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cress

Any of several plants of the cress family, characterized by a pungent taste. The common European garden cress (Lepidium sativum) is cultivated worldwide. (Genera include Lepidium, Cardamine, and Arabis; family Cruciferae.)



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This romantic little creature took such hold of my imagination that I cannot eat water- cress even now without emotion.
Margaret Ogilvy by Barrie, James Matthew View in context
Take some of the cress with your chop; it's so biting and crisp.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories by Chopin, Kate View in context
Her hat, which was flowery, resembled those punnets, covered with flannel, which we sowed with mustard and cress in our childhood, and which germinated here yes, and there no.
Howards End by Forster, E. M. View in context
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