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cress (kres)

noun

any of various plants of the crucifer family, as watercress, the pungent leaves of which are used in salads and as garnishes

Etymology: ME cresse < OE cressa; akin to Ger kresse, cress

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cress Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • grow: I might have managed a crop of mustard and cress grown on a flannel at some stage.

Preposition: in

  • windowbox: Plus there is a big hole in my mustard and cress in the windowbox.

Adjective modifier

  • hoary: Hoary cress is favored by growing winter cereals where it is able to get away early with little crop competition.

Modifies a noun

  • seedling: Students have successfully grown cress seedlings in glass tubes of agar containing the metal ions.

Noun used with modifier

  • thale: Having found this gene in thale cress, they now know what to look for in important crop species.
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