cress

English

Cress

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Etymology

Old English cressa, from West Germanic *krasjon-. Cognate with Dutch kers, German Kresse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɹɛs/
• Rhymes: -ɛs

Noun

cress ‎(plural cresses)

1. (plants) A plant of various species, chiefly cruciferous. The leaves have a moderately pungent taste, and are used as a salad and antiscorbutic.

Derived terms

terms derived from cress (noun)

garden cress land cress watercress alpine rock cress bulbous cress cedar glade cress hoary bitter cress

hoary cress Indian cress marsh cress peppercress rockcress thale cress, mouse-ear cress wart cress winter cress

Translations

a plant

• Arabic: حُرْف (ar) m ‎(ḥurf), رَشَاد m pl ‎(rašād)
• Armenian: կոտեմ (hy) ‎(kotem)

  Middle Armenian: կոտեմ ‎(kotem)

• Bulgarian: кресон ‎(kreson)
• Esperanto: kreso
• Finnish: krassi
• French: cresson (fr) m
• Georgian: წიწმატი ‎(c̣ic̣maṭi)
• German: Kresse (de) f
• Greek: κάρδαμο (el) n ‎(kárdamo)
• Hungarian: zsázsa (hu)

• Icelandic: karsi (is) m, krassi m
• Italian: crescione m
• Maori: kirihi
• Polish: rzeżucha (pl) f
• Portuguese: agrião (pt) m
• Russian: кресс (ru) m ‎(kress), кресс-сала́т (ru) m ‎(kress-salát)
• Spanish: mastuerzo (es), berro (es), nasturcio m
• Swedish: krasse (sv)
• Turkish: tere (tr)
• Vietnamese: cải xoong
• Welsh: berwr