watercressed

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

watercress +‎ -ed

Adjective[edit]

watercressed (not comparable)

  1. Adorned or flavoured with watercress.
    Synonym: watercressy
    • 2008, John Madson, Michael McIntosh, Out Home, page 69:
      Bright, laughing streams, moving over their gravel beds and drowned ledges, fed by watercressed springs from under towering walls. The Mississippi and our other senior rivers are very solemn, and take themselves very seriously.
    • 2011, Paul Golding, Abomination:
      Sandwiches in shadow. Row upon dewy row; serried ranks of cheese and cucumber, and watercressed egg, and mustardy ham.