard, for impotence.
ref: 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 70:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: A plant of various species, chiefly cruciferous. The leaves have a moderately pungent taste, and are used as a salad and antiscorbutic.
Derived terms: sense: terms derived from cress (noun)
taxonomic: Arabis alpina
word: alpine rock cress
sense: terms derived from cress (noun)
taxonomic: Rorippa austriaca
word: Austrian cress
sense: terms derived from cress (noun)
taxonomic: Thlaspi arvense
word: bastard cress
sense: terms derived from cress (noun)
word: Belle Isle cress
sense: terms derived from cress (noun)
word: bittercress
sense: terms derived from cress (noun)
word: bitter-cress
sense: terms derived from cress (noun)
taxonomic: Barbarea vulgaris
word: bog cress
sense: terms derived from cress (noun)
english: Erysimum spp. and Cheiranthus spp.
translation: Erysimum spp. and Cheiranthus spp.
word: blister cress
sense: terms derived from cress (noun)
taxonomic: Cardamine bulbosa
word: bulbous cress
sense: terms derived from cress (noun)
taxonomic: Sisymbrium officinale
word: California cress
sense: terms derived from cress (noun)
taxonomic: Leavenworthia stylosa
word: cedar glade cress
sense: terms derived from cress (noun)
alt: Pritzelago alpina, Lepidium alpina
word: chamois cress
sense: terms derived from cress (noun)
taxonomic: Lepidium campestre
word: cow cress
sense: terms derived from cress (noun)
word: cresslike
sense: terms derived from cress (noun)
taxonomic: Vella pseudocytisus
word: cress rocket
sense: terms derived from cress (noun)
taxonomic: Diplotaxis muralis
word: cressweed
sense: terms derived from cress (noun)
taxonomic: Brassicaceae spp.
word: cresswort
sense: terms derived from cress (noun)
word: cressy
sense: terms derived from cress (noun)
taxonomic: Barbarea vulgaris
word: curled cress
sense: terms derived from cress (noun)
alt: Lampsana communis
word: dock cress
sense: terms derived from cress (noun)
taxonomic: Lepidium ruderale
word: fetid cress
sense: terms derived from cress (noun)
taxonomic: Lepidium campestre
word: field cress
sense: terms derived from cress (noun)
taxonomic: Apium nodiflorum
word: fool's cress
sense: terms derived from cress (noun)
taxonomic: Lepidium sativum
word: garden cress
sense: terms derived from cress (noun)
taxonomic: Lepidium sativum
word: golden cress
sense: terms derived from cress (noun)
taxonomic: Cardamine hirsuta
word: hairy bitter cress
sense: terms derived from cress (noun)
taxonomic: Lepidium draba
word: hoary cress
sense: terms derived from cress (noun)
taxonomic: Tropaeolum majus
word: Indian cress
sense: terms derived from cress (noun)
taxonomic: Armoracia aquatica
word: lake cress
sense: terms derived from cress (noun)
taxonomic: Cardamine hirsuta
word: lamb's cress
sense: terms derived from cress (noun)
taxonomic: Barbarea verna
word: land cress
sense: terms derived from cress (noun)
taxonomic: Rorippa palustris
word: marsh cress
sense: terms derived from cress (noun)
taxonomic: Cardamine pratensis
word: meadow cress
sense: terms derived from cress (noun)
word: monks cress
sense: terms derived from cress (noun)
taxonomic: Tropaeolum majus
word: monk's cress
sense: terms derived from cress (noun)
taxonomic: Arabidopsis thaliana
word: mouse-ear cress
sense: terms derived from cress (noun)
taxonomic: Arabis petraea
word: northern rock cress
sense: terms derived from cress (noun)
word: not worth a cress
sense: terms derived from cress (noun)
word: paracress
sense: terms derived from cress (noun)
taxonomic: Thlaspi arvense
word: pennycress
sense: terms derived from cress (noun)
taxonomic: Lepidium spp.
word: peppercress
sense: terms derived from cress (noun)
word: Peter's cress
sense: terms derived from cress (noun)
taxonomic: Armoracia aquatica
word: river cress
sense: terms derived from cress (noun)
english: species of Arabis, Arabidopsis, Cardaminopsis
translation: species of Arabis, Arabidopsis, Cardaminopsis
word: rockcress
sense: terms derived from cress (noun)
word: Boechera
sense: terms derived from cress (noun)
word: and Braya)
sense: terms derived from cress (noun)
taxonomic: Barbarea vulgaris
word: rocketcress
sense: terms derived from cress (noun)
word: sand cress
sense: terms derived from cress (noun)
taxonomic: Teesdalia nudicaulis
word: shepherd's cress
sense: terms derived from cress (noun)
taxonomic: Lepidium cardamines
word: Spanish cress
sense: terms derived from cress (noun)
taxonomic: Cardamine bulbosa
word: spring cress
sense: terms derived from cress (noun)
taxonomic: Barbarea spp.
word: St. Barbara's cress
sense: terms derived from cress (noun)
taxonomic: Aethionema grandiflorum
word: stone cress
sense: terms derived from cress (noun)
word: summer cress
sense: terms derived from cress (noun)
alt: Coronopus spp.
word: swine's cress
sense: terms derived from cress (noun)
taxonomic: Arabidopsis thaliana
word: thale cress
sense: terms derived from cress (noun)
taxonomic: Lepidium draba
word: Thanet cress
sense: terms derived from cress (noun)
taxonomic: Arabis turrita
word: tower cress
sense: terms derived from cress (noun)
taxonomic: Lepidium sativum
word: town cress
sense: terms derived from cress (noun)
taxonomic: Tropaeolum spp.
word: trophy cress
sense: terms derived from cress (noun)
taxonomic: Barbarea verna
word: upland cress
sense: terms derived from cress (noun)
word: wall cress
sense: terms derived from cress (noun)
taxonomic: Lepidium spp.
alt: Coronopus spp.
word: wart cress
sense: terms derived from cress (noun)
word: watercress
sense: terms derived from cress (noun)
alt: Nasturtium officinale; also Nasturtium microphyllum
word: water-cress
sense: terms derived from cress (noun)
word: well cress
sense: terms derived from cress (noun)
word: wintercress
sense: terms derived from cress (noun)
taxonomic: Barbarea vulgaris
word: winter cress
sense: terms derived from cress (noun)
taxonomic: Barbarea praecox
word: yellow cress)
sense: terms derived from cress (noun)
english: especially Rorippa palustris
translation: especially Rorippa palustris
taxonomic: Rorippa spp.
word: yellowcress