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cress

UK/kɹɛs/ US/ˈkrɛs/ uncommon archaic

noun

1.

any of various plants of the family Cruciferae having edible pungent-tasting leaves

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2.

pungent leaves of any of numerous cruciferous herbs

Origin

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”).

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